Math 115b Section 3 (Spring 09)  Instructor: Kerima Ratnayaka   Phone :  Office : MTL 124B ( Math Teaching Lab)  Office hours : Monday 11-12pm  Monday 3-4pm Wednesday 9-10am Thursday 10-11am  or by appointments  Class web page:  Business Mathematics web page( Course web page):

Course Materials  Textbook:e-text  A USB mass storage device or blank CD-R's or CD RW’s, as needed for class work,reports and homework  Scientific or graphing calculator. Calculators that perform symbolic manipulations (such as the TI-89 or TI-92) are not permitted

Textbook  Textbook. Mathematics for Business Decisions Part 2, Release 1.55, 2007  The material consists of a set of PowerPoint, Excel and Word files, along with many links to streaming video and internet sites.  To obtain the e-text, go to the D2L site for your section of the course and click on MBD in the blue navigation bar. Then follow the on-screen directions for downloading and unzipping the files.

Class Attendance  Mandatory  Class roll will be taken Daily  YOU MUST READ THE RELEVANT LESSON (As per syllabus) BEFORE YOU COME TO CLASS  All students must come ON TIME for class and NO TALKING DURING THE LECTURE  You are responsible for all information  Provided in class  In the course files  Course web page(Common Business Math)  Class web page

Exams  Two midterm examinations ( 100 each)  In-class Midterm dates (Tentative dates) Test 1 –2/25/09 Test 2 –4/27/09 Missed exams(Makeup tests are given only at the discretion of the instructor) Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, a missed midterm examination or a missed final examination will result in a score of zero for that work.  Final Exam (200 points) - May 14th, 5:00-7:00 pm, Location-TBN (Later)

Exams- Contd. . If a student earns a higher percentage on the final examination than on one of the midterms, then the student’s lowest midterm score will be replaced by the percent scored on the final examination.

Teams  5-6 members in each team  You need to form your own teams  If you cannot find a Team please let me know as soon as possible(via )  Once your team is formed you need to send me an giving the names and s of your team members(or give the details to me in class)

Team Contracts  Mandatory for all teams  Sample of the Team Contract is available on class web page  All teams should submit a printed copy of their Team Contracts

Team Projects  Two major Team projects  Each Team will have 5-6 members  If you fail to cooperate with your team or you cannot find a another team, then you will be required to work the project individually for a maximum of 80% of the possible points.  Each Project is worth total of 150 points  Preliminary Report-10  Final Oral Report-60  Final written Report & Excel file-60  Project quiz(Individual)-20

Team Homework  Each assignment will be 10 points  Must include the signature page( If you don’t sign it you will not earn credit for the team HW)  Must be computer generated  Must be Stapled  Must include the Cover page (Front Page)  Must show all supporting work to earn full credit  If Excel work is part of the HW, you must include sample data/results/graphs  Late Assignments will not be accepted  Team Homework will be worth 100 points

Quizzes  Frequent pop quizzes or D2L quizzes  Pop quizzes may be announced or unannounced  No make-up quizzes  Quizzes will be worth 50 points  quiz formula

Academic Integrity.  All students must abide by, all University of Arizona policies and procedures  Particularly the Code of Academic Integrity and the Student Code of Conduct.  Students found to be in violation of any of these policies will be appropriately sanctioned.  No cheating please ! The Price you will pay is too high

Course Grades  Mid Terms  Common Final  Team Projects  Team Homework  Quizzes ( No Extra Credit is Permitted)

Important  If you earn at least 55% of the total points for individual work and at least 55% of the total points for teamwork, the following grading scale will be used.  A: 90% of total points  B: 80% of total points  C: 70% of total points  D: 60% of total points Otherwise, you will receive a failing grade for the course.

Important-contd. For course grade purposes,  Individual work-midterm/final/Project and pop quizzes  Teamwork-preliminary and final reports on the projects and the team homework.

Important-contd.  If you are dissatisfied with a grade you are welcome to discuss it with me during office hours.  Class time will not be used for this purpose.  You must make an appointment and discuss the grade within 7 academic days of receiving the relevant exam/project/quiz back from me.

Turnitin.com  All students must create a Turnitin user profile and to join the Turnitin class created for your section of Business Mathematics II.(You will get 10 quiz points for this assignment)  All teams must submit an electronic copy of the written report to Turnitin.com web site. If a team fails to submit the written report to Turnitin.com web site on time there will be a penalty of 10 project points. Each Team will be required to submit 2 written reports (Proj. 1& 2)  More details will be posted on the class web page.

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