MAT 230 - Elementary Calculus (For Business and Social Sciences)

3 credit hours - 3 hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Mathematics General Education Requirement

Study the basic concepts of calculus with applications to business and social sciences. Learn about limits, continuity, differentiation and integration of polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Apply calculus to problems involving maxima and minima, curve sketching, and the least-squares technique. The course includes an introduction to functions in several variables and partial derivatives.

Prerequisite(s): MAT 137 , MAT 145 (formerly MAT 141), MAT 151 or equivalent.

Note: Credit is not given for both MAT 230 and MAT 191 .

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: All terms

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Find limits of functions algebraically, numerically, and/or graphically and interprets these limits
Perform differentiation on functions algebraically, numerically and graphically
Analyze graphs and behaviors of functions with regard to rate of change and concavity
Solve problems from business and the social sciences that involve rates of change
Find indefinite integrals
Evaluate definite integrals