Faculty Syllabus
MATH-1325 Business Calculus
Brooke Hollingsworth
Credit Spring 2026
Section(s)
MATH-1325-011 (17635)
LEC TuTh 1:30pm - 2:50pm RRC RRC8 8212.00
Course Requirements
Course Grades will be determined as follows:
Tests: 80%
MLM Homework: 10%
Quizzes: 10%
MLM Homework: Homework will be assigned on the day the material is covered in class; it will be due at midnight of the next class day to allow time for questions. Questions should be sent before class using the MLM “Ask My Instructor” feature.
Quizzes: There will be approximately one take-home quiz a week. Quizzes may be submitted in person or through Blackboard. Quizzes submitted in person will receive 1-point extra credit on the quiz grade; quizzes submitted in Blackboard must be scanned as a single PDF file. See each unit in Blackboard for due dates and grace periods.
Tests: There will be four tests in this class. There will NOT be a comprehensive final. All tests will be given during class time and will include application/word problems.
Course Subjects
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Date |
Topics |
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Tuesday January 20 |
Course Introduction, 2.1 Introduction to Limits |
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Thursday January 22 |
2.2 Infinite Limits and Limits at Infinity |
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Tuesday January 27 |
2.3 Continuity |
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Thursday January 29 |
2.4 The Derivative |
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Tuesday February 3 |
2.5 Basic Differentiation Properties |
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Thursday February 5 |
2.7 Marginal Analysis in Business and Economics |
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Tuesday February 10 |
Unit 1 Review |
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Thursday February 12 |
Unit 1 Test |
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Tuesday February 17 |
1.5 Exponential Functions; 1.6 Logarithmic Functions |
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Thursday February 19 |
3.2 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions |
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Tuesday, February 24 |
3.3 Derivatives of Products and Quotients |
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Thursday February 26 |
3.4 The Chain Rule |
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Tuesday March 3 |
3.5 Implicit Differentiation |
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Thursday March 5 |
3.6 Related Rates |
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Tuesday March 10 |
Unit 2 Review |
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Thursday March 12 |
Unit 2 Test |
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Tuesday March 24 |
3.7 Elasticity of Demand |
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Thursday March 26 |
4.1 First Derivative and Graphs |
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Tuesday March 31 |
4.2 Second Derivative and Graphs |
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Thursday April 2 |
Graphing Practice |
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Tuesday April 7 |
4.5 Absolute Extrema |
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Thursday April 9 |
4.6 Optimization |
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Tuesday April 14 |
Unit 3 Review |
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Thursday April 16 |
Unit 3 Test |
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Tuesday April 21 |
5.1 Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integrals |
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Thursday April 23 |
5.2 Integration by Substitution |
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Tuesday April 28 |
5.4 The Definite Integral; 5.5 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus |
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Thursday April 30 |
6.1 Area Between Curves |
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Tuesday May 5 |
6.2 Applications in Business and Economics, Part 1 |
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Thursday May 7 |
6.2 Applications in Business and Economics, Part 2 |
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Tuesday May 12 |
Unit 4 Review |
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Thursday May 14 |
Unit 4 Test |
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Course Objectives
- Evaluate limits of functions from their graphs and/or formulas.
- Analyze and apply the notions of continuity and differentiability to algebraic functions.
- Determine derivatives for functions involving powers, exponentials, logarithms and combinations of these functions and solve business and economic applications using these derivatives.
- Use derivatives to construct graphs of selected functions.
- Use basic integration techniques to solve simple differential equations.
- Demonstrate the connection between area and the definite integral.
- Integrate selected functions and solve business and economic applications using these results.
- Apply the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate definite integrals.
- Apply the concepts of limits, derivatives and integrals to solve problems involving functions unique to business applications and interpret the results.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, a student should be able to:
- Apply the concepts of limits, derivatives and integrals to solve problems involving functions unique to business, economics, and social sciences applications and interpret the result.
- Apply appropriate differentiation techniques to obtain derivatives of various functions, including logarithmic and exponential functions.
- Solve application problems involving implicit differentiation and related rates.
- Solve optimization problems with emphasis on business and social sciences applications.
- Determine appropriate technique(s) of integration.
- Integrate functions using basic techniques or the method of substitution, as appropriate.
Office Hours
T Th 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM RRC 8316.02
NOTEM W 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM RRC 8316.02
NOTEPublished: 01/21/2026 15:23:27