Math 1350 Learning Outcomes

This List of Learning Outcomes refers to Chapters in the 14th Edition of the textbook.

Textbook Information for the 2020 - 2021 Academic Year MATH 1350

Title: Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences, Brief Version, 14 th Edition

Authors: Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, Stocker

Publisher: Pearson, 2019

ISBN 13: 978-0-13-486264-4

Remark: The ISBN number listed above is for

  • the 14 th Edition of the book
  • Brief Version
  • Includes the access code for the MyLab Math online homework system.

  • Concepts Covered in Chapter 2 and 3 of Our Textbook
    • Find limits analytically, numerically and graphically including one-sided limits and limits at infinity.*
    • Analyze the limit behavior of a function at a point in its domain to determine if the function is continuous at that point. Determine intervals in which a function is continuous. Analyze and classify the discontinuities of a function.*
    • Find the derivative of a function using the limit definition.*
    • Find the derivative of a function by identifying and applying the appropriate derivative formula.*
    • Understand the interpretation of the derivative as the slope of a line tangent to a graph and as a rate of change.*
    • Understand the business terminology of demand, cost, price, revenue, and profit, and solve applied problems including marginal analysis applications. Explain the relationship between marginal cost and average cost.*
  • Concepts Covered in Chapter 4 of Our Textbook
    • Find higher order derivatives of a function.*
    • Use the first derivative to determine intervals on which the graph of a function is increasing or decreasing and to determine critical points of the function.*
    • Use the second derivative to determine intervals on which the graph of a function is concave upwards or concave downwards and to determine points of inflection.*
    • Find and classify relative extrema of a function.*
    • Find the absolute extrema of a continuous function on a closed interval.*
  • Concepts Covered in Chapter 5 and 6 of Our Textbook
    • Find antiderivatives and indefinite integrals using integration formulas and the method of substitution*
    • Identify definite integrals of functions as the areas of regions between the graph of the function and the x -axis.*
    • Estimate the numerical value of a definite integral using a Riemann sum.**
    • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate definite integrals.*
    • Use definite integrals to calculate the area of the region under a curve and the area of the region between two curves.*
    • Use definite integrals to calculate the average value of a function on an integral.**
    • Find present value and future value for an investment with interest compounded continuously.*
    • 4.10 For given supply and demand functions, find and interpret the consumer's surplus and the producer's surplus.*

Note: This list of Learning Outcomes has been designed to adhere to the Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGS) provided by the University System of Ohio.

  • General information about TAGS can be found at the following link: ( TAGS ).
  • The specific list of TAGS requirements for Business Calculus can be found at the following link: ( Business Calculus ).
  • The symbol * denotes essential learning outcomes from the TAGS.
  • The symbol ** denotes optional topics from the TAGS.


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