Loading course records
Marginal means local
A marginal value describes the effect of a small change near a current operating point.
Loading course records
01:640:130 · Mathematics · School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
Business Calculus is a terminal calculus course intended for Rutgers Business School students and some economics majors. Rutgers describes limits, continuity, derivatives, tangent lines, derivative applications, and basic integration, using business and economics examples such as equilibrium, profit, elasticity, and marginal analysis.
Can I take it?
Precalculus Part I · Precalculus Part II · Precalculus College Mathematics
How hard?
Students rate teaching
SIRS · 174 responses · 2024–2025
Spring 2027
12 open in snapshot
When it meets
Livingston, College Avenue
AI-generated overview
Higher means more demanding · AI summary
5 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
The course establishes the function behavior needed to define derivatives and interpret change in business models.
Derivatives become rates of change and marginal quantities in revenue, cost, demand, and related models.
Students use derivative information to study growth, extrema, elasticity, and profit or cost decisions.
Basic integration introduces accumulation and total change, complementing the local perspective of derivatives.
The final habit is translating a symbolic result back into the business meaning, units, and assumptions of the model.
A marginal value describes the effect of a small change near a current operating point.
Critical points only become decisions after domain, constraints, and business meaning are checked.
Elasticity compares percentage changes rather than raw units.
A derivative or integral should be translated back into the quantity the model represents.
Common pitfall
Instead
Check realistic prices, quantities, and constraints before accepting an extremum.
Common pitfall
Instead
Use sign changes, second-derivative reasoning, or endpoint comparisons.
Common pitfall
Instead
Write a sentence interpreting the answer and its units.
12 open · Livingston, College Avenue
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0115724 | Open | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at TIL 103A; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at TIL 103ATIL 103A | Livingston | |
| 0215725 | Open | Tuesday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at TIL 103A; Thursday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at TIL 103ATIL 103A | Livingston | |
| 0315726 | Open | Monday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at LSH B112; Wednesday 2:00 PM-3:20 PM at LSH B112LSH B112 | Livingston | |
| 0515728 | Open | Tuesday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at LSH B105; Friday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at LSH B105LSH B105 | Livingston | |
| 0615729 | Open | Monday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at SC 202; Thursday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at SC 202SC 202 | College Avenue | |
| 0815731 | Open | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MU 111; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MU 111MU 111 | College Avenue | |
| 1115734 | Closed | Tuesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at TIL 103C; Thursday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at TIL 103CTIL 103C | Livingston | |
| 1215735 | Open | Monday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at SC 207; Wednesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at SC 207SC 207 | College Avenue | |
| 1315736 | Open | Tuesday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at TIL 252; Friday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at TIL 252TIL 252 | Livingston | |
| 1415737 | Open | Monday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at LSH B112; Thursday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at LSH B112LSH B112 | Livingston | |
| 1515738 | Open | Monday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at TIL 207; Wednesday 7:30 PM-8:50 PM at TIL 207TIL 207 | Livingston | |
| 1615739 | Closed | Monday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at BE 219; Wednesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at BE 219BE 219 | Livingston | |
| 1715740 | Open | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 207; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 207TIL 207 | Livingston | |
| 1815741 | Open | Monday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 251; Wednesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at TIL 251TIL 251 | Livingston |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.30
Course quality
4.15
Response rate
48.7%
Coverage
13 offerings · 2024–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Tabanli | 3 | 4.33 | 4.30 |
| Corey Stone | 2 | 4.45 | 4.30 |
| Nishali Mehta | 2 | 4.30 | 4.10 |
| Matt Sequin | 2 | 4.35 | 3.95 |
| Banmali Banerjee | 1 | 4.90 | 4.80 |
| Sally Mulvey | 1 | 4.20 | 4.00 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
Livingston, College Avenue
Current availability
12 open of 14
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring, Summer
Core codes
QQ, QR
Loaded terms
6
(01:640:111)<em> OR </em>(01:640:112)<em> OR </em>(01:640:115)<em> OR </em>(21:640:113)<em> OR </em>(50:640:113)<em> OR </em>(50:640:114)
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.