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Math 120: Calculus
The American Business School in Paris
Paris, France
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Instruction in |
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Contact Hours |
Prerequisites |
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Mathematics
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100
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English
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3
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45
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Math 110 or equivalent (Pre-Calculus)
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This course is the continuation of the first-semester
mathematics course. It is designed to illustrate the many applications
of calculus to the management sciences. It will provide the first year
student with knowledge of the tools that will be needed in Economics,
Accounting, or Statistics.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY:
Presentation
of the material to be covered, exercises to be done at home and then
presented and explained in class. Will be dealt with in class:
- Functions
- Derivatives
- Techniques of differentiation
- Applications of the derivative
- Exponential functions
- Application of the exponential functions
- Definite integral
- Functions of several variables
TEXT:
Brief Calculus, Larson, Houghton-Mifflin, 8th Ed., 2008
Using and Understanding Mathematics, Bennett & Briggs, Addison-Wesley
EVALUATION:
The final grade will be made up of a class participation, homework correction, class quizzes, and a final examination.
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