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ADMG 271 Syllabus
ADMG 271 Syllabus
ADMG 271
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
APPLICATIONS
4 Credits
Email: minorm@cwu.edu
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive presentation of Business Mathematics for
Business and Merchandising. The class is an online class.
Textbook and Other Required Materials:
Course Objectives
1
Learn to convert percents to decimals and fractions and determine rate of increase and
decrease
Learn to calculate trade and cash discounts and markups and markdowns
Learn to calculate payroll taxes including FUTA and SUTA taxes and estimated quarterly
taxes
Learn to calculate simple and compound interest, promissory notes, and present and
future value
Learn to calculate finance charges, APR, monthly payments on installment loans and
rebates
Learn to calculate mortgage payments, closing costs, and housing expense ratios
Learn to calculate life insurance, property insurance, and vehicle insurance premiums
Learn to calculate arithmetic means of grouped data and construct a frequency
distribution
Learner Outcomes
Assessments
Instructional Methods and Activities: The instructional methods and activities are webbased and include textbook readings. The assignments and exams will be completed using the
Cengage program.
Grading:
Chapter
Assignments
MathCue
Exams
Total Possible
Grading Scale
Points
230 points
Approximately 25% of overall grade
240 points
Approximately 25% of overall grade
500 points
Approximately 50% of overall grade
970 points (approximate)
A=93%; A- =90%; B+ =87%; B=83%;
B- =80%; C+ =77%; C=73%; C=70%; D+ =67%; D=63%; D- = 60%;
F=59.9%
The last exam is set for activation on Monday and Tuesday of finals week.
Plan your travel accordingly, I cannot set the last quiz earlier than
Monday.
Emails to your instructor MUST come from your CWU Groupwise Account, in
adherence with FERPA laws. Emailing me on your personal email account will only result in
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you receiving a message from me that you need to email me from your CWU Groupwise Account.
Your CWU Groupwise Account is considered a secure email program by CWU; I cannot send out
student information through a personal email account! (FERPA guidelines)
Incomplete grades are only for students who may be faced with extreme emergencies or
extreme unforeseeable hardships encountered at the end of the quarter. The majority of the
quarter course work has been completed. The instructor will determine if the Incomplete grade
is to be granted based upon documentation by the student. An Incomplete will not be granted
for failure to complete work throughout the quarter.
University Policy
on Academic
Integrity
University Policy
on Special Needs
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