<p>Hey guys, this question is for those who are currently working or are in a undergraduate business program: I recieved credit for calculus I (AB calc.) through the AP test and I am eligible to skip the calculus I class at my college. Problem is, i only remember the basics of calc. ( derivatives, integration etc.) and forgot some of the more difficult/complex calculus problems... my question is, how much math including calculus is needed for business ( just for consulting, manufactoring or a typical fortune 500 company) and for the later business courses I will take? i have a solid foundation in basic math if that helps. If you guys can give me some examples of the type of math/calc. problems you encounter in the later business classes or on the job it would reallly help. </p>
<p>the two courses I need to choose from to fulfill my calc. math requirement are:
M119: Brief Survey of Calculus ( a short business version of calculus)
M211: Calculus I ( the calculus AB class which I recieved credit for)</p>
<p>The reason why Im not considering taking Briefy Survey of Calc. is because its probaly the basic parts of calculus I that I already know and I dont want to waste my time and credits.</p>
<p>Bottom Line: What PARTS of calculus are needed for the later business courses and on the job? thanks for you're response. please only business undergraduates or those who worked in the corporate world respond, I need those with actual experience rather than those who are just speculating or just answering based on their research...</p>
<p>Well you're just going to forget it again, unless you're planning on re-taking calculus every several years. No, it's not worth it. When you need it, it will come back to you. If it doesn't, someone will refresh your memory and you'll remember how to do it rather quickly.</p>
<p>Whatever you need to know for business, you'll learn again. They'll drill it into your head. If it's that important, they'll emphasize it. Forgetting is inevitable. Every semester, you will forget a lot of what you learned the previous semester. But concepts build on each other, so if things are very important, they'll be covered again. You'll most likely find out that a lot of things you learned won't be used in the real world.</p>
<p>Pretty much you'll only be building on integration/differentiation and none of the more obscure theorems from Calc 1. I heard that's all you need to remember.</p>
<p>integration i know and does differentiation = derviatives? also in the later business courses/classes, when calc. is gona be used on some of the topics covered in the class, are you expected to just know it or are there like examples in the book to refresh your mind? thanks alot redhare for responding :) since your location is ann arbor im assuming your at umich?</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm at Umich. Not right now of course, but that's where I go. I'm not in the business program yet (hopefully I'll hear back soon), but I know students in Ross that have not gone beyond AP Calc and still do well in the finance/business statistics classes. If you decide to take Calc 2, they'll reteach you the important stuff from Calc 1, so that's not a bad idea, either.</p>
<p>cmon guys! you guys constantly debate about ibanking, rankings top business schools etc. but you guys cant comment about calculus and give me examples of the types of math/calc. problems I would encounter in the business courses and on the job? heh maybe most of you guys have no real experience with the actual business undergrad. schools or the jobs you guys debate about? heh if this ****ed you off and want to prove to me that you guys know your stuff please respond I NEED MORE INPUT! thanks</p>
<p>I'm in the similar boat you are in, and I'm not taking the Calc course that the AB exam gave me. I still have to take the next Calc course because there is no credit I can get for that.</p>
<p>I thought we established it for you: it's not worth taking it all over again, unless you didn't understand it the first time. If and when you need it, it WILL come back to you (although you may need a brief refresh, you don't need to take it all over again)</p>
<p>i guess i just wanted other people to give me some more input other than you and rehare i guess but yea im probaly just gona take the credit and move on, i mean its business right? how hard and complex can the math problems get? lol</p>
<p>I've been in business 30 years and never used calculus other than for one transportation/logistics modeling problem. Statistics and finite math are used way more often. And financial ratios/analysis/variance analysis is used every single day.</p>
<p>financial ratios/analysis/variance analysis? do i learn that in the later years in my business courses? and when you did you calculus for that transportation/logistics modeling problem, what part of calculus did you use?</p>
<p>grandpabuzz, I work at Seagate Technology's corporate headquarters in Scotts Valley, California (near Santa Cruz). Seagate was named Forbes Magazine's 2006 Company of the Year.</p>
<p>Although I was originally accepted to Brown, my parents couldn't afford it (and I didn't want to take out large loans), so I went to community college originally, then received my BS from Cal State, Long Beach. My MBA is from UCLA (paid my own way through). It was kind of disappointing having a 3.96 GPA in high school and then going to community college--but I got used to it--and at least I was able to go to college--which a lot of students can't do no matter their grades. </p>
<p>I hope people don't mind me posting this personal stuff here; and please don't let this get us away from the original purpose here--which is to help the students on this site.</p>
<p>I'm a junior business major at UMD, and I retook calc even though I had done all the AP stuff in high school.</p>
<p>So far, I've used very little calculus. I just took an upper-level economics class and there were a few derivatives. I found some concepts in a statistics class last semester easier to understand because I had an understanding of basic calculus. </p>
<p>I don't know how it will be in future upper-level courses, but so far, I'd say that taking calc again was pretty much a waste of time.</p>