Donald F. Hyatt, Associate Professor of Business
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BUSAD 151 Introduction to Business

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 Essentials, 3rd edition, R.J. Ebert, R. W. Griffin
Optional: Study Guide
Evaluation
The final grade will be determined by your performance on four tests, a stock project, readings, in-class assignments, quizzes, and other work as may be 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
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. Students are expected to participate in class discussion.
Purpose of Course
The main purpose of a first course in busines is to do exactly what the title states, namely to introduce the student to the world of business, and to help understand the functions of business enterprise within the frame-work of a a capitalistic society. Also, (1) it surveys the entire field of business; (2) to expand and enrich the students business vocabulary as a foundation for further study of advanced business subjects; (3) explains our "free enterprise system: (despite the numerous critics of the "free enterprise system" there must be something right about an economic system that has brought to this country the highest standard of living ever known.); (4) to help the student select a business vocation more intelligently. IN ORDER TO EARN A PASSING GRADE, ALL TESTS MUST BE TAKEN.