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Calculus for Management OPMT 7701

Operations Management Course

Course details

Introduces calculus course to business students. Topics reviewed are integration, differentiation and applications of calculus to business problems. The students apply calculus through problem sets to gain skills in the various techniques.

Prerequisite(s)

  • Acceptance into the Bachelor of Business Administration program.

Credits

4.0

Cost

$877.39

Course offerings

Fall 2023

Below are two offerings of OPMT 7701 for the Fall 2023 term.

CRN 42446

Duration

Tue Sep 05 - Sat Dec 16 (15 weeks)

  • 15 weeks
  • CRN 42446
  • $877.39
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 05 - Dec 09 N/A N/A Online
Dec 16 Sat 12:30 - 15:30 Burnaby SE06 Rm. 207
Instructor

Neilu Rishi

Course outline

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Credits

4

Cost

$877.39

Important information
  1. Departmental approval needed
  2. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Flexible Learning (formerly Part-Time) BBA Degree Program. Registration approval is automatically given upon full acceptance into the part-time program. This is an online course with no weekly face-to-face with the instructor at any given time. Quizzes will be held online, but the final exam will be held at the Burnaby campus on Saturday, December 16.
Status

In Progress and Full

This course offering is in progress and full. Please check back next term or subscribe to receive email updates.

CRN 42447

Duration

Tue Sep 05 - Tue Dec 12 (15 weeks)

  • 15 weeks
  • CRN 42447
  • $877.39
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 05 - Dec 12 Tue 18:00 - 19:30 Burnaby SW03 Rm. 2765
Sep 05 - Dec 12 N/A N/A Online
Instructor

Neilu Rishi

Course outline

View

Credits

4

Cost

$877.39

Important information
  1. Departmental approval needed
  2. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Flexible Learning (formerly Part-Time) BBA Degree Program. Registration approval is automatically given upon acceptance into the program. This is a hybrid course. Lecture content will be provided asynchronously, and labs will be held in-person Tuesday evenings at the Burnaby campus.
Status

In Progress and Full

This course offering is in progress and full. Please check back next term or subscribe to receive email updates.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Calculate derivatives using the basic derivative rules (power, sum/difference, product, quotient and chain rules).
  • Apply the basic derivative rules to business calculations (ex: marginal function calculations).
  • Perform one variable optimization and apply this method to business problems (ex: profit maximization).
  • Calculate the derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions.
  • Calculate partial derivatives and apply the concept to economics and business applications (ex: level curves, elasticity, etc).
  • Perform optimization on functions of more than one variable and apply this method to business examples.
  • Perform constrained optimization using the Lagrange and Kuhn Tucker methods and apply to business examples.

Effective as of Fall 2023

Related Programs

Calculus for Management (OPMT 7701) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Business + Media

  1. Bachelor of Business Administration
    Bachelor of Business Administration Full-time/Part-time

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