Great Basin College
BUS 117-Section 1002
1.
Course Title:
Dates:
Instructor:
Office location
Class location
Office hours
BUS 117 Business Calculations/Methods
September 20 – December 13
Mr. Safford
Room 4 of Education building
Computer Laboratory in Education building
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Thursday
2.
DESCRIPTION
BUS 117: Business Calculations/Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: none
Fundamental arithmetical processes applied to business activities and
applications; including discounts, markups, payroll, interest, annuities,
present value of money, depreciation, tax computations, business statistics
and general application of mathematics for planning and problem solving,
using algebraic equations, graphics and other basic forecasting techniques.
3.
MATERIALS - REQUIRED
 Textbook: Practical Business Math Procedures
10th edition © 2011
Author: Jeffrey Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN 978-0-07-732793-4
4.
GRADES
Students will earn their grade according to the following:
 Final Exam: 200 points
 Chapter Tests: Each test has 15 questions and is worth 1 points per
question
 Percentage grade determined by points earned divided by total points
possible (380)
Your grade will be determined by your percentage score as follows:
A: 90-100 B: 80-89
C: 70-79
D: 60-69
W or F: 0-59
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5.
TESTS AND FINAL
Tests are due on the date specified in the syllabus. Students are allowed the
following for the final: blank sheets of paper for scratch paper, printed lecture
notes, and a calculator. The final exam will be comprehensive.
6.
MAKE-UP ON TESTS/FINAL
If a student will be unable to take a test at the time allotted (see class
calendar), he needs to contact the instructor ahead of time in order to make
other arrangements.
7.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
An honor code exists in this class that forbids plagiarism and other forms of
academic fraud. Plagiarism includes copying material directly from a source,
and/or failure to show where the material was found. The practice of
plagiarism or other forms of dishonesty (such as cheating during an in-class
exam) will result in a failing grade for the course. Students who make their
work available for plagiarism by others will suffer the same consequences as
students who plagiarize the work. Students are permitted to work together
on homework assignments and any take-home tests.
8.
CANCELLED CLASSES
If a class is cancelled for any reason the tests that were due that day will be
due at the next meeting time.
9.
Attendance will be taken for the purpose of students earning work days. If a
student has three unexcused absences he may be dropped from the class.
10. Students are to eat dinner at approximately 4:00 PM when they are called.
Class begins promptly at 4:30 PM, homework and take home tests are due at
start of class, and it is expected that the student will have read the chapter
before the class in which it will be discussed.
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11. Learner Outcomes and Measurements
1. Work with numbers using basic
numerology (whole numbers, fractions,
and decimals ) and use mathematical
techniques commonly found in business
environments;
2. Prepare a bank reconciliation, use
equations and word problems to solve
for unknowns, and calculate and apply
percentages;
3. Determine prices using trade and cash
discounts, markups and markdowns, and
perform payroll computations;
4. Calculate simple and compound
interest, use present value.
Chapter tests 1-3
5.Final Exam will be comprehensive
Chapters 1-12
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Chapter tests 4-6
Chapter tests 7-9
Chapter tests 10-12
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BUS 117
Week
Date
Lesson
1
9-20
2
9-27
3
10-4
4
10-11
5
10-18
6
10-25
7
11-1
8
11-8
9
11-15
10
11-22
11
11-29
12
12-6
13
12-13
Introduction & Chapters 1-3
Whole numbers, fractions, and
decimals
Chapter 4
Banking
Chapter 5
Solving equations
Chapter 6
Percents and their applications
Chapter 7
Discounts
Chapter 8
Markups and markdowns
Chapter 9
Payroll
Chapter 10
simple interest
Chapter 11
Notes and discount process
Thanksgiving
No class
Chapter 12
Compound interest, and present
value
Final Exam
Comprehensive
Make-up day
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Homework due dates
And test dates
Chapter 1, 2, & 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
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