INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Peter Dawson

Office: K227 SCC

Office Hours: MTR 2:30-4:30 pm (Summer TR 4:00-6:00 pm)

Tel: 972.516.5031

 Email: pdawson@ccccd.edu

 Website: http://iws.ccccd.edu/pdawson/

CLASS INFORMATION: 

TEXTBOOK: Boone, Louis E. and Kurtz, David L., Contemporary Business, 12th edition, Thomson Southwestern, 2007. (Loose-leaf version.  Full version is okay, but more expensive.)  You may want to check out http://www.ichapters.com/market/index.html to see if you can save money by purchasing an E-book or individual chapters directly from the publisher. 

SUPPLIES: Three small size Scantrons for exams and the materials needed to prepare your project.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Complete assignments and examinations satisfactorily. You must have a working Email address, which is to be emailed to me at pdawson@ccccd.edu by the first week of the semester. Failure to provide a working Email address will result in you not receiving important class information since all class information is disseminated only via Email and this website.  You are responsible for reading and understanding all materials contained on the course website, including all exam and other due dates.  There will be no other reminders with regard to times or requirements of the course.

COURSE CONTENT: See the Course Calendar.

COURSE DELIVERY METHOD: Web and text.

METHOD OF EVALUATION: Three 100 point exams and one 100 point project grade. Grading scale: 360+ = A, 320-359 = B, 280-319 = C, 240-279 = D, Below 240 = F.

MEASURABLE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: After successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

        1.0       Demonstrate the process of analyzing, tracking, and evaluating an investment.

        2.0       Distinguish between the various options for operating a business.

        3.0       Explain the global nature of business.

        4.0       Identify various strategies for managing and motivating personnel.

        5.0       Identify various strategies for marketing goods and services.

        6.0       Exhibit knowledge of the role of ethics in business.

        7.0       Differentiate between a market economy and other types of economies.

        8.0       Demonstrate a basic knowledge of how business is financed.

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance is a significant factor in academic success and is considered a part of the class requirements. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT COMPLETE EXAMS OR PROJECTS WITHIN STATED DEADLINES AND DO NOT FORMALLY DROP WILL RECEIVE AN "F" UNLESS SOME PRIOR ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE.  See the current Collin Registration Guide for the last day to withdraw.

RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS: Please refer to the Collin Student Handbook.

ACADEMIC ETHICS: The College District may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic Dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, and/or falsifying academic records. Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were ones own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation. Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer or Internet files, using someone else’s work for the assignments as if it were one’s own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course. Collusion is intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers.

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