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Course Title: Business Calculus Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 102505 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Pre-Calculus with a 70% or Open to Grades: 11, 12
higher or completion of Pre-Calculus with an 80%
or higher or Completion of Trigonometry &
Analytical Geometry with 90% or higher or teacher
recommendation.
Career Cluster(s): Finance Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Information Technology
Description: Calculus is the study of how things change. This calculus course is designed for the student who plans to
pursue a non-science related field in college. Business Calculus begins with a brief review of pre-calculus concepts then
moves to the study of limits, derivatives and integrals. These concepts will be applied to polynomial, power, rational,
exponential, and logarithmic functions. In addition, this course includes an introduction to calculus of several variables.
This course and the CHS course cover the same content. This course differs from the AP Calculus classes by placing less
emphasis on trigonometric functions and the proof of theorems; more emphasis is placed on the use and application of
calculus concepts.

Course Title: College in High School Business Calculus Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 102510 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Pre-Calculus with a 70% Open to Grades: 11, 12
or higher or completion of Pre-Calculus with an
80% or higher or teacher recommendation AND a
passing score on the ALEKS placement test ($25
fee in 2019-2020)
Requirement(s): Enrollment in the College in High School Program at the University of Pittsburgh (2019-2020 cost
$300; $75 per credit)
Career Cluster(s): Finance Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Information Technology
Description: Calculus is the study of how things change. This calculus course is designed for the student who plans to
pursue a non-science related field in college. Through successful completion of the coursework and CHS exams, a student
may earn four college credits. Placement into this course is contingent upon earning a passing score (as determined by the
University of Pittsburgh’s College in High School Program) on the ALEKS placement test. Business Calculus begins with
a brief review of pre-calculus concepts then moves to the study of limits, derivatives and integrals. These concepts will be
applied to polynomial, power, exponential, and logarithmic functions. In addition, this course includes an introduction to
calculus of several variables. This course differs from the AP Calculus classes by placing less emphasis on trigonometric
functions and the proof of theorems; more emphasis is placed on the use and application of calculus concepts.

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