Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30-11:30 AM, 1:00-2:00 PM, and by appointment.

Textbooks: Mark Hirschey , Fundamentals of Managerial Economics, 8/e, Thomson South-Western, 2006, ISBN 0-324-28889-1. Eugene F. Brigham & Michael C. Ehrhardt, Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 11/e, Thomson South-Western, 2005, ISBN 0-324-22416-8.

Any additional materials used for this class can be downloaded from this website. Please bring your computers to class.

Course Requirements

There will be one in-class quiz and an in-class, closed book, comprehensive final exam. The monthly exam is 10 points and the final is 30 points. The quiz will consist of multiple choice questions. There is no makeup test for the quiz. If, however, you have a sudden serious emergency I will work with you to find a solution.

Quiz I Monday, October 10
Final Exam Wednesday December 7 8:30-11:30 AM

There will be 6 homework assignments. The first, second, fourth, and fith are 10 points; the third and sixth are 5 points. All completed 10 point assignments turned in on time will receive at least 6 points; no late assignment will receive more than 8. All completed 5 point assignments turned in on time will receive at least 3 points; no late assignment will receive more than 4. Homework assignments are due before class (8:30 AM) on the due date specified below. Homework assignments should be submitted via ClassTools as eXcel documents: open AGSM-501: Hand Ins; upload assignment using the abbreviated title of the assignment and no spaces in the document title. For example, if you were turning in Aassignment 1, you would upload it as Ass1.doc. to the appropriate folder. ClassTools wiil automatically identify the sender and log the date and time of submission.

The correspondence between numerical and letter grades is:

            A       95 –100
            A-      90 – 94
            B+     85 – 89
            B       80 – 84
            B-      75 – 79
            C        60 – 74

I strongly encourage all students to attend class, participate in class discussions, study regularly, and complete the assigned readings and assignment sets in a timely manner. If a student is not present, he or she cannot learn from the lecture and the class discussion, and cannot add his or her thoughts to the class discussion. I will use ClassTools to take roll. Ten points will be awarded for class participation.

I expect success from all students and I try to create a climate of success. If you encounter problems in this class, please see me, a teaching assistant, or both. Please GET HELP as soon as you encounter problems, so that we can help you with additional explanations, practice problems, and advice on how to study this material.

Teaching Assistant

TAs will have regular weekly office hours and may also be available at other times by special appointment, if their schedules permit.

Sara Johnston
Office Hours: Monday 4-5:00 PM, Room 303, Thursday 9:30-10:30 AM, Break-out Room A
 

Notice for Students with Disabilities

Any student eligible for and requesting academic accommodations due to a disability should provide documentation to Disability Services located in the Bishop Wellness Center within the first two weeks of the semester.
 

Course Calendar                                                                                                               

Day

Date

Assignment

                       

1	Monday August 29	Hirschey Chapters 1 & 2
2	Wednesday August 31	Hirschey Chapter 3
3 Labor Day	Monday September 5	No Class Scheduled
4	Wednesday September 7	Hirschey Chapter 4
5	Monday September 12	Hirschey Chapters 5 & 6
5	Wednesday September 14	Hirschey Chapter 7
7	Monday September 19	Assignment 1 due, Hirschey Chapter 8
8	Wednesday September 21	Hirschey Chapter 10
9	Monday September 26	Hirschey Chapter 11
10	Wednesday September 28	Hirschey Chapter 12
11	Monday October 3	Hirschey Chapters 13 & 14
12	Wednesday October 4	Assignment 2 due, Hirschey Chapter 15
13	Monday October 10	Quiz
14 Columbus Dy	Wednesday October 12	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapters 1 & 2
15	Monday October 17	No Class Scheduled, IKEWS
16	Wednesday October 19	No Class Scheduled, IKEWS
17	Monday October 24	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 3
18	Wednesday October 26	Hirschey Chapter 16, Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 4
19 Halloween (point for best costume)	Monday October 31
20	Wednesday November 2	Assignment 3, Spreadsheet Problem 4-14 (p167-8 B&E) due
21	Monday November 7	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 5
22	Wednesday November 9	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 6
23	Monday November 14	Hirschey Chapter 17, Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 7
24	Wednesday November 16	Assignment 4 due, Spreadsheet Problems 6 & 7
25	Monday November 21	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapters 9 &10.
26	Wednesday November 23	Assignment 5 due, Spreadsheet Problem 10, Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 11
27	Monday November 28	Assignment 6 due, Spreadsheet Problem 13, Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapters 13 & 15
28	Wednesday November 30	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 16
29	Monday December 5	Brigham & Ehrhardt, Chapter 26
30	Friday December 9	Final Exam