Anglo-American University

School of Business Administration

COURSE OUTLINE (SYLLABUS)
1. Course Name and Code: Business Mathematics I, MTH 111/1
2. Day, Time, Semester: Fall 2009, Thursdays 14.45 1.!0
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. Credits: !
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9. Course Desri.tion: The aim %- this c%urse is t% .r%&ide students 1ith
-undamentals %- mathematics as a t%%l necessary -%r studyin* ec%n%mics.
This c%urse c%&ers /asic al*e/ra and arithmetic 2/asics %- the%ry %- sets and
l%*ic, al*e/raic e3.ressi%ns and their sim.li-icati%n, linear, 4uadratic, irrati%nal
e4uati%ns, ine4ualities, simultane%us e4uati%ns, matrices, calculatin* l%ans
and sa&in*s5 and /asics %- analytical *e%metry 2.%ints, lines, distance, circles,
.ara/%las5.
10. Course /ateria)s: 6aym%nd 7. Barnett, Michael 6. 8ie*ler, "arl 9. Byleen:
College Algebra, ;i3th editi%n, Mc<ra1 Hill. 1999. 27cc%m.anied /y ;tudent=s
;%luti%ns Manual.5
11. Su..ortin, /ateria)s: Ian >ac4ues) Mathematics for Economics and
Business, ;ec%nd editi%n, 7ddis%n ?esley, 1994. I;B@: 0+201+4209+9 277A
Bi/rary5.
Cery *%%d s%urces %- &ari%us e3am.les and mathematical .r%/lems can /e
-%und in A,ech %r in %ther lan*ua*es, includin* &ari%us Internet res%urces.
;tudents are e3.ected t% l%cate &ari%us s%urces %- e3am.les/.r%/lems /y
themsel&es, t% search -%r rele&ant /%%'s in the 77D li/rary and %ther li/raries
in Era*ue, includin* Internet res%urces and Internet %n+line tut%rials.
Mal Strana Campus, Lzesk 4/287, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic, Tel: +420 27 !0 202 "a#: +420 27 !2 $11
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Becture ! h%urs
H%me1%r' 4 h%urs
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School of Business Administration
12. Learnin, O01eti+es: D.%n c%m.leti%n %- MTH 111, the student 1ill ha&e the
re4uired mathematical 'n%1led*e and s'ills -%r the Business Mathematics II
and -%r %ther m%re %r less mathematical cha.ters in a &ariety %- %ther su/Fects
as ;tatistics, Micr% and Macr% 9c%n%mics, Financial 7cc%untin*, etc.
13. Tea2in, /et2odo)o,y: Bectures with interactive participation, regular
homework and additional short tests. There will be evidence of attendance
during this course. All tests are compulsory.
34& To.is Co+ered:
1. @um/ers and sets 2main de-initi%ns5.
2. B%*ic, /asic de-initi%ns, l%*ical %.erat%rs.
!. A%nstants and &aria/les, %.erati%ns 1ith ne*ati&e num/ers, %.erati%ns
1ith -racti%ns.
4. ;im.li-icati%n %- al*e/raic e3.ressi%ns.
5. E%lyn%mials and their -act%ri,ati%n.
0. 94uati%ns %- %ne &aria/le: linear, 4uadratic, irrati%nal. <ra.hical
re.resentati%n: Aartesian c%%rdinate system.
. Functi%ns and ma..in*s) 9lementary -uncti%ns
G. Functi%ns %- %ne &aria/le: d%main.
9. 94uati%ns 1ith a/s%lute &alues.
10. ;imultane%us e4uati%ns.
11. Ine4ualities and simultane%us ine4ualities: linear and 4uadratic.
12. B%*arithms and e3.%nents, e3.%nential e4uati%ns, l%*arithmic
e4uati%ns.
1!. Matrices and %.erati%ns %n matrices, determinants, in&erse matri3.
14. Matri3 e4uati%ns, Aramer=s 6ule.
15. Basics %- Mathematics %- Finance: sim.le and c%m.%und interest,
sa&in*s, l%ans, .r%Fect e&aluati%ns.
15. Course S2edu)e: The c%urse 1ill .r%*ress as /ein* descri/ed in the HT%.ics
A%&eredH secti%n 2sli*ht m%di-icati%ns are .%ssi/le5.
35& Assessment #roedures:
Tests: 10I
H%me1%r's: 20I
Midterm: !0I
Final: 40I
T1% 1%rst *rades %/tained -r%m tests durin* the semester are n%t ta'en int%
acc%unt 1hen calculatin* the -inal *rade.
Mal Strana Campus, Lzesk 4/287, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic, Tel: +420 27 !0 202 "a#: +420 27 !2 $11
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36& S2oo) #o)iies:
7ttendance: Alass attendance is str%n*ly rec%mmended and has in-luence 1ithin
a ran*e %- ma3imum J/+ 10I %n the t%tal *rade.
Bate 1%r': H%me1%r' su/mitted a-ter the deadline mi*ht n%t /e c%rrected.
Missed e3ams: There is n% ma'e u. -%r a missed test. 7 missed test c%unts as
0I. T1% 1%rst *rades %/tained -r%m tests durin* the semester are n%t ta'en int%
acc%unt 1hen calculatin* the -inal *rade. There is n% ma'e u. -%r a missed
midterm %r -inal e3am. In this case any emer*in* .r%/lems are s%l&ed indi&idually.
Missin* a midterm %r a -inal e3am mi*ht lead t% a c%urse -ailure.
Aheatin* and Ela*iarism
- A%urse lecturers 1ill mar' d%1n %r *i&e a -ailin* *rade t% any .iece %- 1%r'
that they -eel sh%1s clear si*ns %- ha&in* /een .la*iari,ed. The e3tent t%
1hich a .iece %- 1%r' is mar'ed d%1n 1ill de.end u.%n the lecturerKs
Fud*ment %- the e3tent %- the .la*iarism in&%l&ed.
- ;tudents cau*ht cheatin* in e3aminati%ns 1ill /e e3.elled -r%m the
e3aminati%n r%%m and *i&en a -ailin* *rade -%r the e3aminati%n c%ncerned.
Aheatin* and .la*iarism may als% lead t% c%urse -ailure %r e3.ellin* -r%m
the sch%%l.
- ;tudents cau*ht indul*in* in /eha&i%r 1hich is su**esti&e %- cheatin* 2e.*.
1his.erin* %r .assin* n%tes5 must, at a minimum, /e 1arned, and in the
case %- c%ntinued mis/eha&i%r must /e e3.elled -r%m the e3aminati%n
r%%m and *i&en a -ailin* *rade -%r the e3aminati%n c%ncerned.
- Ela*iarism in a -%rm %- materials %n the Internet, 1hich can /e cut and
.asted int% a .a.er %r essay, 1ill /e treated in the same manner as in
cases 1here the m%re traditi%nal meth%ds %- cheatin* ha&e /een
disc%&ered.
- 7ll Becturers are e3.ected t% en-%rce 77C; .%licy %n cheatin* and
.la*iarism.
T% .re&ent any misunderstandin*, .la*iarism is de-ined:
#LA7IARIS/ Lthe unauth%ri,ed use %r cl%se imitati%n %- the lan*ua*e and
th%u*hts %- an%ther auth%r and the re.resentati%n %- them as %neKs %1n %ri*inal
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