i didn't see a thread about this when i searched...so...

i need a free elective, and this class fits in good with the other class i'm taking on T H nights, so i kinda wanna try it. anyone know about this class at all? what's it like? as a 100-level math i can't imagine it being that difficult, but you just never know. i know it's a finance course, and i'm good with numbers, so i hope i won't have a problem with it.

10/11/2006 2:54:15 PM

I took it last year.

It was really easy and I hate math.

You get an A if you can handle using a basic business calculator.

10/11/2006 2:58:36 PM

great!

you'd think something that simple would be forbidden as a free elective, but not the case!

if you took it last year, do you still have the book, just in case the same edition is being used and i can borrow it from you for a semester??

10/11/2006 3:20:35 PM

It wasn't a bound book, but one of those packet type things.

If they're still using it, you can have the damn thing.

10/11/2006 5:34:42 PM

I hated that class. Just a lot of busy work. Although I had a cocky TA teaching it and that was a few years ago. It wouldn't be my first choice for a free elective. If you had any kind of finance course before you should do fine.

10/16/2006 11:19:39 PM

Will a TI-83 suffice, or do I need to go buy a business calculator?

10/17/2006 6:21:44 PM

it says you must provide your own business calculator for the class...

so you probably have to buy your own business calculator

10/17/2006 7:56:54 PM

A TI-83 can be used for the class (it does have the business functions built in, such as compound interest and annuities), but it might be a bit awkward. I expect the teacher will teach the class assuming you have the HP 10BII, and so you might be on your own in figuring out how to use the TI-83.

10/17/2006 8:25:00 PM

who wants to sell me their financial calculator?!!?

10/17/2006 9:28:15 PM

one of the easiest math courses ncsu offers

10/17/2006 9:43:04 PM

^ that's why I'm taking it.

^^^^Considering a graphing calculator costs considerably more than a business one, I was assuming it would already perform those functions and just wanted clarification. I read the course description too, smartass.

10/18/2006 1:26:02 AM

don't call me a smartass. the course clearly states "students will be responsible for their own finance calculator"....so i was simply restating for you what the course description says. if you knew that your TI-83 was capable of those functions, then you shouldn't have asked about it

10/18/2006 9:18:37 AM