Math 112 - Calculus for Business and Economics
Sample Syllabus (last updated for Fall 2007)
(always check with your current instructor for most accurate information)
Text: Calculus and Its Applications , 9th edition, by Bittinger/Ellenbogen
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Algebra Review- polynomials, rationals, exponentials and logarithms |
1.1 |
Limits- Numerically and Graphically |
1.2 |
Limits Algerbaically |
1.3-1.4 |
Average rates of change, derivative using limit definition |
1.5-1.6 |
Power, Sum, Difference, Product, Quotient Rules, Applications |
1.7 |
Chain Rule |
1.8 |
Higher-Order Derivatives |
2.1 |
Maximization and Minimization with 1 st derivative |
2.2 |
Maximization and Minimization with 2nd derivative |
2.4-2.5 |
Absolute Maximum and Minimum and Applications |
2.6 |
Differentials |
2.7 |
Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates |
3.1-3.2 |
Exponentials and Logarithms |
3.3-3.4 |
Applications - Growth and Decay |
3.5 |
Derivatives of Exponentials and Logarithms |
4.1-4.4 |
Antidifferentiation, Areas, Integrals |
4.5, 4.7 |
U-substitution and tables |
6.1-6.2 |
Functions of Several Variables |
6.3 |
Multivariate Optimization |
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