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An applications-oriented calculus course — limits, derivatives, integrals, and the calculus the life sciences actually use.
MAT 220 provides a calculus course oriented toward applications — the version of calculus students in the life sciences, business, and other applied fields actually need. The course develops familiarity with limits; the derivative; the definite and indefinite integrals of linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions; and applications of derivatives and integrals.
MAT 220 is required in the BS Biology academic core and serves as a math option in several other ACU degree plans. Not open to students with credit in MAT 230 or MAT 231 (the full Calculus I/II sequence).
Offered 2026-2027: Fall Traditional.
Work With Limits
Develop a working understanding of the limit concept that grounds calculus.
Apply Derivatives
Compute and interpret derivatives of polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
Use Integrals
Apply both definite and indefinite integrals to real-world problems.
Solve Applied Problems
Use calculus methods to address problems in biology, business, and other applied fields.
A Biblical Worldview treats calculus as a precise tool for describing real systems — change over time, accumulation, optimization. MAT 220 puts that tool in students' hands without requiring the full theoretical apparatus of a mathematics major.
MAT 220 delivers the calculus that biology and applied-science majors actually use. Explore the programs that include it.
