SYLLABUS – M&IS 44091

CALL NUMBER 19215

3 Credit Hours

FALL SEMESTER, 2005

 

Office Hours:  Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. & Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Text: Compensation, Milkovich and Newman, Eighth Edition, 2005.  McGraw-Hill Irwin

ISBN: 0-07-287543-7

 

STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WILL NOT BE GRADED ON THE PLUS/MINUS SCALE.

 

 

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Sunday, September 11, 2005 to correct it with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.  Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

 

Students are expected to comply with the guidelines on academic honesty as defined below.

Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.   In addition, it is considered cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

 

As this course prepares the student for a professional career in business, students are expected to plan their schedules to adequately prepare for exams and to submit assignments on a timely basis.

 

Absences from class will impact your educational experience.  Attendance in class provides the opportunity for each student to learn not only from the instructor and materials but also from other students.  Class participation is one component of your grade.  Therefore, if you are not in class, you will miss the opportunity to add to discussions and to participate in group activities.

 

Should you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain the class notes and other information and handouts from another student.  The instructor will not provide copies of notes.

 

 

All written assignments must be submitted on or before the assigned due date.  LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

You are required to be present for all exams unless you have made PRIOR arrangements with the instructor.   Make-up exams will be granted solely at the Instructor’s discretion.

 

All out-of-class written assignments must be submitted in typewritten form.  No handwritten assignments will be accepted.  Standards of proper English apply to all written assignments and exams.  In addition to content; spelling, grammar and flow of ideas will be used to evaluate any written work product.

All students are expected and encouraged to participate in activities and discussions during class.  Learning is an active process and each student should feel free to add input and ask questions during class sessions.

 

For Fall 2005, the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, November 6, 2005.  Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

 

All students are expected to read the assigned textbook as well as any articles assigned by the instructor.  Students are encouraged to join the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as student members.  The membership fee is $35 for one year and provides access to on-line resources as well as printed publications that will be very useful during the course.

 

Each student will be required to present 5 Current Events during the semester.  Each Current Event must address a topic relevant to the course content.  The student will present the article to the class and give a brief explanation of its significance.  The student will also submit a written summary of the article when it is presented.  Students can earn up to an additional 20 points in the course by presenting 2 additional articles.  No student will receive credit for more than 7 Current Events articles during the semester.

 

Each student will also complete an individual research project.  The project is fully explained on a separate assignment handout.  The project involves the investigation of compensation and benefits practices in an actual company.  Students are responsible for identifying an organization for study.  Each student will present his or her findings to the class during the semester.

 

 

September 28 – Submit research project company name

October 5 – Exam 1

December 7 – Student presentations

December 14 – Final exam

 

 

If you encounter difficulties and cannot see me during my scheduled office hours, please send me an e-mail or ask before or after class.  Believe it or not, your success in this course is our mutual objective.  If you need help, please don’t wait until it is too late.  I recommend that you do not telephone me as I rarely retrieve my voicemail messages.

 

 

Any student that needs additional assistance in understanding the course material is encouraged to speak with the instructor at the earliest possible time in the semester.  There are campus tutoring services, counseling services and other student aids.  Please take advantage of these services to help you succeed in your program.

 

Please advise the instructor PRIOR to any quizzes or exams if you have a disability and need special accommodation.  Students with disabilities:  In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required.  Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in the Michael Schwartz Service Center (672-3391).

 

 

STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE WILL NOT BE GRADED ON THE PLUS/MINUS SCALE.

 

 

            A  =  270 – 300 points  (90%)

            B  =  240 – 269 points  (80%)

            C  =  210 – 239 points  (70%)

            D  =  180 – 209 points  (60%)

            F  =  Below 180 points 

 

 

Midterm exam – 1 @ 50 points                          50 – 17%

Current events – 5 @ 10 points                          50 – 17%

Research paper – 1 @ 75 points                         75 – 25%

Final exam – 1 @ 100 points                            100 – 33%

Class Participation                                               25 –  8%      

TOTAL                                                            300 – 100%