Course Description

Topics specifically chosen to meet the needs of the student of economics: the definite integral, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, Lagrange multipliers, and matrices.

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Athena Title

Calculus for Economics

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Prerequisite

MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 or MATH 2250E

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn the definite integral, functions of several variables, and matrices.
• Students will solve maximum and minimum problems using partial derivatives and the method of Lagrange multipliers.

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Topical Outline

• 1. Brief review of differentiation, antiderivatives.
• 2. Separable differential equations, integration techniques.
• 3. The definite integral, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, calculation of areas, Consumer’s and Producer’s Surplus.
• 4. Partial differentiation and applications to optimization problems, Lagrange multipliers.
• 5. Matrix algebra and applications.

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General Education Core

CORE III: Quantitative Reasoning

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