Course Details

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 1

MATH111

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
1	MATH111	BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 1	4+0+0	4	6

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	The aim of this course is • To teach Mathematical issues required in business and economics • To discuss how to use these mathematical topics in real-life business and economic problems
Course Content	Precalculus Topics as a refresher of high school math knowledge, Functions and Graphs, Limits and the Derivative, Additional Derivative Topics ,and Graphing and Optimization for functions with single variable with Business field case concepts with applications.
Course Methods and Techniques	This is a student-driven course. It is your responsibility to participate actively in class discussions. You are not graded on whether your comment, remark and suggestions are correct/ useful or incorrect. Evaluation of class participation will be based on your ability to rise and answer important issues, to contribute ideas or insights, to build upon the ideas of others, ask questions to presenters, etc. By actively participating in the class discussions, you can sharpen your insights, and those of your classmates.
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Associate Prof.Dr. Mehmet Tarık Atay https://avesis.agu.edu.tr/mehmettarik.atay mehmettarik.atay@agu.edu.tr Associate Prof.Dr. Ali Hakan Tor hakan.tor@agu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Barnett Calculus for Bus, Econ, Life Sciences & Social Scie 14e
	Lecture notes will be distributed during the semester
	Haftalık ders notları

Course Category

Mathematics and Basic Sciences	%70
Field	%30

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	1	% 40
Ödev	1	% 20
Sunum/Seminer	1	% 10
Final examination	1	% 30
Total	4	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi	1	30	30
Yazılı Sınav	1	50	50
Grup Projesi	1	30	30
Final Sınavı	1	70	70
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 6 180

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	recognize some mathematical concepts which they need in their academic life
2	identify the need for applications of mathematical methods to global challenges in business, economy and social sciences
3	apply numerical skill on these applications
4	learn how to apply the studied mathematical methods to real-life business and economic problems

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	First Meeting, Introduce the course, Functions, Elementary Functions: Graphs and Transformations, Linear and Quadratic Functions
2	Polynomial and Rational Functions, Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions
3	Right Triangle, Trigonometry, Trigonometric Functions
4	Introduction to Limits, Infinite Limit and Limits at Infinity
5	Continuity, The Derivative
6	Basic Differentiation Properties
7	Differentials
8	Marginal Analysis in Business and Economics, Summary and Review
9	The Constant e and Continuous Compound Interest, Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
10	Derivatives of Products and Quotients, The Chain Rule
11	Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions, Implicit Differentiation
12	Related Rates, Elasticity and Demand
13	Firs Derivative and Graph, Second Derivative and Graphs
14	L’Hopital’s Rule, Curve-Sketching Techniques
15	Absolute Maxima and Minima, Optimization

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	P1	P2	P3
C1	4	3	2
C2	4	4	1
C3	4	4	1
C4	4	4	1

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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