<p>In other news, the Dow is over 9000!!</p>
<p>I don't know what finance classes you have taken, but none of mine are "unending reams of memorization." I think you either have had bad experiences with your professors, don't have a knack for the conceptualization or possibly both.</p>
<p>I was talking about business calc. Reading comprehension obviously isn't your strong suit. Nor is critical thinking.</p>
<p>I agree with football to a point. I wouldn't say that business calculus is the hardest business major class but it is hard. Some of my MIS classes that I had to take were insane. Maybe it depends if you take the class from a good math (usually if the engineering is good the math is good) univeristy or not. In my university the average grade in my business calculus class was a D+ even after the curve. This was the case with the majority of the professors teaching that class.</p>
<p>My school is renowned for engineering. Every other business student is an ex-engineering student.</p>
<p>MIS might be insane as far as being "we expect you to know stuff about computers, and we test on stuff we dont teach", but computer science makes it look like a high school typing class.</p>
<p>If you were to look at top MIS/CIS programs you would know that a good chunk of the computer classes are taken from the computer science department. </p>
<p>Programming- CS
Networking-CS
Database-CS
Computer Security- CS
Software Engineering- CS</p>
<p>Graphic Design / Web Development- GD or CS</p>
<p>Project Mangement- MIS
Business Analyst- MIS
Systems Analyst- MIS
ERP- MIS</p>
<p>I too was faced with the choice of Business calc. or Calc 1. Since I am a business econ major, I went with the Business calc. The semester comprised of limits,derivatives,integrals, marginal analysis and Lagrange multipliers. Mainly focusing on derivatives from basic differentiation to partial. Neither are impossible if you study. Pretty much since you are in business you will be using derivatives to find rates of change, a large part of marginal analysis, which is a important part of financing(IE future pricing or demands). By no means are you skipping other parts of calc 1 but rather focusing on the parts more practical for the business world like minimizing costs and maximizing profits.
Hope it helps :p</p>
<p>redlineSI, I was an accounting major and took regular calculus because I love math (and was as good at it as any engineering major). The mere fact you asks the question suggests to me that you enjoy learning. It really depends on your abilities, desires, and plans for the future. What is your desired major? What do you want to do after you graduate? Do you like the idea of a rigorous approach to math? These are some of the questions to ask. You know yourself better than anyone of us.</p>