Finance 221 Spring 2007

Welcome to Finance 221! Look for important course announcements here. I will also post many of these same announcements on the Aplia website. Powerpoint Lecture Note files will be posted on the left-hand column of this page in advance of the upcoming lectures. Feel free to print out these notes and bring them to lecture with you.

Important first announcement: please attend the lecture section that you registered in because there is simply not enough seats beyond the students who have registered for each section (particularly the 2 pm section).

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Last semester’s (Fall ’06) exams are posted on the Important Links page of this website.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Here is the Exam 1 Answer Key. The exam average was 80.6, median 83.6. Straight scale of A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69 applies to this exam.

New Lecture/Iclicker Attendance Policy! The number of students registered in the 9 am section but attending the 2 pm section has gotten completely out of control. 340 students are registered in the 2 pm section and 445 were in attendance Monday in a room with 365 seats. Unless you have been previously granted permission by me, you must attend the 9 am lecture if you are registered in that section. To back this policy up, starting on Monday we will only accept correct Iclicker responses in the 2 pm lecture from students registered in the 2 pm lecture section. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this must be done to ensure that the students registered in the 2 pm lecture can actually find a seat in that lecture.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

· We have received the Exam 2 results. Your scores will be available in Compass by Thursday. The average = 80.3, median = 83.6. The grading scale is A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69.

Here is the Exam 2 Answer Key.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

The investment project is now available here and on the Assignments, etc… Page. It is due by 4 PM on Friday, April. 13.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Updated Iclicker scores (thru Mar. 26) should be available in Compass this evening.

Exam 3 Information

Regular Exam Locations for 6:30-8 PM, Monday, Apr. 2. Please go to the exam room assigned to your discussion section. We won’t have lecture on Apr. 2.

213 Greg: all of Martin Maurer’s sections

314 Altgeld: all of Ani Mitra’s sections

180 Bevier: all of Khalil Dirani’s sections

103 Mumford: all of Marek Jochec’s sections

150 Animal Sciences: All of Chang Lee’s sections

100 Noyes: all of Eric Micheel’s sections and Victor Nyekel’s 2 Th section ADV

112 Greg: all of Matt Marcenkowski’s sections and Victor Nyekel’s 9 & 1 Th sections ADL & ADT

The conflict Exam will be held from 4 to 5:30, Monday, Apr. 2 in 160 English Bldg. If you need to take the conflict exam, please sign up with your TA in this week’s discussion section. Also, please bring your UIUC ID with you to the conflict exam and try to arrive 5 minutes early.

The exam will consist of 25 multiple-choice questions: 11 conceptual (CQ) and 14 problems (P) from chapters 7, 8, & 9. Here is the question breakdown by chapter.

Chapter 7: 4 CQ, 5 P

Chapter 8: 4 CQ, 4 P

Chapter 9: 3 CQ, 5 P

With your exam, you will be given a formula sheet consisting of Chapter 7, 8 & 9 equations from Appendix C of your book.

Prof. Dyer’s pre-exam office hours in 328J DKH.

Wed: 10:15-12

Thur: 1-3

Mon: 10:30-12 & 1:30-3

Tuesday, April 10

· Here is the answer key for Exam 3.

Monday, April 23

Exam 4 Information

Regular Exam Locations for 6:30-8 PM, Monday, Apr.302. Please go to the exam room assigned to your discussion section. We won’t have lecture on Apr. 30 or May 2.

103 Mumford: all of Marek Jochec’s sections

150 Animal Sciences: All of Chang Lee’s sections

100 Noyes: all of Eric Micheel’s sections and Victor Nyekel’s 2 Th section ADV

114 DKH: all of Matt Marcenkowski’s sections and Victor Nyekel’s 9 Th section ADL

228 Nat History Bldg: all of Ani Mitra’s sections and Victor Nyekel’s 1 Th section ADT

112 Greg: all of Khalil Dirani’s & Martin Maurer’s sections

The conflict Exam will be held from 4 to 5:30, Monday, Apr.30 in 160 English Bldg. If you need to take the conflict exam, please sign up with your TA in this week’s discussion section. Also, please bring your UIUC ID with you to the conflict exam and try to arrive 5 minutes early.

The exam will consist of 25 multiple-choice questions: 11 conceptual (CQ) and 14 problems (P) from chapters 10, 11, & 12 including web appendix 12B. Here is the question breakdown by chapter.

Chapter 10: 3 CQ, 5 P

Chapter 11: 5 CQ, 5 P

Chapter 12: 3 CQ, 4 P

With your exam, you will be given a formula sheet consisting of Chapter 10, 11 & 12 equations from Appendix C of your book.

Prof. Dyer’s pre-exam office hours in 328J DKH.

Wed: 10:15-12

Thur: 10:30 -12 & 1-2:30

Mon: 10:30-12 & 1:30-3

Final Exam Information

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

v Here is the Exam 4 Answer Key.

v Students who took the conflict exam can pick up their exam in 328 DKH at the reception desk.

v Exam 4 and Aplia results have been posted in Compass. Your Aplia total is out of 70 points.

v Exam 4 average and median is 73.4 and 75.2. The exam 4 grading scale is A 88-100, B 76-87, C 66-75, and D 56-65. This makes the final grading scale (out of 500 possible points):

Ø A+ 488-500

Ø A 448-487

Ø A- 443-447

Ø B+ 438-442

Ø B 396-437

Ø B- 391-395

Ø C+ 386-390

Ø C 346-385

Ø C- 341-345

Ø D+ 336-340

Ø D 296-335

v You can find your letter grade for the course based on the above scale in the Compass Grade Book as well. The only way to try to improve your grade is by taking the optional final.

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