BUS170JD1 - Math for Business Decisions - DL (J. Donnellan) information page


	BUS170 - Online Interaction Plan Interaction Plan Business Communication Time & Place: Online, 24/7 Instructor: Dr. John Donnellan Communication Modes jdonnellan@hcc.mass.edu 413-552-2146 (office) http://webtide.hccdl.org The instructor logs onto WebCT each Monday through Friday morning and immediately responds to email. Telephone conferences with the instructor can be arranged; also, students for whom the HCC campus is accessible can arrange face-to-face meetings. Text Business Math, Steve Slavin, Wiley; excerpts from Merchandise Buying and Management, John Donnellan, Fairchild; and various online resources Course Description: A focus on organizing, interpreting, assessing, and communicating mathematical data for quantitative decision-making within the business environment. The problem-solving, reasoning, and communication requirements in this course will help students make better decisions associated with common business functions, such as accounting, banking, finance, insurance, and retailing. The course will stress critical and logical thinking, number sense, estimating, evaluating and producing statistical information, basic financial decision-making, fundamentals of probability, and an overview of the important social implications underlying numerical data. Prerequisite: Eligibility for MTH 085 and one of the following computer courses: CSI 111, BUS 115 or BUS 215. Instructional Objectives: Upon successfully completing this course, students should be able to: Extrapolate, interpret and analyze data; Create solutions to business-related problems using simple algebraic functions; Solve business-related problems using spreadsheet software; Use presentation software to present financial data Think and communicate quantitatively Methods of Evaluation: Final grades will be based on four components: Three problem-solving exams each worth 15 percent of the final grade Online quizzes; the average grade for all quizzes will be worth 15 percent of the final grade Online problem-solving discussions; the average grade the contributions to the discussions will be worth 10 percent of the final grade A set of PowerPoint slides worth 10 percent of the final grade A comprehensive final exam worth 20 percent of the final grade Academic Honesty: Students are expected to observe generally accepted scholarly principles in composing assignments. They are forbidden to submit as their own any work that is in whole or part the work of another. A student who violates this policy will be dropped from the course with a grade of F. Caveats: Students taking this course must be proficient in: · Basic math and the use and interpretation of ratios and percentages · Solving simple algebraic problems · Using Excel to solve problems. This is beyond knowing how to set up columns and rows on an Excel spreadsheet. The course is about organizing data in a meaningful and efficient way to yield information to solve problems. · Thinking in numbers Attendance: “Attendance” in this course is defined as timely completing assignments. Students who twice miss deadlines for completing quizzes or participating in discussions, or once miss a deadline for submitting an exam will be administratively withdrawn form the course.