Is there an online college that does not require Calculus for a Business /Finance degree?
Travis S asked:
I am currently enrolled at the University of West FL in pensacola and I am looking for an alternative to their business calculus requirement. I have completed College Algebra and Statistics but they require calculus for some reason. I have tried to pass 3 times unsuccessfully and I was wondering if there is an online school that will take my Algebra and Stats. I have 96 credit hours and have it a major road block.
online finance degree
I am currently enrolled at the University of West FL in pensacola and I am looking for an alternative to their business calculus requirement. I have completed College Algebra and Statistics but they require calculus for some reason. I have tried to pass 3 times unsuccessfully and I was wondering if there is an online school that will take my Algebra and Stats. I have 96 credit hours and have it a major road block.
online finance degree
March 4th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Take a look at Excelsior College, Thomas Edison State College, and Charter Oak State College. They are the most flexible and will transfer that 96 hours you have.
Business calculus is an expected requirement for a business degree because some of the higher economics and finance formulae require it. It’s not always a full calc course though – business calc is usually calc-lite.
What you’re looking at to avoid it are specific individual degree requirements but you also have 30 more hours to complete and I suspect they’re upper level. Why not go on with those and come back to this calc requirement later with a fresh look?
March 7th, 2011 at 3:38 am
You have an additional problem. A future employer is going to assume that with a business/finance degree that you have had and passed calculus. Plus you will need to be able to do this higher math in your later work.
It would be better to hire a good calculus tutor to help you over come what ever problem you are having. It’s more important to spend the money and learn the material now, than to have problems at work and potentially lose a job over it later.
March 8th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
My friends, several of them infact, attended University of Phoenix Online for their MBA’s. The math related courses they took were really just a lot of stats and finance courses. I recall them having to go through those preliminary math courses, such as calc in the undergrad programs.
Check out the UPX site, their program specs should be listed.
Good luck.