SYLLABUS
Tulsa Community College, Metro Campus
Fall Semester, 2008
Course: Bus1053-102 Introduction to Business
Tuesday 5:30 p.m. – 8:20 p.m. Call Number: 20091
Instructor: Jane McCharen
Contact Information: Academic and Campus Services, Metro Campus 595-7000 or It is always more efficient to reach me through my personal e-mail address instead of using the TCC address or ACS. If you do not receive a response from me within a reasonable time frame I did not receive your e-mail, try again. Also, please put Introduction to Business in the subject line.
TO CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: TO CONTACT THE DIVISION
Metro Campus OFFICE
Academic & Campus ServicesDivision Name: Business Services
Office: Room 411Division Associate Dean: Sally Kovac
Phone: 595-7000Office: 416
Phone: 595-7000
PREREQUISITES FOR THIS COURSE
None
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Provides overall picture of business operations including: analysis of specialized fields within business organizations; identifies role of business in modern society. Lecture 3 hours. No laboratory.
NEXT COURSE(S) IN SEQUENCE
None specifically, but this course, being a “survey type” course, is intended to help the student prepare for future courses in the business field, including but not limited to: Accounting, Business Law, Small Business Management, Supervisory Management, Economics, Computer Science and Finance.
TEXTBOOK AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Textbook: Business, Nineth Edition, Pride, Hughes, Kapoor
Houghton, Mifflin 2008
GENERAL EDUCATION GOAL STATEMENT
General Education courses at TCC ensure that our graduates gain skills, knowledge, and abilities that comprise a common foundation for their higher education and a backdrop for their work and personal lives. TCC’s General Education goals are: Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, Engaged Learning, and Technological Proficiency.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to be the student’s FIRST course in business and to help the student to think and to analyze in business terms with the following specific objectives in mind.
The student will learn common business terminology used in everyday business communication.
The student will be able to define the term “business.”
The student will be able to list the differences between the three economic “isms” of Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism.
The student will be able to list the three basic forms of business ownership and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
The student will be able to define the term management and list the four management functions.
The student will be able to describe the four production processes.
The student will be able to define the four utilities of form, place, time and ownership.
The student will be able to differentiate between convenience, shipping and specialty goods.
The student will be able to discuss the difference in short and long term financing and the means of securing each.
The student will be able to explain the elements of the fundamental accounting equation and the income statement and balance sheet.
The student will be able to describe the changes in technology in the last several decades and the impact of this change in the four areas of business.
The student will understand the relationship between risk and return in an investment situation.
The student will read the entire textbook assigned for this course.
TEACHING METHODS
Lecture and class discussion. Class sessions will be somewhat informal in nature, and questions and discussions are encouraged. Common courtesy is expected.
ADA POLICY.
TCC provides accommodations for qualifying students in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. For information, students may contact the disabled Student Resource Center, 918-595-7115, or the Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 918-595-7428V, 918-595-7434TTY
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
The tentative assignment schedule calls for four examinations, each with 100 points possible. Test questions will be multiple choice and true/false. The lowest of the four examinations will be excluded from the final grade. There are no daily assignments given. If you miss an exam a zero will be recorded and that will be the exam that is dropped. You must take the final unless you have an A average for all the other exams. The instructor reserves the right to add attendance and /or participation points as deemed necessary. It will be announced in class when these are given. These points will be used as extra credit points and added at the end of the semester to the final grade before averaging.
The following is the point scale from which final grade are determined. It follows a standard 90% = A scale.
270 – 300 points = A
240 – 269 points = B
210 – 239 points = C
180 – 209 points = D
000 – 179 points = F
There is no curve of the final grade.
MAKE-UP AND LATE ASSIGNMENTS POLICY
Make-up examinations are NOT routinely given. If you are on a night an exam is scheduled you may take the make-up exam on the night of the final. It is the students’ responsibility to notify the instructor IN WRITING which exam they wish to make-up on or before the last lecture night of class. After the student takes the final they will then be allowed to take the make-up exam. It is the student’s responsibility to be in class ON TIME for each examination date. A student coming in excessively late on exam night will be considered absent for that class and a zero will be recorded unless prior arrangements have been made.
Please do not call the school on a snowy night to say you are missing class due to weather conditions. This overloads their phone system and serves no useful purpose.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
You are expected to be in class on time, every time. Entering a classroom late is distracting and disrespectful to the class, therefore, you are expected to be prompt. Role is taken every class period verbally or visually. An “Excessive Absence Notice” will be sent to students after their 3rd recorded absence from class or as the instructor deems necessary.
INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, TCC Student Handbook, TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook, and semester information listed in the Class Schedule. All information is available at the TCC website:
COURSE WITHDRAWAL POLICY
The deadline to withdraw from a course shall not exceed 3/4 the duration of any class. Contact the Counseling Office at any TCC campus to initiate withdrawal from a course ('W' grade) or to change from Credit to Audit. Check the TCC Academic Calendar for deadlines. Students who stop participating in the course and fail to withdraw may receive a course grade of “F,” which may have financial aid consequences for the student.
Failure to withdraw from this class will result in the student’s receiving a regular grade of “F” at the end of the semester. Not attending classes and not taking examinations does not constitute a withdrawal from class. You must use the official withdrawal steps.
LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES
Reading, writing, math and computer learning support services are available to support your learning. If you feel you need additional assistance with the reading or writing portion of this class the instructor can provide you contact information.
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Plagiarism is claiming, indicating, or implying that the ideas, sentences, or words of another writer are your own; it includes having another writer do work claimed to be your own, copying the work of another and presenting it as your own, or following the work of another as a guide to ideas and expression that are then presented as your own. The student should review the relevant sections of the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook.
Students who plagiarize on an exam either through copying answers from another student, reviewing handwritten notes during the exam or using the textbook during an exam will receive a zero for that exam. Repeat offenders will receive a zero for the semester.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY OR MISCONDUCT
Academic dishonesty (cheating) is defined as the deception of others about one’s own work or about the work of another. Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned or tolerated at campuses within the Tulsa Community College system. Tulsa Community College adopts a policy delegating certain forms of authority for disciplinary action to the faculty. Such disciplinary actions delegated to the faculty include, but are not limited to, the dismissal of disrespectful or disorderly students from classes. In the case of academic dishonesty a faculty member may:
require the student to redo an assignment or test, or require the student to complete a substitute assignment or test;
Record a "zero" for the assignment or test in question;
Recommend to the student that the student withdraw from the class, or administratively withdraw the student from the class;
Record a grade of "F" for the student at the end of the semester.
Faculty may request that disciplinary action be taken against a student at the administrative level by submitting such request to the Dean of Student Services.
COMMUNICATION POLICY
Email communications: All TCC students receive a designated “MyTCC” email address . All communications to you about TCC and course assignments will be sent to your MyTCC email address; and you must use MyTCC email to send email to, and receive email from, the instructor regarding this course.
Inclement Weather: TCC rarely closes. If extreme weather conditions or emergency situations arise, TCC always gives cancellation notices to radio and television stations. This information is also posted on the TCC website.
COMPUTER SERVICES ACCEPTABLE USE
Access to computing resources is a privilege granted to all TCC faculty, staff and students. The use of TCC computing resources is limited to purposes related to the College’s mission of education, research, and community service. Student use of technology is governed by the Computer Services Acceptable Use Statements/Standards found in the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook. These handbooks may be obtained by contacting any Student Activities or Dean of Student Services office.
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE
Open and mutually respectful communication of varied opinions, beliefs, and perspectives during classroom or online discussion encourages the free exchange of ideas that is essential to higher learning and to the ability to learn from each other. Use of any electronic device is at the discretion of the instructor.
Class sessions are somewhat informal in nature, and questions and discussions are encouraged. In this class we learn from other students experiences in business situations. These experiences may or may not be similar to yours and respect of others opinions is required.
Please turn pagers, cell phones and watches to a silent or meeting mode. If you are “on call” and must contact someone during class please leave the classroom as quietly as possible.
Excessive talking between students while others are participating in a class discussion or the instructor is lecturing is not tolerated and you will be asked to continue your discussion at another time.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES, AGENDA, AND/OR COURSE OUTLINE
Syllabus Changes: Occasionally, changes to the syllabus may be necessary. Students will be notified of any changes to the syllabus in writing and verbally.
AGENDA
August 19…..Orientation; Chapter 1
26…..Chapter 2, Chapter 3
September 2…..Chapter 4, Chapter 5
8…..Chapter 6
16…..EXAM 1, chapters 1 - 6
23…..Chapter 7, Chapter 8
30…..Chapter 9, Chapter 10
October 7……Chapter 11, Chapter 12
14…..EXAM 2, chapters 7 - 12
21…..Chapter 13
28…..Chapter 14, Chapter 15
November 4……Chapter 16, Chapter 18
11…..EXAM 3, chapters 13 - 16 & 18
18…..Chapter 19, Chapter 20
25...... Library Work Night
December 2…..Chapter 20 cont, Chapter 21
9……EXAM 4, chapters 19 – 21 (this is your final)