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[quote=Anonymous]For business, he'll need to get through a calc sequence and also micro/macro.  And probably a stats course.  Accounting (but that's not really math).  Maybe a course in operations that could have some math.

The good news is that once he gets through those, there are plenty of business concentrations (marketing, human resources, strategy) that aren't very mathematical.  So if he can make it through the core courses, he should be fine (and can find careers without much math).

Econ is a flunk-out class at a lot of schools.  It's usually not the math per se (the intro courses are more about moving supply and demand curves-- the intermediate and advanced courses (probably not required) can have a ton of math.

Intro econ courses will probably be required for a lot of other majors he'd be interested in (public policy, etc).

Stats is quite a different type of math-- doesn't require any calc at all (at the basic levels).

All of this to say, unless he wants to study humanities, he'll probably need to make it through the calc sequence and econ.  See if you can get a tutor and if he's allowed to take it pass/fail.  Once he's done those, then I think business might be a good direction for him...

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