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  MAC 2233            Business Calculus  Spring 2009                email:royerm@gate.net

Prof. Royer 305-348-1882

Office hours:  DM 438B

Mon: 8:30-11AM

Wed: 8:30-10AM

Tues-Thurs: 9:20-10:30AM 

                   
Text: Calculus for Business by Hoffman and Bradley, 10th Ed,
This course covers Functions and their graphs, limits, differentiation concepts,
marginal analysis, the chain rule, higher order derivatives, maxima, minima, optimization problems, exponential and logarithmic functions, integration, area and definite integral and applications.
The pre-requisite to the course is College Algebra MAC 1105 or MAC 2147 with a grade of C or higher.

Scientific Calculator Required…..(Graphing Calculator prohibited)
Attendance is taken and expected. Extra credit will be given for attendance and promptness.  I expected all students to get to class on time. Habitually tardy students will be refused late admittance. Please turn off laptops and cell phone. Students are expected to behave appropriately and obey the rules of conduct at FIU (see student handbook).
Grading: There will be 4 tests and a required cumulative Final Exam (to be given on the date scheduled by the registrar) Each test  shall be  100 points and the final 200 for a possible grade total of 600 points. There are NO MAKE-UP exams. If you miss a test with an instructor excused absence, I will count the final exam grade as the missed exam. I reserve the right to add points to students who display outstanding class participation. (Grades will not be curved nor dropped)
Please Note: I do NOT “give” you your grade. You earn it. Please do NOT put me in the postion of “deciding your fate” by asking for a grade at end of the semester. The time to worry about your grade is NOW!
Grading Scale:

Points	Grade
540+	A
522-539	A-
504-521	B+
480-503	B
462-479	B-
444-461	C+
402-443	C
384-401	D+
360-383	D
0-359	F

****Calendar of important dates (you are responsible for these) http://fiustudentrecords.org/downloads/FIU_2009-2010.pdf         

Where to get help with course material:   http://w3.fiu.edu/math/math_help/business_cal_without_graph_calculator.htm

1.  The Learning Center in PC 247.  If you go and there are tutors available, you will get immediate help.  Otherwise, you will have to make an appointment.  The phone number is 305-348-2180.  For those of you living closer to the Biscayne Bay campus, the Math Lab there is in ACI 160 and the phone number is 305-919-5927.

2.  The Office of Multicultural Programs and Services in GC 216.  Tutoring is available to all students, whether you are a minority or not, but by appointment only.  The phone number is 305-348-2436. Or you can go to the AAA Tutorial Office in GC 331A or call 305-348-4109.

3. FIU math majors tutor in GL 120; no appointment is necessary.  Their hours are MTWR 10am-8pm  and F 10am-3pm  (This is open only to students in Finite Math, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Precalculus.)

4. FIU offers free help over the Internet at night and on weekends when live tutors are unavailable. Go to http://www.fiu.edu/~gato/livetutor/ for hours and other details.

5.****Complete solutions are available online at
http://w3.fiu.edu/math/math_help/business_cal_without_graph_calculator.htm
Username: math   Password: given in class

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