Mathematics
It is possible to apply for admission to the subject as an individual subject. Reservations are made regarding free capacity on the subject. The applicant must meet the applicable admission requirements for the Bachelor in Business Administration, Bachelor in Economics, Digitalisation and Business Development, or Bachelor in Real Estate.
More information about individual subject admissions and deadlines (Norwegian webpage)
Knowledge
The student must have knowledge about:
- functions of one and multiple variables, including linear functions, polynomial functions, exponentialfunctions and logarithms
- the concepts derivation and integration
- how geometric series can be used to find formulas for, among other things, savings annuities and term amounts (deposits) for annuity loans
Skills
The student must be able to:
- solve posed and unposed problems using algebra and equation solving
- solve posed and uposed optimization problems in one variable
- use one-variable functions to solve simple business economic problems, including elasticity discussions
- solve problems about savings annuities and annuity loans
- solve posed and unposed optimizations problems in two variables, with and without secondary conditions
General competence
The student must have competence on:
- the validity of a mathematical model, and how the validity depends on the assumptions made in the modeling process
- how elementary mathematics can be used to model and solve economic problems
Simple calculator and bilingual dictionaries. Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
