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Math 115a, Sections 011 and 013Spring 2007Instructor. Lotfi HermiMath Bldg 710Tel: (520) 621-4838Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.math.arizona.edu/~hermi/busmath07/ Office Hours. MWF 11:00 AM -12 PM at OSCR Underground (Digital Media Lab); Thursday 1-2 PM (in Math East 149)Class Meetings. Section 011, MWF 12:00 PM-12:50 PM, ILC 151Section 013, MWF, 01:00 PM-01:50 PM, ILC 151Textbook. Mathematics for Business Decisions Part 1, Alternative Edition, Release 1.5a, 2005,Thompson, Lamoureux, and Slaten, Mathematical Association of America is required. The e-text is packaged as boxed software with an installation CD and Student Notebook containing screen captures of all PowerPoint slides. Texts are available at the U of A bookstore. You are expected to bring the installation CD to all class meetings.Prerequisites. Successful completion of Introduction to Computing (MIS 111) and Business Problem Solving and Analysis (B AD 112L), and either successful completion of College Algebra with Data Analysis (Math 109), College Algebra (Math 110) or College Algebra Accelerated (Math 112) or an acceptable score on the Mathematics Readiness Test.Course Materials. (i) Textbook. (ii) Math 115a Files. (iii) Blank CD-R's, CD-RW, Zip Disks, USB stick(s); as needed for reports and homework. (iv) Scientific or graphing calculator. (v) Student Manual for Mathematics for Business Decisions Part I: Probability and Simulation, by Williamson, Mendel, Tarr, and Yoklic. Class Attendance. Attendance is very important in this class. You are responsible for all information provided in class, in the course files, and on the course web page. Class roll will be taken periodically, and any student who misses the first day or more than three days may be administratively dropped from the course. If you are excused from class for attendance at an officially authorized event, then you must provide a written excuse signed by the Dean of Students no later than one week after the absence. Electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, watch alarms, etc. must be turned off during class meetings.Kick-Off. The Eller College of Management is holding a Kick-off for this course on Thursday,January 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a make-up session on Saturday, January 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Additional information (including the location) will be posted with the current course Announcements on the Course Homepage.Turnitin. You will be required to have or create a Turnitin user profile and to join the Turnitinclass created for this section of Business Mathematics I. Examinations. Midterm examinations will be given in class on Friday, February 21 and Monday, April 23. Final examinations in all sections of Math 115a will be given on Tuesday, May 8, 2006, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. A missed midterm examination or a missed finalexamination will result in a score of zero for that work. Each midterm examination will be worth 100 points, and the final examination will be worth 200 points. If you earn a higher percentage on the final examination than on one of the midterms, then your lowest midterm score will be replaced by 50% of your score on the final examination.Team Projects. Teams consisting of four or five students each will be formed to work two team projects. Every team will give a preliminary oral report, a final oral report, and a final written report on each project. After completion of the final oral reports, an individual project quiz will be given. Each project will be worth 150 points (20 points for the preliminary report, 60 points for the final oral report, 40 points for the final written report, 20 points for the project quiz, and 10 points for peer evaluations.) If you fail to cooperate with your team, then you will be requiredto work the project individually for a maximum of 80% of the possible points. The oral reports must be supported with PowerPoint presentations. Each team member must actively participate, and each team member is expected to dress and act in a professional manner.Final oral reports will be evaluated on the organization and style of the presentation, the correctness and completeness of the contents, the ability of all team members to answer questions and explain what the team has done, and the extent to which the team explores the project beyond the level of the Class Project. The written reports must be computer-generated and bound. They must be self-contained and free of spelling and grammatical errors. Written reports will be evaluated on completeness, correctness, and quality of presentation.Homework. Homework will include computer graded individual online assignments on D2L and team homework assignments related directly to the two team projects we will work on. Teamhomework will be collected at the beginning of class on the dates posted on the class website. Please note that the assignments must be computer generated, stapled and must include the coverpage. No credit will be given for assignments that contain only answers with no supporting work. The homework grades will be based on the correctness of the answer, the fullness of the explanation, and the quality of the presentation. If a team member does not fulfill his/her obligation, that team member should not sign the homework. If a student’s signature is not on the homework at the time that it is turned it, then that student will receive a 0 for that homework. There will be no exceptions to this. Late assignments will not be accepted. Quizzes. Announced and unannounced quizzes will be given in this course. Quizzes will be averaged withthe homework grade. Questions regarding the grading of any assignment or exam must be addressed no later than one week after the assignment or exam is returned.Course Grades. Midterm examinations will be worth 200 points, the final examination will be worth 200 points, the team projects will be worth 300 points, and the homework will be worth 100 points. The homework grade will include- Individual D2L assignments- Team assignments- Quizzes (announced and unannounced) If you earn at least 55% of the possible points for individual work and at least 55% of the possible points for team work, then your course grade will be based upon the scale given below.Total Points Grade720-800 A640-719 B560-639 C480-559 D0-479 EOtherwise, you will receive a failing grade for the course. For course grade purposes, individual work is defined to include the midterm


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