Instructor Information
Instructor’s Name: Oussama (Sam) Alkhalili
Instructor’s Office (Bldg. – Room): 26-321
Instructor’s Office Hours:
In Person (26-321) Or Zoom https://highline.zoom.us/j/2065924317
Mondays, Wednesdays 10-10:50 AM (In-Person/Zoom)
Tuesdays/Thursdays 11-11:50 AM (Zoom Only)
Fridays 10-10:50 AM (In-Person/Zoom)
Appointment: https://tinyurl.com/oalkhalili
Instructor’s Email Address: oalkhalili@highline.edu
Instructor’s Office Phone: 206-592-4317
The best way to contact me is via email. I will respond within 24-48 hours.
Course Information
Department: Business
Item (Section) #: 35418
Course Overview
This course introduces students to Business Mathematics applications using paper and Excel formulas. Students will learn how to make Business Mathematics calculations using Excel effectively and efficiently. We will use Excel as it is a powerful tool that has become well- established by different employers in their business process, in everyday accounting and financial calculations. You will leave the class well-versed in business calculation and basic and intermediate Excel formulas.
2 Student Learning Outcomes
• Analyze business problems and make conclusions based on the calculations performed. Explain conclusions in words.
• Perform arithmetic with the math operations: add, subtract, multiply, divide, exponents, parenthesis and the order of operations.
• Use Excel to perform business math calculations with an emphasis on data type, Number Formatting and formulas.
• Develop abilities to use fractions, decimals, and percentages to help make business decisions by hand on paper and by using the spreadsheet program Excel.
• Calculate various types of Cash Discounts and Trade Discounts by hand on paper and by using the spreadsheet program Excel.
• Calculate various types of Depreciation by hand on paper and by using the spreadsheet program Excel.
• Make simple interest, compound interest, future value, and present value calculations by hand on paper and by using the spreadsheet program Excel.
• Use calculations and concepts to make business and personal decisions.
Additional Outcomes for this class outside the catalog:
Understand the definition of Effective and Efficient
1. Effective:
i. Accomplish the stated goal.
ii. In this class the goal is to create things like Payroll tables or calculate the correct invoice totals after a trade discount. For these calculations, effective means get the correct answer.
2. Efficient
i. Accomplish the goal with the minimum number of resources.
ii. In this class the resource is time. So “Efficient” means we will learn how to create Excel Solutions that make math calculations quickly in order to save time.
iii. Two examples of efficient are:
1. Using the SUM Function like =SUM(B7:B11,B14:B20,B23:B25,E7:E17), rather than the much longer formula:
=B7+B8+B9+B10+B11+B14+B15+B16+B17+B18+B19+B20+B23+B24+B25+E7+E8+E9+E10+E11+E12+E13+E14+E15+E16+E17
2. Relative and Absolute Cell Refences to quickly calculate a column of Payroll number, like: =ROUND(B9*$E$9,2), where $E$9 must be locked
(Absolute).