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Originally posted by neo geo I dont understand school and half the classes they make you take to get a degree.

Exactly what I hate about college...most of the shit you have to take doesn't even pertain to your major. As far as my calculus experiences I took it in high school to get it out of the way. Well I failed the test to get the credit for it so I had to take it in college anyway. I somehow managed to get a C and hopefully will never have to deal with that shit ever again. I think once you get the calculus level of difficulty in math some people just don't get it but just stick with it, get a tutor if necessary and just hope you can pull off a passing grade.

I still find it funny how they make most college students take that, then even though they passed that and all that hibbidy jibbidy symbols and formulas of calculas; they still can't do simple mathematics and need a calculator.

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Originally posted by neo geo Will someone please explain to my why a business major is required to take this class. I don't understand any of it, not even with tutoring 3 times a week. I have thought it over and if i fail this class after taking 3 remedial maths and college algebra , then i'm done with school. This class has caused me so much stress this semester that i had to be put on xanax. Where will i ever use natural logs or E^x. I'm not an engineer and dont need this kind of math so why must i take it. I was reviewing stuff we did at the beginning of this semester and i have already forgot how to do half of it. If i can not remember it for this short ammount of time then do you think i will remember any of it a year from now. I dont understand school and half the classes they make you take to get a degree. Now i understand why so many people don't go to college. F*** calculus.

I know from personal experience how calculus and all that math does relate to the business world. Especially when I'm dealing with stocks. Analysts use calculus in the 'Discount Cash Flow Model' in which company's are valued for their intrinsic worth. Trust me, I even use this model and I don't even work for a broker. Charting prices, estimating future data, placing valuations, all requires higher level math. I like to use logarithmic charts, so I've got know what Logs are and stuff.

If you were a Wall Street analysts, you would never get by without knowing what the math is used for and how to use it. A HUGE part of business is the numbers crunching, and everyone needs a basic understanding of how ALL aspects of business operate, including math.

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I'm "in" business calc right now too.

I say "in" because I haven't gone in about 2 months and skipped the last test.

Such are the luxuries of dropping out of FSU to go to culinary school.

yea that sucks. i had to take spanish 4 at my school when its just a review of 1 2 and 3 and you hav eto buy like 5 books for that class too when in 1 2 and 3 you use the same book, i dont understand why we have to take that fuckin class

The point of taking it is because you are graduating with a business degree, regardless of what major you go into. This means that you are atleast rounded in business. The point of taking statistics classes is not because you will be doing statistics when you graduate, but because when some statistical survey comes up in your career, you atleast know what is going on. I can't imagine the class being that hard. I took both Calculus for engineering and business calculus, and business calculus was a walk in the park. Maybe it might be whoever is teaching you, but my business calculus professor had us do simple problems so that we could get the idea of how to do the problem, rather than treating us like math or engineering majors.

In terms of whether or not you are going to use calculus in whatever jhob you eventually go into, most of the time I don't think you will. I am an accounting major and my mother's an auditor, and niether of us ever use any kind of calculus. My dad is a financial analysist, and he never uses calculus either. Not to say that it isn't used in the business world, but more often than not, you probably won't need to use it.

Calculus and statistics are essential for most finance work you will do. Max/Min problems, regressions, myriad of models. 1st year calculus is a pretty basic and a must for any well rounded B.Com. Unless you're in some college which offers a "business" degree.

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I might be bias because I'm a math major and LOVE calculus, but calc's relaly important for basic and upper levels of econ classes. Also math=power.

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you might want to rethink your major

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Originally posted by igottaknow you might want to rethink your major

why?

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