Donald F. Hyatt, Associate Professor of Business

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BSMTH 101 Business Math

Outline & Syllabus

Attendance
Students are expected to be regular in attendance. Excessive absences may affect your grade negatively. In case of an absence, it is YOUR responsibility to find out what was missed and make it up promptly. Tests that you have missed must be taken within one week of a regularly scheduled test. Makeup tests are usually more difficult and are graded more stringently than regular tests
Text
Business Mathematics for Colleges 12th edition, Deitz & Southam
Evaluation
The final grade will be determined by your performance on four tests, quizzes, in-class assignments, homework, and other work assigned. Final letter grades will be based on the following percentage schedule of points earned:

Percent

Grade
100-90
A
89-80
B
79-70
C
69-60
D
59-Below
E
Homework and Other Assignments
Students are expected to have all homework assignments completed in a neat manner and in good form BEFORE coming to class. On assignments that indicate-- all calculations to be shown on paper --calculations must be shown to receive full credit. Quizzes and in-class assignments cannot be made up. All work assigned and not turned in on the due date will have the score reduced 20%. Assignments will not be accepted when they are more than two weeks late.

Approach
Lecture-discussion--in class problems. Students are expected to participate in class discussion. The exact problems to be assigned as homework will be handed out prior to each unit.
Course Description
The course covers practical applications of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, fractions, percentages, discounts, simple interest, compound interest, present value, discounting notes, interest on installment loans, and amortized mortgage loans, to the problems of everyday business and accounting. This is an ideal math refresher course for business students. IN ORDER TO EARN A PASSING GRADE, ALL TESTS MUST BE TAKEN.
Withdrawals and Incompletes
An automatic "W" will be assigned to any student withdrawing from this course in the first 12 weeks. This "W" will be assigned regardless of the quality of work. After 12 weeks, a "W" will be assigned only if the course work is passing at the time of withdrawal. A grade of "I" (incomplete) will be assigned to students whose work is incomplete in a MINOR way. This will be granted only for critical situations.