Calculus for Business
Spring 2007
Course: MAC-2233 , CRN 12647
Instructor: Dr. M. Rahman
Office: Bldg. 14/ Room 2718
Class Time: 1:30-2:45pm M-W
Bldg. 3/Rm. 1341
Office hour: 3:00-4:00am M-W/Appointment
Textbook: Calculus for Managerial Life and Social
Sciences, 7th ed. by S. T. Tan
e-mail: mrahman@unf.edu
Web: http://www.unf.edu/~mrahman
Tentative Schedule:
Chapter 1 Preliminaries (§1.1-1.4)
Chapter 2 Functions, Limits, and the Derivative (§2.1-2.6)
Chapter 3 Differentiation (§3.1-3.5)
Chapter 4 Applications of the Derivative (§4.1-4.5)
Chapter 5 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (§5.1-5.6)
Chapter 6 Integration (§6.1-6.7)
Grading:
Homework & Quizzes
Exam 1
Exam 2
Final Exam
30%
20%
20%
30%
Letter grades will be assigned as follows: 90 to 100% - A, 80 to 89% - B, 70 to 79% - C, 60 to 69% - D,
59% and below – F. The “  `` will be included only to improve your grades.
Important Deadlines:
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Last day to withdraw ( with 25% refund)– February 2nd
Last day to withdraw (no refund)– March 26th
Holidays (no classes or office hours) – MLK Jr. Day- Jan. 15th , Spring break- March 19-24th.
Exam 1: February 21, 2007(Wednesday)
Exam 2: April 04, 2007(Wednesday)
Final Exam is Monday, April 30th, 1:00-2:50pm.
Technology: A graphing calculator is required. I will be using the TI-83. You are free to use a TI /Casio
CFX-9850GB PLUS graphing calculator, however it is your responsibility to learn how to use it. Class time
will be spent on how to graph, plot points, find regression curves, etc. only for the TI-83. I highly
recommend using the same calculator as I will be using this semester. Calculators with QWERTY
keyboards or those that do symbolic algebra such as the TI-89, or the Casio FX2 or 9970G cannot be used
in class or during an exam.
Attendance: is required; parts of this class may be in a cooperative learning format. You will be assigned
group work in and out of class. Students absent for university sponsored events or must make arrangements
for making up the work they will miss before they are absent.
Homework: is required. Selected problems from your textbook will be assigned and graded. All homework
must be written on
8 1  11 paper. Write on one side of the paper. Staple the pages in the upper left
2
corner. No late homework will be accepted without a valid reason.
Quizzes: Quizzes may be either announced or unannounced, and are given at the discretion of the
instructor. Quizzes frequently reflect material that has recently been discussed in the
class. NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES unless in case of sickness or accident - medical
certificate required.
Disability Resource Center: If you believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please
contact “ Disability Resources Center” in Bldg. 10-Room 1201.
Disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to amend this syllabus at any time. Changes will be
announced in class. It is the responsibility of the student to be aware of any changes.
General Education Outcomes:
MAC 2233 is designed to satisfy the following criteria from the Central Student Outcomes of General
Education:
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II D. 1. Students should be able to demonstrate general knowledge of the breadth, power, and
development of major areas of mathematics.
This course is an introduction to calculus with special emphasis on its relevance to business students.
Major topics include: limits, differentiation, and integration. Significant applications include: solving
optimization problems and understanding graphs. We will reach the goal stated above by devoting
about 10 weeks (excluding exams and reviews) to the basics and the rest of the time (about 5 weeks) to
applications. The lectures and class activities will provide the motivations and the concepts needed to
understand the topics, the skills needed to apply the concepts, and discussions of the scopes of these
concepts.
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II. D. 2. Students should be able to demonstrate proficiency in solving problems using
mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning.
We will reach this goal by teaching differentiation and integration, which are two of the main concepts
of the first semester of an applied calculus course. These concepts and their associated skills will then
be applied to solve optimization problems, graph functions, and calculate values of marginal functions.