Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
millerdeborah@fhda.edu
Office Hours
See my faculty website or
as announced
Or by appointment
Essential Materials
Concise Essentials of Business Law, De
Anza College Edition, Jeffrey F. Beatty
and Susan S. Samuelson,
Thomson/Southwestern, 2008
Can be rented at De Anza bookstore
Essential Materials
Test Supplies
Four (4) Scantron sheets from the college
bookstore (for the exams ), a #2 (soft lead)
pencil and a good eraser.
Essential Materials
An e-mail account and access
to the internet.
My website (homework,
green sheet, power points,
useful links, etc.)
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/millerdeborah
Recommended Materials
Textbook website (Interactive chapter
quizzes)
Grading
A+
A
AB+
B
B-
99%-100%
92% - 98%
90% - 91%
88% - 89%
82% - 87%
80% - 81%
Grading
C+
C
D+
D
DF
78% - 79%
70% - 77%
67% - 69%
58% - 66%
55% - 57%
Below 55%
Grading Components
EXAMS = 69%
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam
3
Exam 4 (final)
23%
23%
23%
23%
Grading Components
ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION
Participation and Attendance = 10%
Grading Components
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Homework = 21%
Will be assigned on Website each week. Must
submit by email (in an attached Word or WP
document) before class starts on assigned due
date. Late penalties apply.
Grading Components
There will be NO makeup exams.
There will be NO extra credit.
Reading Assignments
Will be assigned on my website weekly.
Note: the assignments are to be read
BEFORE coming to class
Note: there is also homework
due each week (assigned on my
website)
Maximum Success
Devote a minimum of 2 hours outside class
to every 1 hour of class (8 hours a week).
3 to 1 is better (yikes!)
Maximum Success
Read slowly to understand
every word & concept.
Maximum Success
Re-read carefully before exam
(or read 2 times before class
and a 3rd before exam)
Maximum Success
Participate in class
(ask questions; discuss cases)
Maximum Success
Take online interactive quizzes for each
Chapter using textbook link
Maximum Success
Print out the power point slides before each
class;
Maximum Success
Attend class on time
Dont leave until I dismiss you!