Lecture 0INTRODUCTION

BBA 1ST YEAR MATHEMATICS

BHASKAR RAJ UPADHYAY

Details

Course : Mathematics 1

Instructor : Bhaskar Raj Upadhyay

Total Contact Hours (Hopefully) : 48

Required Book : Introductory Mathematical Analysis

(Ernest F. Haeussler, Jr., Richard S. Paul, and Richard Wood (2005), Pearson Prentice Hall)

Course Objectives

Learn mathematics :

Help you apply it in the real world!

Units covered

Equations and inequalities

Functions and graphs

Lines, parabolas and systems

Exponential and logarithmic function

Mathematics of finance

Matrices

Linear programming

Question #1 : Why Math’s?

Because you need it!

What do you want to be?

Economist

Foreign exchange trader

Hedge fund manager

Risk analyst

Policy analyst

Investment banker

Market research analyst

Which one are you?

It’s logic after all

It’s logic after all

What’s the point?

Point 1 : You need math’s

Point 2 : You can’t escape it

Point 3 : Accept it and work hard

Course design

Highest Priority : Assignments

Class assessment tests

Midterms

Finals

Assignments : Assigned on a Friday

Due date : Tuesday

Warnings!

Don’t copy assignments

All copied assignments and their sources get a zero

Submissions on time! : On the same day as is due

Can’t solve something?

Ask the TA : Arvind Karki

Ask the teacher

Warnings!

NO EXCUSES

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बबग्र्यो !

सर म त अस्ती आकै थिएन

सर गरेको त थिए तर ल्याउनै भुल्यो

Warnings!

DON’T DISTURB MY CLASS !!