MATH101: College Mathematics

Credit Hours:
3
Estimated Hours Per Week:
9

Overview

This course helps students to apply financial mathematics to personal finance decisions. The two main goals of this course are to introduce students to important financial calculations essential for healthy personal finances and to teach students how to apply these to real-world financial situations.  

The course project, Personal Financial Plan: Understanding Personal Finances, introduces the student to various financial plans and reports. Students build an MS Excel financial plan workbook that includes personal protection, tax and retirement plans, budgets, credit report analysis, personal balance sheets, and income statements.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Apply mathematical formulas to solve personal finance problems.
  • Use business-related tools to make effective financial decisions.
  • Analyze outcomes of spreadsheets for balance sheet, income statements and financial ratios.
ENROLLMENT
To enroll in this course, please complete the online application.

Special Requirements

Packaged with the textbook, Practical Business Math Procedures, students will receive a users guide and access code for a math practice program called ALEKS for Business Math. This web-based program requires Internet access, and it will be used in each module of this course. Please note that if you purchase the textbook from a source other than the JIU Bookstore, it may not include the access code you need to complete work in this course. Therefore, we recommend that you purchase this item only from the JIU Bookstore.

Required Texts
MATH101 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore