Economics 102: Analytical Foundations of Economics
I. Model building in economics
II. The role of functions
and slopes in economic modeling
III. Key math techniques
and their relevance
IV. Optimization and
the usefulness of marginal analysis
V. Using calculus to optain precise results
A. Computing
derivatives and interpreting them
B. Solving
optimization problems
VI. Factoring in additional
variables (multivariate analysis)