Instructor Contact Information

BUSE 101 - Business Mathematics – Fall, 2007 #74202

Fully Online

 

Prof. Durkee

Instructor Contact Information:

Professor Michael E. Durkee, MBA
San Diego Miramar College
Office Phone/Voice Mail: (619) 993-1025
Email Address: mdurkee@sdccd.edu

Use WebCT Email to communicate with instructor once the class has started.

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

Practical Business Math Procedures, by Jeffrey Slater, 8th Edition, Irwin-McGraw-Hill Publishers 2006 (DVD-ROM INCLUDED) ISBN 0-07-313308-6 (This textbook contains 22 Chapters; do not purchase the Brief Edition.)

You must purchase your textbook to begin your course, complete homework assignments and take tests. Please plan on purchasing your textbook the first day of classes or earlier. Not having a textbook may not be used as a reason for not submitting work on time.

Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore or at the San Diego City College Bookstore.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Microsoft Word:

Students are required to submit assignments in Microsoft Word. Assignments will be named and saved in Word and then uploaded to the Assignment Tool in WebCT. No assignments will be accepted as emails or attachments to emails.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

Course Description

This course provides students with a comprehensive study of business mathematics. Topics include bank services, payroll, mathematics of buying and selling, interest and loans, taxes, insurance, measures of central tendency, and other business computations.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Solve problems involving decimals, fractions and percentages
2. Record entries into checking accounts and check registers, and complete a bank reconciliation
3. Calculate payroll
4. Solve problems dealing with trade and cash discounts
5. Calculate markups and markdowns
6. Apply methods of inventory evaluation
7. Calculate interest
8. Define and calculate value of annuities, stocks and bonds
9. Differentiate and analyze varied business and consumer loans
10. Define and calculate property taxes, income taxes and insurance premiums
11. Calculate various methods of depreciation
12. Prepare financial statements
13. Construct graphs and interpret simple business statistics

Course Specific Information

Students must log into their course through WebCT the first day of the session or they may be dropped. Students must have basic computer skills. Students with no online course experience should enroll in CBTE 160A and/or attend an optional student orientation session held on campus. Visit SDCCD ONLINE website for more information and tutorials.

This is a 16-week course.  The class will require six to nine hours of studying each week. Students who take this class must be self-motivating and goal-orientated to complete this course.

 

This is not a self-paced course; students must meet reading, homework, and test deadlines. You will have access to the syllabus and schedule the first day of class. No late work is accepted. Purchase your textbook by the first day of classes so you don't fall behind.

 

Students must have a reliable internet connection and Microsoft Word. I recommend that students have a computer back-up plan just in case they experience problems with their computer or the internet. There are no excuses for late work in this course.

If you have any questions about your course before it begins, please email Professor Michael Durkee at mdurkee@sdccd.edu.

 

Application and Registration Information

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

  1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
  2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
  3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system
  4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!
    Fees are $20.00 per unit for in California residents and $163.00 per unit for non-residents.
  5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.

6.  After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net/ and login on the first day of class as follows:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980) 

  1.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist. There will only be a few add codes available in this class. They will be given from the waitlist. Priority will be given to those whose name is listed first. Student must request an add code by emailing the instructor the first day of the class beginning at 8:00 a.m. No add codes will be issued earlier than the first day. Students adding this class are responsible for meeting the due dates. Not all students will receive add codes.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm