ECON 130 - Foundations for Business Analytics

Description:
Role of mathematics, statistics and software to business and economic decision making; business and economics applications including indexing, percentage changes, compounding, financing, and accounting; probability theory and descriptive statistical analysis; modelling. Includes a lab component.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: a math placement test score resulting in placement into MATH 100C or successful completion of MATH 100B with a grade of C or higher.

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: FYE3 - Quantitative Reasoning

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Develop critical thinking skills by applying basic components of logic to business decision making.
Demonstrate competence in basic mathematical modelling by using appropriate computer software to make practical business decisions.
Apply various quantitative methods used in business decision making to real world situations. Students will use appropriate software to make compounding, percentage calculations, index development, savings and mortgage calculations.
Demonstrate competence in basic probability theory by analyzing normal distributions and drawing conclusions from data.
Analyze simple data by developing summary statistics and graphs.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/6/20

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