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Overview of Summer 2010

MBA 8135 Streaming Video Control Review
„Who am I? „ Use both Video and Audio
„Changes for Summer 2010 „ Variable Quality Video used for Lectures
„ Use Windows Media Player for Video
„Course Details z PowerPoint Slides (with irrelevant numbers)
z Live Links,
„C t t IInformation
„Contact f ti http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/Local%20Publish/in
dex.html
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/813 z Control Features
5sylsu10.pdf • Pause Button
• Slide names are live links to skip ahead and back
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/813 „ Audio for Problem Solving
5suppsu10.pdf z Uses Flash
zhttp://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/pdf/813 z Should Play in most browsers
5introsu10.pdf

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Who am I? Course Components

„ Ph.D. (1993) from Florida State University in „ Ulearn/WEBCT Vista

Corporate Finance zOnline Quizzes and Mid-Term (yes)
„ Former Assistant Professor and MBA Corporate
Finance Coordinator at Georgia State zChat/VClass (yes), Bulletin Board (some)
„ Online GSU Corporate
p Finance since 1998
99 zEmail (yes)
„ Currently Professor of Finance at U. of West
Georgia „ Social Networks (Charles Hodges) and
„ Consulting in Corporate Finance and MSN IM = mba8622@hotmail.com
Investments
„ Research is mix of Corporate Finance „ Cell Phone is 770-301-8648
(asymmetric information) and Investments „ Chapter Outlines with Video
(mutual funds and long-run investing)
„ Face to Face Final Exam

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Changes for Summer 2010
Course Details „ Continued Rebuild of Online 8135 Course
„ Ross Westerfield Jaffe 9th as textbook
„ Class Hours: Wednesdays, 7:40 p.m.
z Chats @7:40-9:00 p.m. zDisconnect with text, end of chapter problems,
z Quizzes @11:00 p.m. and testbank
„ Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe: Corporate Finance, 9th. ed., ISBN
978-0-07-733762-9 Additional student resource material
978-0-07-733762-9. zYou use non-covered chapters
p
can be found on and downloaded from the textbook’s
website: http://highered.mcgraw-
„ Out-of-Order Chapters
hill.com/sites/0073382337/information_center_view0/ „ VClass for Weekly Chat Sessions
z The Ulearn webpage includes material from many
sources, especially from Fundamental of Corporate „ Some Web 2.0 and Secure FTP issues
Finance, Eighth Edition, by Ross, Westerfield and
Jordan „ 2 hour Mid-Term (Chapters 1, 4, 10, 11, 8, 9) and
Final Exams (Comprehensive)

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How I present material

Grading
„ Rebuild of Online Course will create some errors
„ Chapter Outlines with Video and Audio
z Need to Know/Don’t need to know „ Grade Weights:
z Every Chapter has overview video
z Use Videos to lecture and cover “typical” calculations, zQuizzes (top 12 of 13) 33%
usually end of chapter problems (new for me)
z Have
H “best
“b in
i breed”
b d” video
id lectures
l for
f most topics
i zTwo Minute Feedback 2%
zTwo-Minute
z Audios to solve most problem types
„ Textbook zMid-Term Exam 30%
z Disconnect between text, end of chapter problems, and
testbank zFinal Exam 35%
z Brevity in text implies use multiple chapters
„ Accommodates various learning styles 100%
„ A sample:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~fnccwh/Local%20Publish/html/rwj
_chapter_8.html

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Daily Class Schedule Prerequisites
„ 6/14 Optional Face-to-Face Orientation in Classroom South 210 at 7:40 pm
„ 6/23 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Chapter 1 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 6/23 and Chapter 4 Easy Quiz Due by 11 p.m. „ Prerequisites: MBA 8000, MBA 8025; All
„ 6/30 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Chapter 4 Difficult Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 6/30 and Chapter 10 Quiz Due by 11 p.m. students, regardless of degree program,
„ 7/7 Optional Face to Face Help Session (7:00-9:00pm) and Chapter 11 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 7/7 and Chapter 8 Quiz Due by 11 p.m. must have completed the appropriate
„
„
7/14 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Chapter 9 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
7/14 and Mid-Term Exam Due by 11 p.m. prerequisites with a grade of "C
C-" or better.
better
„ 7/21 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Chapter 5 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 7/21 and Chapter 6 Quiz Due by 11 p.m. „ Corequisites: MBA 8015, MBA 8030;
„ 7/28 Chat Session (7:40-9:00pm) and Chapter 7 Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 7/28 and Chapter 13 Quiz Due by 11 p.m. Either or both of these courses can be
„ 8/4 Optional Face to Face Help Session (TBD) and Outside Readings Quiz Due by 11 p.m.
„ 8/4 and Chapter 16&17 Quiz Due by 11 p.m. taken simultaneously with MBA 8135.
„ 8/7 Course Comprehensive Final Exam, Saturday, from 10:15 am -12:15 pm,
Classroom TBD „ CSP: 1,2,3,6,7,8.

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Face to Face Sessions
Grading Policy
„ Optional
„ The finance department employs the +/- grading system. zJune 14, Optional Face-to-Face
A C- is considered a passing grade for this course and a
C- is considered passing for prerequisite purposes for Orientation in Classroom South 210 at
this course, as well as for all finance electives. 7:40 pm
„ In accordance with Departmental policy,
policy for masters
level courses (MBA and FI prefixed), it is expected that z July
l 7 (7:00
( p.m. until)
il) and
d August 4
no more than 35 percent of the students in a given class (6:30 until) for Exam Help Sessions
section will receive a grade of A. The majority of the
remaining students are expected to receive grades of B. „ Required
Those students demonstrating significantly lagging
performance shall earn grades of C or lower as zAugust 7, Comprehensive Final Exam,
appropriate. This policy is amended to incorporate +/- Saturday, from 10:15 am to 12:15 pm,
grades as mentioned in the paragraph above.
Classroom TBD

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Contact Information

„ Office: RCOB 18, U. of West Georgia

„ Office Phone and Voicemail: (770)301-
8648 (cell) or (678)839-4816 (office)
„ Class
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Webpage:
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Ulearn
„ E-mail: Ulearn (preferred) or
chodges@westga.edu or
chodges@gsu.edu
„ Social Networking: Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Instant Messenger
mba8622@hotmail.com