MATH 1231 — Calculus for Business and Economics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath FQusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: M/W/ThBostonOakland, CATraditional

Provides an overview of differential calculus including derivatives of power, exponential, logarithmic, logistic functions, and functions built from these. Derivatives are used to model rates of change, to estimate change, to optimize functions, and in marginal analysis. The integral calculus is applied to accumulation functions and future value. Emphasis is on realistic business and economics problems, the development of mathematical models from raw business data, and the translation of mathematical results into verbal expression appropriate for the business setting. Also features a semester-long marketing project in which students gather raw data, model it, and use calculus to make business decisions; each student is responsible for a ten-minute presentation. (Graphing calculator required, see instructor for make and model.)

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 20231293583%6.0
Fall 20231449564177%10.4
Spring 2024935736099%0.3
Summer A 20242527074%9.0
Summer B 20241203557%15.0
Fall 20241759675179%9.1
Spring 2025931337883%7.2
Summer A 20252598074%10.5
Summer B 20251183551%17.0
Fall 20251857676675%10.6
Spring 20261033640882%7.2

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 62% · T 23% · W 69% · Th 64% · F 13%

Common patterns: MWR (54% of sections), T (13% of sections), W (8% of sections), F (6% of sections), MTWR (5% of sections), TF (5% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

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Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

ECON 2315, ECON 2316, ECON 2560, ECON 3720, MATH 1242, NRSG 2220, POLS 2400

Courses that list MATH 1231 in their prerequisites.

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