Math 126

Business Calculus

Fall 2006

Radford University

Course: Math 126, Section 03, Business Calculus
Time: 11:00-11:50 M W F
Room: 201 Reed Hall
Instructor:  William A. Case
Textbook: Brief Calculus, Seventh Edition, Larson and Edwards

Office hours:     8:30-9:20 M W F

                        9:30-10:45 M W F

                        1:00-2:00 TH

                       (Note: Special office hours can be arranged if needed)

Office: 211 Walker Hall
Phone: 831-5163 (Office)
Email: wacase@radford.edu

Webpage: www.radford.edu/~wacase

Grading Policy

  There will be four one hour exams, one cumulative final exam, and daily grade based upon quizzes and homework.  The dates for these exams will be announced at a later time.  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:

Math 104 or four credits of high school mathematics.

Course Objective:

Business Calculus is a brief study of functions, limits, rates of change with business applications, differentiation, increasing and decreasing functions, concavity, and logarithms.

Attendance policy:   

     Class attendance is expected and strongly recommended.   Attendance will be taken every class meeting by passing an attendance sheet around for students to sign.  Keep in mind that 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.

Radford University Honor Code: 

      By accepting admission to Radford University, each student makes a commitment to understand, support, and abide by the University Honor Code without compromise or exception. Violations of this academic integrity will not be tolerated. Refer to your Student Handbook for details. Each of these classes will be conducted in strict observance of the Honor Code.