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If you have not done so already, you should be checking the website of whatever school you are in to see the requirments of the major. They should have a list of all the courses you need to earn the degree.
At the school I am going to, accounting majors have to take intro to stats, no calc involved. Addtionally the business majors that do require calc, often take "business calc" as opposed to the real and much harder calculus one. Also see if you can transfer calc from a Community college, usually the CC version of the class is easier than the uni one.
In any case first thing, is check the website, find out exactly the highest level of math required.
I dont think marketing requires calc, but to be sure you have to look up the requirments for the major at whatever school you are going to. The university I am at, marketing majors take "Stastical methods for business"- they do not take the actual "Statistics" course. and they do NOT TAKE Calculus. I am not sure about the school you are going to, again you have to check, check the website, heck call up someone in the department and ask directly.
As to what makes business calc easier than real calc, the generally rule is anytime a course is a derivative off a parent course, the derivative is often easier. So at Rutgers , the liberal arts majors will take "Mathematics for the Liberal Arts" whilst non liberal arts majors will take the actual "college algebra". From what I hear in "business calc", "Mathematics for liberal arts", the workload is easier and the professors are more lenient. You will not go as deeply into the course if you took "real" calc. The professor understands you are not a math major, math is not your strong suite and thus the tests are usually easier and the curve is bigger.
I will give a personal example. As a nursing major I had to take Organic Biochemistry. The science majors had to take the real thing, the real "Organic chemistry". Organic chemistry has the notorious reputation of being incredibly difficulty in the lecture and lab component often quashing the dreams of pre med and pre PA students everywhere. Organic chemistry you are thrown in the deep end of the pool, organic bio chem-you are dipping your toe in the shallow end. I believe this applies almost anytime a course is a derivative of a parent course.
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I dont think marketing requires calc, but to be sure you have to look up the requirments for the major at whatever school you are going to. The university I am at, marketing majors take "Stastical methods for business"- they do not take the actual "Statistics" course. and they do NOT TAKE Calculus. I am not sure about the school you are going to, again you have to check, check the website, heck call up someone in the department and ask directly.
As to what makes business calc easier than real calc, the generally rule is anytime a course is a derivative off a parent course, the derivative is often easier. So at Rutgers , the liberal arts majors will take "Mathematics for the Liberal Arts" whilst non liberal arts majors will take the actual "college algebra". From what I hear in "business calc", "Mathematics for liberal arts", the workload is easier and the professors are more lenient. You will not go as deeply into the course if you took "real" calc. The professor understands you are not a math major, math is not your strong suite and thus the tests are usually easier and the curve is bigger.
I will give a personal example. As a nursing major I had to take Organic Biochemistry. The science majors had to take the real thing, the real "Organic chemistry". Organic chemistry has the notorious reputation of being incredibly difficulty in the lecture and lab component often quashing the dreams of pre med and pre PA students everywhere. Organic chemistry you are thrown in the deep end of the pool, organic bio chem-you are dipping your toe in the shallow end. I believe this applies almost anytime a course is a derivative of a parent course.
I have a liberal arts degree and I NEVER took a different math class because I was a liberal arts grad. I took college algebra and business math and I was done.
I'll still have to get a low paying job, because I'm no good at math.
One of my friends who is one of the dimmest people I know (in terms of books and school) managed to get an engineering degree, which meant he had to pass 4 levels of Calculus.
Anybody who applies themselves can pass a semester or two of college level calculus.
As far as this dyscalculia disease, I guess it does exist. But I think some people are just jumping on it as an excuse not to try harder to address their weakness.
If you can do arithmetic and geometry and read clocks, then you can do Calc.
Is it bad that a lot of what I know about college (Living in dorms, majors) from what people have said on internet forums?
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