Radford University

Course: Math 121, Section 104, Business Calculus
Time: 5:00-6:15 PM  Monday and Wednesday
Room: FF107
Instructor:  William A. Case
Textbook: Brief Calculus, Sixth Edition, Larson and Edwards

Office hours:   3:20-4:55  T TH
                      4:00-4:55  M W
                      (Note: Special office hours can be arranged if needed)
Office: 227 Walker Hall
Phone: 831-6096 (Office) 980-1846 (Home)
Email:  casemail2001@yahoo.com

Grading Policy

       There will be four exams, one cumulative final exam, and daily grade based upon quizzes and homework.  The final grade in the course will be determined as follows:

                               4 Exams--------------400 points
                               Daily Grade ---------100 points
                               Final Exam ----------100 points
                               Total points ---------600 points
Grading  Scale

                                   540 - 600 points  A  (90 %)
                                   480 - 539 points  B   (80 %)
                                   420 - 479 points  C   (70 %)
                                   360 - 419 points  D   (60 %)

Course prerequisites:
Attendance policy

      Class attendance is expected.  Although no penalty will be imposed for absences, your  performance on tests could be affected by poor class attendance.  Make up exams and quizzes will be given only with the instructor’s permission

Course Objective:

Covers techniques of calculus with particular emphasis on applications to business and other non-mathematical fields: basic ideas of rate of change, differentiation, integration, limits, multiple integration, differential equations and infinite series.
 

Assignments
 

Date	Assignment
8/19/2002	page 0-7 #15-27 odd
8/21/2002	page 0-12 #1-31 odd
8/26/2002	page 0-18 #1-29 odd
8/28/2002	page 0-24 #9-41 odd
9/2/2002	page 0-24 #1-7,61,65
9/4/2002	page 0-32 #1-9 odd
9/9/2002	Exam 1 Review Click here to see answer to the study guide
9/11/2002	Exam 1