B A 145 - Business Computation

Credits: 5
Sharpens the computational skills of students preparing to enter business employment. Provides a thorough review of basic arithmetic operations and their application to typical business problems. Also provides broad consumer education covering topics such as bank reconciliations, discounts, markups and markdowns, payroll, simple and compound interest and present value.

Prerequisite: Eligible for MATH 062, or BTAC 110 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Perform basic arithmetic calculations, and business applications involving fractions, decimals, banking, solving for the unknown, percentages, discounts, markups and markdowns, payroll, simple and compound interest, notes and present value.

Program Outcomes

Translate data into various formats such as symbolic language, equations, graphs, and formulas.
Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.