This page provides basic information regarding the required materials, course policies, goals and objectives, and how to get started.

For a detailed course description and to view the assignment calendar, please review the Bus 54 Fall 2009 Course Syllabus.

Course Materials
REQUIRED TEXTS


Practical Business Procedures, Slater, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 9th ed., 2008

Student Solutions Manual for Use With Practical Business Math Procedures, Slater,McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 9th ed., 2008

Practical Business Math Procedures Math Handbook and Study Guide, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 9th ed., 2008

Course Goals
Three primary goals are to:

3. Enhance students' analytical skills

---

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH GOAL:

Goal #1: Understand Key Business Concepts


Objective #1: Understand the significance and implications of the "Time Value of Money" concept in business

Objective #2: Understand the purpose and use of trade discounts and the credit terms a business may offer.

Objective #3: Understand the costs associated with installment buying

Objective #4: Understand how to read, analyze and interpret the key financial statements.

Objective #5: Compare and contrast 3 major types of investments: stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

Objective #6: Understand the importance of business statistics in predicting future sales.

---

Goal #2: Apply Concepts in a Variety of Areas


Objective #1: Research, plan and prepare a budget for a vacation.

Objective #2: Calculate markups and markdowns based on cost and selling price and price perishable items to cover spoilage loss.

Objective #3: Calculate various types of employee gross pay and compute the applicable payroll deductions.

Objective #4: Prepare a detailed amortization schedule

Objective #5: Identify and complete the 4-step process for discounting an interest bearing note before maturity

Objective #6: Calculate and explain the key financial ratios and complete a trend analysis

Objective #7: Use various techniques to analyze and graphically represent business statistics

---

Goal #3: Enhance students' analytical skills


Objective #1: Identify and translate a variety of business problems into mathematical representations

Objective #2: Compute the solutions to these problems and determine which options are most feasible given the circumstances

Objective #3: Understand and apply the 5-step approach to solving for unknown in word problems

Objective #4: Determine the cost of home ownership (mortgage, insurance, taxes, etc.)

Objective #5: Evaluate the performance of each type of investment (stocks, bonds and mutual funds) by calculating and interpreting the earnings per share, PE ratio, rate of return, yield and net asset value (where appropriate)

---

Course Policies

For a detailed course description and to view the assignment calendar, please review the current course syllabus.

If the hyperlink above does not work properly, you may access the syllabus directly from my De Anza College website.
Once there, select the Business 54 Fall 2009 Course Syllabus link.

---

How To Proceed:

The 13 modules ("Preparing for Success" module and 12 Lesson Modules) are located in the "Course Content" area. (Select "Course Content" from the menu bar on the right or from the bottom of this page.)

Within each module, there are a sequence of activities.

The best way to achieve mastery of the material is to complete each of the activities listed in the order presented.

You are to begin with the "Orientation" module. On completion, start with lesson one and proceed sequentially to lesson twelve.

Note: A "Lesson" is not the same as a "chapter". For example, lesson one covers material in chapters one and two.

---

For assistance in navigating within the course web site, please review the Navigating in Bus 54 document.

Course Term
From September 22, 2009 To November 30, 2009

This page has been viewed 257 times since September 22, 2009.