DAILY ASSIGNMENTS Math 115b
NOTE: ANSWERS WITHOUT SUPPORTING WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
ALWAYS BRING YOUR E-TEXT TO CLASS PLEASE.
Changes will be made in assignments from time to time. Such
changes will be announced in class and will be made on this web page at least the day before the assignment is due.
Test 1: TBA.
Jump drives containing Project 1: Due TBA at the beginning of class.
Project 1 Quiz: TBA.
Written Report for Project 1: Due TBA at the beginning of class.
Written Report submitted to D2L Dropbox: 6:00 PM on TBA.
Oral presentations on Project 1: TBA.
Final Exam is May 9 (6:00-8:00) Place TBA; be there by 5:45.
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Week 1: Jan 11-13
Wednesday: 11
- GRAPHING
- Download the electronic-text by going to D2L. Log in with your UA NetID.
Click on 'MBD Part 2' on the far right of the dark-blue navigation bar and follow the on-screen directions for downloading and unzipping the files.
Please notice that you are unzipping the files in 'MBD 2 Office 2007.zip'. These files will only run properly when using MicroSoft Office 2007.
- Read all information pertaining to Math 115b on my web page. Pay special attention to Course Information.
- Download Course Policy & Textbook Information. Read this carefully. Pay special attention to SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS on the last page.
- Download Academic Integrity Policy and read this carefully.
- Find my office, MTL 124C.
- Open MBD Part2.pptx from your Course Files (e-text). Read Marketing Computer Drives [slides 29-37].
- Go to the Business Math Homepage -- there's a link to this from my homepage. Access Business Mathematics II: Course Information. Read all files carefully,
especially the topic entitled Course Grades under Course Policies in the file UA Bus Math II.pdf. Also look at the other files under Business Mathematics II.
- Download Individual Homework #1: Due at the beginning of class on Fri Jan 20.
- Download Individual Homework Rules and read it carefully.
- Read and Study the following from the file MBD 2 Project 1.pptx:
Graphing Functions [slides 2-20]
Fitting Trend Lines [slides 21-34].
Friday: 13
- GRAPHING
- Reread Fitting Trend Lines [slides 21-34] from your Course File MBD 2 Project 1.pptx.
- Begin reading and studying Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Continue working on Individual Homework #1.
Week 2: Jan 16-20
Monday: 16
- Martin Luther King Day -- No Class
Wednesday: 18
- GRAPHING & TRENDLINES
- Finish Individual Homework #1
- Begin Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit in class.
- Continue reading and studying Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Reread Marketing Computer Drives [slides 29-37] from your Course File MBD Part2.pptx.
Friday: 20
- DEMAND, REVENUE, COST, PROFIT (DRCP)
- Individual Homework #1 is due at the beginning of class.
- Form Teams in class -- no more than 4 (or 5) students to a team.
- Download Individual Homework #2: due at the beginning of class on Fri Jan 27.
- Download your team's data from my website.
- Download the Team Contract . Complete this and hand it in to me by Wed Jan 25.
Week 3: Jan 23-27
Monday 23:
- Begin Project 1
- Change unit-designations to fit project requirements.
- Type Demand Factor in cell E10 and type 1.00 in F10.
- Calculate Number of Yearly Sales (K) in the National Market.
- Graph your Demand Function so that it just crosses both axes.
- D2L Quiz 1 (Trend Lines) due Thu Jan 26 at 7:30 PM
- Download Team Homework #1 -- due Mon Jan 30 at the beginning of class.
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Wednesday 25:
- Team Contracts are due at the beginning of class.
- Continue working on Project 1
- Finish graphing your Demand Function so that it just crosses both axes.
- On your graph, show the equation of the quadratic trendline to 8 decimal places.
- Under your graph, make a chart as shown in class.
- D2L Quiz 1 (Trend Lines) due tomorrow night(Thu) at 7:30 PM.
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due Wed Feb 1 at 7:30 PM
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Friday 27:
- Individual Homework #2 is due at the beginning of class.
- I hope that by now you have carefully read Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx. If you haven't, then read it and study it!
- Read and study carefully Focus on the Project [slides 52-63].
- Finish Team Homework #1
- Read and Study Differentiation [slides 64-75, 79-86] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due Wed Feb 1 at 7:30 PM
Week 4: Jan 30 - Feb 3
Monday 30:
- DIFFERENTIATION
- Do Handout on Differentiation in class.
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due Wed Feb 1 at 7:30 PM
Wednesday 1:
- DIFFERENTIATION
- Finish Handout on Differentiation in class.
- Begin developing Power Rule for Differentiation in class.
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due tonight at 7:30 PM
Friday 3:
- MARGINAL ANALYSIS
- Create formulas for MR, MC, MP
- Answer Project Questions 1, 2, 3
- Begin Team Homework #2 -- due Friday Feb 10.
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Monday 6:
- More DIFFERENTIATION
- Graph MR & MC on the same set of axes.
- Graph MP
- Answer Question 1,2,3 in your Project 1
- Continue Team Homework #2 -- due Friday Feb 10.
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Wednesday 8:
- PROJECT QUESTIONS
- Answer questions 4,6,7,8,9 in class
- Finish Team Homework #2 -- due Friday Feb 10.
- Begin Individual Homework #3 -- due Wed, Feb 15.
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Friday 10:
- MIDPOINT SUMS
- Hand in Team Homework #2 at the beginning of class.
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Monday 13:
- MORE INTEGRATION
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INFORMATION BEYOND THIS POINT APPLIES TO FALL 2011
Week 3: Sep 5-9
Friday 9:
- Hand in Team Homework #1 at the beginning of class.
- Reread and Study Differentiation [slides 64-75, 79-86] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due Sep 13 at 11:59 PM
Week 4: Sep 12-16
Monday 12:
- In class: continue working on the Big Daddy worksheet
- D2L Quiz 2 (DRCP) due Sep 13 at 11:59 PM
- D2L Quiz 3 (Differentiation) due Sep 18 at 11:59 PM
Wednesday 14:
- Complete the Big Daddy worksheet
Friday 16:
- Answer Project Questions #1, #2, #3 in class.
- Download Team Homework #2 -- due Wed. Sep 21.
- D2L Quiz 3 (Differentiation) due Sep 18 at 11:59 PM
- Read and Study Differentiation [slides 89-98, 100-104] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Read and Study Using Solver [slides 114-125] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 106-113, 130-135] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
Week 5: Sep 19-23
Monday 19:
- Answer Project Questions #4, #6, #7, #8, #9 in class.
- Finish Team Homework #2 -- due Wed. Sep 21
- I will not be at La Paz Tutoring on Wed the 21st -- someone should be there to take my place..
Wednesday 21:
- I will not be at La Paz Tutoring today -- someone should be there to take my place.
- Hand in Team Homework #2 at the beginning of class.
- Begin Integration
- Begin D2L Quiz 4 -- due Sep 28 at 10:00 PM.
- Read and study Integration [slides 136-152, 156-172]
- Begin organizing your Oral Report (20 or so slides) and your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
- Download and read the following:
Friday 23:
- Begin answering Project Question #5 in class.
- Finish D2L Quiz 4 by 10:00 PM Sunday.
- Continue organizing your Oral Report (20 or so slides) and your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
Week 6: Sep 26-30
Monday 26:
- Finish answering Project Question #5.
- Continue organizing your Oral Report (20 or so slides) and your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
- D2L Quiz 5 -- due Sun Oct 2 at 10:00 PM.
- Download and read the following:
Wednesday 28:
- D2L Quiz 5 -- due Sun Oct 2 at 10:00 PM.
- Continue organizing your Oral Report (20 or so slides) and your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
- Read and Study Finite Random Variables [slides 2-14, 66-74] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx.
Friday 30:
- Begin Project 2 in class.
- Reread and Study Finite Random Variables [slides 2-14, 66-74] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx.
- D2L Quiz 5 -- due Sun Oct 2 at 10:00 PM.
- Finish organizing your Oral Report (20 or so slides) and continue writing your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
Week 7: Oct 3-7
Monday 3:
- Oral Presentations: 3 teams from each class
- Section 006: Teams 1, 5, 7
- Section 007: Teams 9, 12, 14
- Finish writing your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
Wednesday 5:
- Oral Presentations: 3 teams from each class
- Section 006: Teams 2, 3, 6,
- Section 007: Teams 8, 10, 13
- Put final touches on your Written Report (20 or so pages with at least 3 pages of extra analysis).
- Study for Test 1 [Slides 1 - 202] in MBD 2 Project 1.pptx -- Mon Oct 10.
Friday 7:
- Hand in your Written Report at the beginning of class.
- Oral Presentations: 1 team from each class
- Section 006: Team 4
- Section 007: Team 11
- Project 1 Quiz
- Written Report is due in to D2L by 6:00 PM today.
- Study for Test 1 [Slides 1 - 202] in MBD 2 Project 1.pptx -- Mon Oct 10.
Week 8: Oct 10-14
Monday 10:
- Test 1 [Slides 1 - 202] in MBD 2 Project 1.pptx
Wednesday 12:
- Random Variables
- Read and study Distributions in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 2-45].
Friday 14:
- Read and study Variance in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 66-84].
- Do D2L Quiz 6 -- due Tue Oct 18 at 10:00 PM
Week 9: Oct 17-21
Monday 17:
- Exponential Random Variables & Uniform Random Variables
- Finish D2L Quiz 6 -- due Tue Oct 18 at 10:00 PM.
Wednesday 19:
- Normal Random Vairables
- Do D2L Quiz 7 -- due Sat Oct 22 at 10:00 PM
- Read and study Normal Random Variables [slides 119,120,132-136,144-150].
Friday 21:
- Form teams in class for Project 2
- Create Team Contracts
- D2L Quiz 7 is due Sat Oct 22 at 10:00 PM
- D2L Quiz 8 is due Tue Oct 25 at 10:00 PM
- Read and study Samples [slides 46-57, 85-93].
Week 10: Oct 24-28
Monday 24:
- Samples
- D2L Quiz 8 is due Tue Oct 25 at 10:00 PM
Wednesday 26:
- Begin Project 2 -- Strategy 1
- Find the bid of the winner of each auction in the Historical Data.
- Calculate the Error of each data point in the Historical Data.
- D2L Quiz 9 is due Fri Oct 28 at 10:00 PM
Friday 28:
- Standardization -- D2L Quiz 9 (Variance 2) due Sun Oct 30 at 10:00 PM.
- Project 2 -- Strategies 2 & 3.
- Create a Frequency Distribution of your Errors.
Week 11: Oct 31 - Nov 4
Monday 31:
- Project 2 -- Strategies 2 & 3.
- Create a Histogram of your Errors along with the Normal Distribution.
- Generate the errors for 10,000 auctions for each company -- Find the Max for each auction.
Calculate the Winner's Curse.
Wednesday 2:
- In this generation of the errors for 10,000 auctions, find Second Max for each auction
and the difference between the Max and the 2nd Max. Calculate the Winner's Blessing.
Friday 4:
- Download Team Homework #3 -- due Monday Nov 7.
- Download Team Homework #4 -- due Monday Nov 14.
- Open Team Aslan from from my website. Import the worksheet Adjust-4 into your project.
- Calculate your bids for Strategies 4 and 5.
Week 12: Nov 7-11
Monday 7:
- Hand in Team Homework #3
- Finish Strategy 4 in class.
Wednesday 9:
- Finish Strategy 5 -- due Monday
- Begin Strategy 6 in class
- Finish Team Homework #4 -- due Monday Nov 14.
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Friday 11:
- Veterans' Day -- no class!
Week 13: Nov 14-18
Monday 14:
- Hand in Team Homework #4
- Finish Strategy 6
Wednesday 16:
- Calculate Confidence Intervals in class.
- Download Team Homework #5 -- due Monday Nov 21 or Wednesday Nov 23.
- Begin working on the Written Report and the Oral Presentation for Project 2.
Friday 18:
- Calculate The Sample Mean for given situations.
- More work with Integration
Week 14: Nov 21-25
Monday 21:
- Review for Test 2
- Integration & Signed Area
- Fixed Random Number Generation
- Exact Evaluation of Some Integrals
- Download and Read these documents:
Wednesday 23:
- Review for Test 2 & The Final Exam
Friday 25:
- Thanksgiving Holiday -- No Class!
Week 15: Nov 28 - Dec 2
Monday 28:
- Review for Test 2 and for the Final Exam
Wednesday 30:
- TEST 2 (MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx [slides 2-208].
- By now you should have carefully read these documents:
Friday 2:
- e-file is due at the beginning of class. Label your file: Team ___, Project 2.
- Written Report is due at the beginning of class.
- Written Report is also due in the D2L Dropbox by 6:00 PM today. You can remove charts and graphs before submitting this to D2L.
- Presentations -- Before you present, be sure to give me a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page):
- Project Quiz
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Monday 5:
- Presentations -- Before you present, be sure to give me a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page):
- Section 06: Teams _1_, _2_, _3_
- Section 07: Teams _8_, _10_, _11_
Wednesday 7:
- Last day of class.
- Presentations -- Before you present, be sure to give me a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page):
- Section 06: Team _4_, _6_, _5_
- Section 07: Team _7_, _9_, _12_
- Any issues with grades must be addressed by 2:00 PM today.
- Study for your Final Exam
Thursday 8:
- REVIEW SESSION in Room TBA from 1:00-2:00.
Friday 4:
- No class -- First day of Final Exams
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Wednesday 14:
- FINAL EXAM 6:00-8:00 PM in PAS 201 -- Be there by 5:45.
THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW WERE FOR SUMMER_I 2011
Week 1: June 6-10
Monday 6:
- See the electronic-text by going to D2L. Log in with your UA NetID and then access the business math course: Math115B SSI11 001 002 Bridges.
The "Text Book" for this course is an electronic text which contains many files. These files are listed on our D2L site by clicking on "Content" in the blue navigation bar.
Then click on the + sign to the left of "Unit1. MBD 2 Course Files". These files will only run properly when using MicroSoft Office 2007 or 2010.
- From these Course Files open "mbd part 2". Read Marketing Compact Flash Cards [slides 29-37]. Also Read
RUNNING THE TEXT FILES [slide 12]. The first
bullet on this slide will be a test question!
- Next open "mbd 2 proj 1". Read and study Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51].
- Read all information pertaining to Math 115b on my web page. Pay special attention to Course Information.
- Find my office, MTL 124C.
- Go to the Business Math Homepage -- there's a link to this from my homepage. Access Business Mathematics II: Course Information. Read all
files carefully, except for the files that say Syllabus. Pay special attention to the topic entitled Course Grades under Course Policies in the file UA Bus Math II.pdf. Also look at the other non-syllabus
files under Business Mathematics II.
- Form teams in class.
- Download your team's data from my website. WARNING: If you download your data to a MAC, you will lose an essential macro that I have placed into your project-file.
- Download Individual Homework #1 (DRCP): Due at the beginning of class on Wed June 8.
- Download Graphing.xlsm. This macro will only work on a PC. You need this file to do Individual Homework #1.
- Download the Team Contract . Complete this and hand it in to me with Team Homework #1 on Thu June 9.
Tuesday 7:
- Continue with Project 1 in class.
- For your project:
--Import the Big Daddy worksheet of the FuzzyFerretClass.xlsm file into your project file
--Copy the correct numbers into the Demand Factor Chart and into the Cost Information Chart.
--Complete the columns for q, D(q), R(q), C(q), P(q).
--Graph R(q) and C(q) on the same set of axes. Graph P(q) by itself. Adhere to all comments made in class.
- Download Team Homework #1: Due at the beginning of class on Thu June 9.
- Read and study Focus on the Project in "mbd 2 proj 1" [slides 52-63].
Wednesday 8:
- Hand in Individual Homework #1 at the beginning of class.
- Download Team Homework #2: Due Mon June 13 at the beginning of class.
- Complete your Big Daddy worksheet so that it contains columns for MR(q), MC(q) and MP(q).
- Graph MR(q) and MC(q) on the same set of axes. Make a separate graph for MP(q).
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 106-113].
- Read and Study Differentiation [slides 64-88, 219-221]
Thursday 9:
- Hand in Team Homework #1 at the beginning of class.
- Answer Questions #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9 for your project.
- Read and Study More Differentiation [slides 89-105].
- Read and Study Solver [slides 114-129].
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 130-135].
Friday 10:
- Read and Study Integration [slides 136-152].
- Answer Question #5 in your project.
Week 2: June 13-17
Monday 13:
- Hand in Team Homework #2 at the beginning of class.
- Answer questions 4 and 5 in your project.
- Download the following:
- Work on Project 1: Written & Oral
- Read and Study the following from the file mbd 2 proj 1.
pptx:
Graphing Functions [slides 2-20]
Fitting Trend Lines [slides 21-34].
Tuesday 14:
- Hand in Individual Homework #2 at the beginning of class.
- Work on your projects: oral, written, e-file
Wednesday 15:
- Hand in Individual Homeworks #3 & #4 at the beginning of class.
- Work on your projects: oral, written, e-file
Thursday 16:
- Review Finite and Continuous Random Variables
- Study for Test 1
Friday 17:
- Test 1
- Work on your projects: oral, written, e-file
- Print a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page) and hand them to me before you present on Monday.
Week 3: June 20-24
Monday 20:
- Oral Presentations -- both teams in section 001 and 5 teams in section 002.
Please give me a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
- Written Reports due at the beginning of class.
- e-file due at the beginning of class
- Project 1 Quiz in class
- Written Report submitted to D2L Dropbox by 6:00 PM Tuesday.
- Read and Study MBD 2 Part 2 Random Variables [slides 2-45].
Tuesday 21:
- Written Report submitted to D2L Dropbox by 6:00 PM today.
- Oral Presentation (Team 9)
- Download Individual Homework #5 (Random Variables): Due Thursday at the beginning of class.
When you use Integrating.xlsm or any other macro, be sure to copy your graph and the indicators onto the paper you hand in.
Also give the equation as you typed it in the macro under Definition.
- Read and Study MBD 2 Part 2 Variance [slides 66-92].
- Read and Study MBD 2 Part 2 Normal Distributions [slides 119-158].
- Topic of the Day: Variance & Standard Deviation of Random Variables.
- We will do Handouts: Beginning Variance; Random Variables Classwork
Wednesday 22:
- Download the Team Contract . Complete this and hand it in to me on Friday.
- Continue working on Individual Homework #5:
When you use Integrating.xlsm or any other macro,
be sure to copy your graph and the indicators onto the paper you hand in.
Also give the equation as you typed it in the macro under Definition.
Thursday 23:
- Hand in Individual Homework #5 at the beginning of class.
- Download TeamAslan_Class.xlsx. Copy the worksheets SimuCh-2,3; Adjust-4; and Nash-6 into your own file.
- Create a frequency distribution and a histogram for your errors.
- In the worksheet SimuCh-2,3 simulate 10,000 errors for each company in your project.
- Calculate your bid for Strategy 2.
- Read and study Focus on the Project slides [58-65, 94-96, 159-162]
Friday 24:
- Hand in your Team Contract.
- Download Team Homework 3: due Tuesday July 28.
- Calculate your bid for Strategy 3.
- Copy this worksheet in to a new one that you will label Simu Fixed
- Read and study Focus on the Project slides [184-190].
- Read and study Focus on the Project slides [190-200].
Week 4: June 27 - July 1
Monday 27:
- Read and study Focus on the Project slides [201-208].
- Finish Strategies 4, 5 & 6 in class.
- Begin reviewing for Test 2
- Tomorrow, class will meet in the Math Bldg room 501.
- Read and study Confidence Interval slides [123-131]
- Read and study Samples slides [46-57, 85-93]
- Read and study The Sample Mean slides [97-118]
Tuesday 28:
- Today we meet in the Math Bldg room 501.
- Hand in Team Homework #3 at the beginning of class.
- Download and read carefully:
- Test 2 is Friday, July 1.
- Project 2 Quiz is Friday, July 1.
- e file for Project 2 is due Friday, July 1.
- Oral Reports are to be presented on Tue, July 5.
- Writen Reports (Extra Analysis only) are due Tue, July 5.
Wednesday 29:
- Download PRACTICE WITH INTEGRALS -- We did this in class yesterday.
- Read and study The Sample Mean slides [97-118]
- Read and study Fixed Simulation slides [163-183]
- Test 2 is Friday, July 1
- Project 2 Quiz is Friday, July 1
- e file for Project 2 is due Friday, July 1
- Oral Reports are to be presented on Tue, July 5.
- Writen Reports (Extra Analysis only) are due Tue, July 5.
Thursday 30:
- Test 2 is tomorrow, Friday, July 1 -- go to room 501 in the Math Bldg
- Project 2 Quiz is Friday, July 1
- e file for Project 2 is due Friday, July 1
- Oral Reports are to be presented on Tue, July 5.
- Writen Reports (Extra Analysis only) are due Tue, July 5.
Friday 1:
- Test 2 -- Go to room 501 in the Math Bldg.
- e-file due at the beginning of class
- Project 2 Quiz in class after Test 2
- Oral Reports are to be presented on Tue, July 5.
- Writen Reports (Extra Analysis only) are due Tue, July 5.
Week 5: July 4-7
Monday 4:
- Independence Day -- no class!
- Oral Reports are to be presented on Tue, July 5.
- Writen Reports (Extra Analysis only) are due Tue, July 5.
Tuesday 5:
- Oral Presentations in McClelland Park room 102 (our usual room)
Please give me a copy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
- Written Reports due at the beginning of class.
- Written Report submitted to TurnItIn.com by 6:00 PM.
Wednesday 6:
- Review for Final Exam -- McClelland Park room 102 (our usual room)
- Download Exam Practice
Thursday 7:
- Final Exam -- Go to room 501 in the Math Building.
THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW WERE FOR FALL 2010
Jump to the current week.
Week 1: Aug 23-27
Tuesday:
- GRAPHING
- Download the electronic-text by going to D2L. Log in with your UA NetID and then access the business math course that you are in:
Math115B F10 014 Bridges
Math115b F10 016 Bridges.
Click on 'MBD Part 2' on the far right of the dark-blue navigation bar and follow the on-screen directions for downloading and unzipping the files.
Please notice that you are unzipping the files in 'MBD 2 Office 2007.zip'. These files will only run properly when using MicroSoft Office 2007.
- Read all information pertaining to Math 115b on my web page. Pay special attention to Course Information.
- Download Course Policy & Textbook Information. Read this carefully. Pay special attention to SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS on the last page.
- Find my office, MTL 124C.
- Open MBD Part2.pptx from your Course Files (e-text). Read Marketing Computer Drives [slides 50-58].
- Go to the Business Math Homepage -- there's a link to this from my homepage. Access Business Mathematics II: Course Information. Read all files carefully,
especially the topic entitled Course Grades under Course Policies in the file UA Bus Math II.pdf. Also look at the other files under Business Mathematics II.
- Download Individual Homework #1: Due at the beginning of class on Tue Aug 31.
- Download Individual Homework Rules and read it carefully.
- Read and Study the following from the file MBD 2 Project 1.pptx:
Graphing Functions [slides 2-20]
Fitting Trend Lines [slides 21-34].
Thursday:
- GRAPHING & TRENDLINES
- Reread Marketing Computer Drives [slides 50-58] from your Course File MBD Part2.pptx.
- Read and Study Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Download Individual Homework #2: due at the beginning of class on Tue Sep 9.
Week 2: Aug 30 - Sep 3
Tuesday:
- DEMAND, REVENUE, COST, PROFIT; PROJECT 1
- Individual Homework #1 is due at the beginning of class.
- Form teams in class.
- Don't do D2L Quiz Trend Lines -- due HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHEN!
No need to work on it now -- unless you just want to without knowing your score and what you missed.
- Open MBD Part2.pptx from your Course Files. Read RUNNING THE TEXT FILES [slide 13]. The first bullet on this slide will be a test question!
- Download your team's data from my website. WARNING: If you download your data to a MAC, you will lose an essential macro that I have placed into your project-file.
- Download the Team Contract . Complete this and hand it in to me.
- Download Team Homework #1: due at the beginning of class on Tue Sep 14.
- Download Team Homework Rules and read it carefully.
Thursday:
- PROJECT 1: D,R,C,P
- Hand in Team Contracts.
- Download Individual Homework #2 -- due on Thu Sep 9.
- D2L TRENDLINES QUIZ IS WORKING -- THIS IS DUE AT 6:00 PM ON THU SEP 9. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO 4 FOR EACH QUESTION.
Week 3: Sep 6-10
Tuesday 7:
- Preliminary Presentations
- D2L TRENDLINES QUIZ IS WORKING -- THIS IS DUE AT 6:00 PM ON THU SEP 9.
- Finish Individual Homework #2.
- Work on Team Homework #1.
Thursday 9:
- Individual Homework #2 is due at the beginning of class.
- D2L TRENDLINES QUIZ -- DUE AT 6:00 PM TONIGHT.
- Finish Team Homework #1.
- D2L DRCP QUIZ -- DUE AT 6:00 PM ON THU SEP 14.
Week 4: Sep 13-17
Tuesday 14:
- Team Homework #1 is due at the beginning of class.
- D2L DRCP QUIZ -- DUE AT 6:00 PM TONIGHT.
- Read and Study Differentiation [slides 64-105] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
Thursday 16:
- Continue reading and studying Differentiation [slides 64-105].
- Finish the Big Daddy Chart for MR, MC and MP. Graph MR & MC on the same set of axes and graph MP by itself.
- Answer questions 1,2,3,7,8 for your Project 1.
- Work on Individual Homework #3 -- due Tue Sep 21.
- Do D2L DIFFERENTIATION QUIZ -- due Thu Sep 23 at 6:00 PM.
- Work on Team Homework #2 -- due Thu Sep 23.
Week 5: Sep 20-24
Tuesday:
- Individual Homework #3 is due at the beginning of class.
- Do D2L DIFFERENTIATION QUIZ -- due Thu Sep 23 at 6:00 PM.
- Answer questions 4,6,9 for your Project 1.
- Read and Study Integration [slides 136-172].
Thursday:
- Team Homework #2 is due at the beginning of class.
- D2L DIFFERENTIATION QUIZ -- due at 6:00 PM TONIGHT.
- Do D2L INTEGRATION 1 QUIZ -- due TUE Sep 28 at 6:00 PM.
THIS QUIZ WILL NOT BE PUT OFF TO A LATER DATE.
- Begin planning your Oral Report -- 10 minutes in length and approximately 20 slides.
- Begin preparing your Written Report -- approximately 20 pages in which at least 3 pages are 'Extra Analysis'.
- Begin studying for TEST 1 [slides 2-202, 219-221].
- Read and Study Integration [slides 173-202].
- Read carefully the following documents:
Expectations for Projects.
Marketing Minimum Requirements.
Marketing_e file.
Project 1 Evaluation Form.
Week 6: Sep 27- Oct 1
Tuesday:
- D2L INTEGRATION 1 QUIZ -- due TODAY at 6:00 PM.
THIS QUIZ WILL NOT BE PUT OFF TO A LATER DATE.
- Finish Project 1 and continue preparing for your Oral and your Written Reports.
- Study for TEST 1.
- Read carefully the following documents:
Expectations for Projects.
Marketing Minimum Requirements.
Marketing_e file.
Project 1 Evaluation Form.
- Appoint a responsible person in your team to submit your Written Report to www.turnitin.com by 6:00 PM Thu Oct 7.
Section 014 (9:00-10:15): Your class name is Math115b_014_104, the Class ID is 3522873 and the password is 'fuzzy'.
Section 016 (11:00-12:15): Your class name is Math115b_016_104, the Class ID is 3522876 and the password is 'ferret'.
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Thursday:
- TEST 1
- Finish your Oral Report and your Written Report.
- D2L INTEGRATION 2 QUIZ -- due TUE Oct 12 at 6:00 PM.
Week 7: Oct 4-8
Tuesday:
- Flash drive containing the e-file for Project 1 is due at the beginning of class. Name this file: Team___ Project 1.xlsm
- Oral Presentations: Teams 2,3,4,6 and 7,9,10,11. Be sure to give me a hardcopy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
- D2L INTEGRATION 2 QUIZ -- due TUE Oct 12 at 6:00 PM.
Thursday:
- Written Reports are due at the beginning of class.
- Oral Presentations: Teams 1,5 and 8,12. If your team number is underlined, then you definitely will present this day.
Be sure to give me a hardcopy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
- Project 1 Quiz
- Written Reports must be submitted to TurnItIn.com by 6:00 PM tonight.
- D2L INTEGRATION 2 QUIZ -- due TUE Oct 12 at 6:00 PM. Read slides 181-186 to help you with questions 9 & 10.
- Begin Project 2
Read Bidding on an Oil Lease in MBD Part 2.pptx [slides 60-68].
Week 8: Oct 11-15
Tuesday:
- PROJECT 2 -- BIDDING ON AN OIL LEASE
- Begin Random Variables Classwork in class.
Do Binomial Ran Var
Begin Exponential Ran Var
- D2L INTEGRATION 2 QUIZ -- due TODAY at 6:00 PM. Read slides 181-186 to help you with questions 9 & 10.
- Read and study Random Variables in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 2-45]
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Thursday:
- Finish Binomial Ran Var in class.
- Do Exponential and Uniform Ran Vars in class.
- Continue Random Variables Classwork in class.
Do Exponential Ran Var
Do Uniform Ran Var
- Read and study Random Variables in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 67-82(top)]
Week 9: Oct 18-22
Tuesday:
- Finish Random Variables Classwork in class.
Finish Uniform Ran Var
Thursday:
- Form Teams in class.
- Download your team's Data for Project 2.
- Do Individual Homework #4 that was handed out in class -- due Tuesday at the beginning of class.
This assignment in not on-line. If you were absent and if one of your teammates did not get the assignment for you, then you must get the assignment from me.
- Complete Strategy #1 for Project 2.
Week 10: Oct 25-29
Tuesday:
- Begin Random Samples
- Read and study Random Samples [slides 46-57].
- (1) Compute the Errors for your Historical Data.
(2) Create a Frequency Distribution of your Errors.
Thursday:
- Quiz on Formulas
- Finish the Frequency Distribution of your Errors.
Week 11: Nov 1-5
Tuesday:
- Download Team Homework #3 -- due Tuesday Nov 9 at the beginning of class.
- (1) For the Errors for your Historical Data.
(2) Establish the MIDPOINT of each bin in the Frequency Distribution of your Errors.
(3) Graph the Histogram of this Distribution.
(4) Include in this graph, the graph of a Normal Distribution that has Mean = 0 and Standard Deviation = The Standard Deviation of your Errors.
(5) Determine the type of Random Variable that your Errors exemplify.
- Complete Strategies #2 & #3 for Project 2.
- Do [6] D2L Quiz Distributions - 1 -- due Sun Nov 7 at 8:00 PM.
Thursday:
- Complete Strategy 4.
- Finish [6] D2L Quiz Distributions - 1 -- due Sun Nov 7 at 8:00 PM.
- Do [7] D2L Quiz Distributions - 2 -- due Wed Nov 10 at 8:00 PM.
Week 12: Nov 8-12
Tuesday:
- Team Homework #3 is due at the beginning of class.
- Complete Strategies 5 & 6.
- Finish [7] D2L Quiz Distributions - 2 -- due tomorrow at 8:00 PM.
- Do [8] D2L Quiz Variations - 1 -- due Sun Nov 14 at 8:00 PM.
Thursday:
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- Finish [8] D2L Quiz Variations - 1 -- due Sun Nov 14 at 8:00 PM.
- Do [9] D2L Quiz Variations - 2 -- due Wed Nov 17 at 8:00 PM.
Week 13: Nov 15-19
Tuesday:
- Finish [9] D2L Quiz Variations - 2 -- due tomorrow at 8:00 PM.
Thursday:
- Test 2 (MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx [slides 2-208])
- Do [10] D2L Quiz Sample Mean -- due Mon Nov 29 at 8:00 PM.
- Do [11] D2L Quiz Normal Distribution 1 -- due Tue Dec 7 at 8:00 PM.
- Download Exam Practice and Answers. Begin working on this.
Week 14: Nov 22-26
Tuesday:
- Finish [10] D2L Quiz Sample Mean -- due Mon Nov 29 at 8:00 PM.
- Rigorous Review in class for the Final Exam -- information given today will not be written down and will not be repeated.
- Bring Exam Practice and Answers to class today. Continue working on this.
- Do [11] D2L Quiz Normal Distribution 1 -- due Tue Dec 7 at 8:00 PM.
Thursday:
- Thanksgiving Holiday -- no class
Week 15: Nov 30 - Dec 3
Tuesday:
- Flash drive containing the e-file for Project 2 is due at the beginning of class. Name this file: Team____Project 2.xlsx
- Oral Presentations: Teams 1,2,3,4 and Teams 7,8,9,10. Be sure to give me a hard copy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
Team numbers underlined above will definitely present on this day.
- Finish [11] D2L Quiz Normal Distribution 1 -- due Tue Dec 7 at 8:00 PM.
Thursday:
- Extra consideration for those who turn in Written Reports at the beginning of class today.
- Oral Presentations: Teams 5,6 and Teams 11,12. Be sure to give me a hard copy of your slides (4 slides to a page) before you present.
Team numbers underlined above will definitely present on this day.
- Project 2 Quiz
- Written Reports must be submitted to TurnItIn.com by 6:00 PM tonight if you handed in your Written Report today.
- Appoint a responsible person in your team to submit your Written Report to www.turnitin.com no later than 6:00 PM Tue Dec 7.
Section 014 (9:00-10:15): Your class name is Math115b_014_104, the Class ID is 3522873 and the password is 'fuzzy'.
Section 016 (11:00-12:15): Your class name is Math115b_016_104, the Class ID is 3522876 and the password is 'ferret'.
- Finish Exam Practice. Bring your finished work to class on Tuesday.
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Friday:
- Download the following: Final Exam Study Guide - Project 1 & Final Exam Study Guide - Project 2.
Notice that the Answers are also available.
We will center our attention on the following problems, especially the starred (*) problems, for next Tuesday:
Final Exam Study Guide - Project 1: 16,17,22,25,26,27,29,31,32,33,34,40,45,47,51,52,53,54,60,62,65,67.
Final Exam Study Guide - Project 2: 5,16,20,21,25*,32,42,44*,49*,54,55.
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Tuesday:
- Written Reports must be handed in at the beginning of class today if they were not handed in previously.
- Written Reports must be submitted to TurnItIn.com by 6:00 PM tonight if they were not previously submitted.
Section 014 (9:00-10:15): Your class name is Math115b_014_104, the Class ID is 3522873 and the password is 'fuzzy'.
Section 016 (11:00-12:15): Your class name is Math115b_016_104, the Class ID is 3522876 and the password is 'ferret'.
- In class we will go over Exam Practice, which you were to have finished for today.
- Download the following: Final Exam Study Guide - Project 1 & Final Exam Study Guide - Project 2.
Notice that the Answers are also available.
We will center our attention on the following problems, especially the starred (*) problems, for whatever time is left for today.
Final Exam Study Guide - Project 1: 16,17,22,25,26,27,29,31,32,33,34,40,45,47,51,52,53,54,60,62,65,67.
Final Exam Study Guide - Project 2: 5,16,20,21,25*,32,42,44*,49*,54,55.
- D2L Quiz "Normal Distributions - 1" is due at 8:00 PM tonight.
- Study for the Final Exam
- On Tuesday Dec 14 we will have a Review Session from 1:00-2:00 in room 402 of the Math Building.
Thursday:
- Reading Day -- no class
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TUESDAY:
- 1:00-2:00 Review Session for Sections 014 & 016 (Bridges) in the Math Building Room 402. Please come with questions.
WEDNESDAY:
- Final Exam 8:00-10:00 PM -- PAS 201.
Please be there no later than 7:45 PM and sit on the right side of the room as you face the front.
THE ASSIGNMENTS BELOW WERE FOR SUMMER 2010
Week 1: June 7 - 11
Monday:
- Download the electronic-text by going to D2L. Log in with your UA NetID and then access the business math cou\
se that you are in:
Math115B SSI10 001 Bridges
Math115b SSI10 002.
Click on 'MBD Part 2' on the far right of the dark-blue navigation bar and fol\
ow the on-screen directions for downloading and unzipping the files.
Pleas\
notice that you are unzipping the files in 'MBD 2 Office 2007.zip'. Th\
se files will only run properly when using MicroSoft Office 2007.
- Read all information pertaining to Math 115b on my web page. Pay spe\
ial attention to Course Information.
- Find my office, MTL 124C.
- Open MBD Part2.pptx from your Course Files (e-text). Read Marketing Computer Drives [slides 50-58].
- Go to the Business Math Homepage -- there's a link to this from my h\
mepage. Access Business Mathematics II: Course Information. Read all \
iles carefully, especially the topic entitled Course Grades under Co\
rse Policies in the file UA Bus Math II.pdf. Also look at the other\
files under Business Mathematics II.
- Download Individual Homework #1: Due at t\
e beginning of class on Tue Aug 31.
- Download Team Homework #1: Due at the beg\
nning of class on Thu Sep 2.
- Read and Study the following from the file MBD 2 Project 1\
pptx:
Graphing Functions [slides 2-20]
Fitting Trend Lines [slides 21-34].
- Read and Study Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides 35-51].
Tuesday:
- Open MBD Part2.pptx from your Course Files. Read RUNNING THE TEXT FILES [slide 13]. The firs\
bullet on this slide will be a test question!
- Form teams in class.
- Download your team's data from my website. WA\
NING: If you download your data to a MAC, you will lose an essential macro tha\
I have placed into your project-file.
- Download the Team Contract . Comple\
e this and hand it in to me on Thu June 10.
- Reread Marketing Computer Drives [slides 50-58] from y\
ur Course File MBD Part2.pptx.
- Reread and Study Demand, Revenue, Cost, Profit [slides\
35-51] from your Course File MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx.
- Download Individual Homework #2: Due at t
he beginning of class on Fri June 11.
Wednesday:
- Hand in Individual Homework #1 at the beginning of class.
- For your project:
--Import the Big Daddy worksheet of the FuzzyFerretClass.xlsm file into your project file
--Copy the correct numbers into the Demand Factor Chart and into the Cost Information Chart.
--Complete the columns for q, D(q), R(q), C(q), P(q).
--Graph R(q) and C(q) on the same set of axes. Graph P(q) by itself. Adhere to all comments made in class.
- Read and Study Differentiation [slides 64-88, 219-221].
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 106-113].
Thursday:
- Hand in your Team Contract at the beginning of class.
- Read and Study More Differentiation [slides 89-105].
- Read and Study Solver [slides 114-129].
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 130-135].
- Download Team Homework #2: due Tue June 15.
Friday:
- Hand in Team Homework #1 at the beginning of class.
- Hand in Individual Homework #2 at the beginning of class.
- Hand in your Team Contract [if you didn't hand it in yesterday].
- Complete your Big Daddy worksheet so that it contains columns for MR(q), MC(q) and MP(q).
- Graph MR(q) and MC(q) on the same set of axes. Make a separate graph for MP(q).
Week 2: June 14-18
Monday:
- Download and complete Team Homework #2 -- due Tue June 15.
- Download and complete Individual Homework #3 -- due Wed June 16.
- Answer questions 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 for your project.
- Read and Study Integration [slides 136-188].
- Read and Study Focus on the Project [slides 199-202].
Tuesday:
- Read and Study More Integration [slides 189-198].
- Finish the handout Beginning Integration if you did not finish it in class.
- Complete Individual Homework #3 -- due Wed June 16.
- Compute the answer to question 4 (Consumer Surplus) for your project.
- Download and read the following:
Expectations for Projects
Minimum Requirements
Marketing e-file
Project 1 Evaluation Form
- Begin preparing your oral report and your written report.
- Begin studying for Test 1
Wednesday:
- Download Practice Test 1 from Handouts & Homework and complete it for tomorrow.
- Continue preparing your oral report and your written report.
- Continue studying for Test 1.
Thursday:
- Jump Drives containing all Excel work are due at the beginning of class.
- Study for Test 1. It includes:
MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx [slides 1-202, 219-221]
MBD Part 2.pptx [slides 49-58]
Everything we have done in class.
Friday:
- Test 1
- Make a copy of the slides for your oral presentation and give these to me before you present on Monday -- print 4 slides to a page and copy as a 'handout'.
Failure to do this will cost you 10 points on your project.
- Finish your oral report and your written report.
- HAND IN JUMP DRIVES AGAIN ON MONDAY. Read Marketing_e-file.docx to see what needs to be in there.
Week 3: June 21-25
Monday:
- Oral Presentations
- Please give me a copy of your slides before you present -- failure to do this will cost you 10 points on your project.
- Written Reports are due at the beginning of class.
- Project 1 Quiz
- Written Reports must be submitted to http://www.turnitin.com by 6:00 PM.
Section 001 (9:00-10:45): The class name is Math115b_001_102; The ClassID is 3313522; The password is fuzzy.
Section 002 (11:00-12:45): The class name is Math115b_002_102; The ClassID is 3313523; The password is ferret.
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- BEGIN PROJECT 2:
Read Bidding on an Oil Lease in MBD Part 2.pptx [slides 60-68].
Read Random Variables in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 2-45]
Tuesday:
- Begin Random Variables Classwork in class.
*Do Binomial Ran Var
*Begin Exponential Ran Var
- Download and begin working on Team Homework #3 -- due Friday June 25.
Wednesday:
- Continue Random Variables Classwork in class.
*Finish Exponential Ran Var
*Do Uniform Ran Var
*Begin Standard Normal Ran Var.
- Read Random Variables (Variance & StDev) in MBD 2 Project 2.pptx [slides 67-middle of 82].
Read Normal Random Variables [slides 119-137,144-150].
- Continue working on Team Homework 3.
Thursday:
- Finish Random Variables Classwork in class.
*Finish Standard Normal Ran Var
*Do Normal Ran Var
- Begin Project 2: If we bid our signal (Strategy 1), and the highest bid wins the auction, then what profit can we expect to make?
- Finish Team Homework 3.
Friday:
- Hand in Team Homework 3 at the beginning of class.
- Project 2: Calculate the errors of the signals, form a frequency distribution of the data and graph the histogram.
What type of data do we have? Graph a normal distribution side-by-side with the histogram of the errors.
Begin a new worksheet -- generate 10,000 auctions with NORMDIST. Calculate the Winner's Curse (WC).
If we bid our signal minus the WC (Strategy 2), what profit can we expect to make?
- Do Individual-Homework 4 that was handed out in class -- due Monday, June 28.
If you were absent today, I will give you a copy on Monday for you to hand in on Tuesday.
Week 4: June 28 - July 2
Monday:
- Hand in Individual-Homework 4.
- Calculate the Winner's Curse and the Winner's Blessing for your project.
Calculate your bid for Strategy 2 and for Strategy 3.
- Read and study Focus on the Project [slides 58-65, 94-94, 159-162, 184-190].
Tuesday:
- Calculate your bid for Strategies 4, 5 and 6.
- Read and study Focus on the Project [slides 190-208].
- Work on your Oral Reports and on your Writte=n Extra Analysis having at least 3 typed pages: 12 point Times New Roman, single spaced, 1 inch margins.
Wednesday:
- Read and study The Sample Mean: Standardization [slides 99-106].
- Read and study Confidence Intervals [slides 123-124].
- Read and study The Sample Mean: A Formula [slides 107-118].
- Click here for problems that were handed out in class today. The problems we did in class today are on page 3.
Thursday:
- DRC students: please coordinate with me today as to how you want to arrange your alloted time for Test 2.
Also, let me know by tomorrow (July 2) as to your preferred arrangements for the Final Exam.
If I do not hear from you by the stated date, then you will have the same amount of time as the others.
- Study for Test 2. It includes:
MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx [slides 1-208]
MBD Part 2.pptx [slides 59-68]
Everything we have done in class.
- Work on your Oral Reports and on your Written Extra Analysis having at least 3 typed pages: 12 point Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 1 inch margins.
Friday:
- DRC students: please coordinate with me today as to how you want to arrange your alloted time for the Final Exam.
If I do not hear from you
by the stated date, then you will have the same amount of time as the others.
- Test 2
- Work on your Oral Reports and on your Written Extra Analysis having at least 3 typed pages: 12 point Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 1 inch margins.
- Study for the Final Exam. It includes everything that was included in MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx and MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx and MBD Part 2.pptx.
- Download Project 2 Evaluation Form Summer 2010 so that you will know exactly how Project 2 will be graded.
Week 5: July 5-8
Tuesday:
- Oral Presentations: Teams 1,2,3,4 __ 7,8,9,10.
- Hand in your Written Extra Analysis having at least 3 typed pages: 12 point Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 1 inch margins.
- Hand in your e-file containing all work for Project 2.
- Project 2 Quiz
- Written Reports must be submitted to http://www.turnitin.com by 6:00 PM today.
Section 001 (9:00-10:45): The class name is Math115b_001_102; The ClassID is 3313522; The password is fuzzy.
Section 002 (11:00-12:45): The class name is Math115b_002_102; The ClassID is 3313523; The password is ferret.
- Any issues with grades on Individual Homework, Quizzes, Team Homework or Tests must be addressed to me by 1:15 PM tomorrow.
I will not consider any grading issues after 1:15 PM tomorrow (Wednesday, July 7).
- If you have any papers marked End of Semester, then you must bring these to me by 1:15 PM tomorrow (Wed July 7).
- Read and study Income Streams from MBD 2 Proj 1.ppts [slides 181-186].
- Study for the Final Exam. It includes everything that was included in MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx and MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx and MBD Part 2.pptx.
Wednesday:
- There is no 'Office Hour' today from 12:45-1:30. We will spend the classtime reviewing for the final exam -- bring questions to class.
- 2 Oral Presentations in Section 002: Teams 11,12.
- Any issues with grades on Individual Homework, Quizzes, Team Homework or Tests must be addressed to me by 1:15 PM today.
I will not consider any grading issues after 1:15 PM today (Wednesday, July 7).
- If you have any papers marked End of Semester, then you must bring these to me by 1:15 PM today (Wed July 7).
- Study for the Final Exam. It includes everything that was included in MBD 2 Proj 1.pptx and MBD 2 Proj 2.pptx and MBD Part 2.pptx.
Thursday:
- Last 'Office Hour' is this morning 8:30-8:50.
- Final Exam
- If you wish to see your exam or the calculation of your grade, you may do so when I return to my office in August for the Fall Semester.
Semester grades will be posted to Class Roster on Friday morning and should be posted on StudentLink soon after.
I can not email grades nor can I reveal them by phone.