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Calculus for Management OPMT 7701

Operations Management Course

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International Fees

International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.

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

Domestic fees

$889.39

Course offerings

Spring/Summer 2024

Below is one offering of OPMT 7701 for the Spring/Summer 2024 term.

CRN 63938

Duration

Tue Apr 23 - Tue Jul 30 (15 weeks)

  • 15 weeks
  • CRN 63938
  • Domestic fees $889.39
    International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees.
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Apr 23 - Jul 30 N/A N/A Online
Jul 30 Tue 18:00 - 21:00 Burnaby SE06 Rm. 204
Instructor

Neilu Rishi

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Credits

4

Domestic fees

$889.39

Important information
  1. Departmental approval needed
  2. International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
  3. 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 program. This online course follows a weekly schedule with posted due dates for assignments and exams. However, lecture content is asynchronous with no weekly face-to-face meetings with the instructor. The final exam will be held at the Burnaby campus on July 30.
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:

  • Indicates programs accepting international students.
  • Indicates programs with a co-op option.

School of Business + Media

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

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