MAT 121

INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: ACCELERATED

FALL 2015
Class Location: Main Campus Building Liberal Arts Room # 116
Dates/Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 PM 6:10 PM
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture
Instructor: Lizeth Vazquez
Phone: (928) 344-7656 AWC Math Office
Prerequisites: MAT 81, 82, or an acceptable score on the Computerized Placement
Test (CPT)

Last Day to Withdrawal: 11/5/2015

MyMathLab access Code: Vazquez27519
Email: lizeth.vazquez@azwestern.edu or lvazquez@yumaunion.org
Please note that students must use their AWC Toro email account (your id@toro.azwestern.edu).
Please note that I do not telecommute from home from Friday 8pm to Monday 3pm. This means
that if you send me an email from your AWC account or leave a phone message between the
days and times mentioned, then the earliest I will respond is Monday at 3:00pm.

NOTE: You are also responsible for printing the documents found on
Blackboard and having them ready for class.
Your mid-semester and
(www.azwestern.edu).

final

grade

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be

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Webadvisor

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Text:

Intermediate Algebra with Applications & Visualization, 4th Edition

Rockswold & Krieger Pearson

Calculator:
Scientific Calculator will be used in class. Graphing Calculator (TI-84)
Optional

COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Logical development of the laws of algebra, factoring linear equations,

simultaneous equations, functions and graphs, exponents and radicals,
quadratic equations.

COURSE COMPONENTS/IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Attendance
Under AWC Policy, students are expected to attend every session of class in which they are
enrolled. REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO PASSING THIS CLASS! Playing
catch up in this course is especially difficult since each lecture builds on the previous lecture
material. Finally, no absence is considered excused from course work.
Late Work Policy
The instructor reserves the right to not allow a student to turn in late assignments or make-up
missed exams or quizzes. Making up missed assignments or accepting late work will be solely at
the discretion of the instructor. To be completely safe in receiving full credit for all assignments,
turn in all work on time and participate in all activities, exams and quizzes as scheduled. It is the
responsibility of the student to complete all work on time and to communicate any conflicts,
difficulties or complications to the instructor prior to missing a deadline. Failure to communicate
with the professor will result in a grade of zero (0) for that assignment.
There are NO make-up examinations or quizzes. If a student must be absent on the day of an
examination or quiz (an official AWC-sponsored activity or an important scheduling conflict that
may justify an excused absence for example), and knows in advance of the prospective absence,
the student must notify me well before the scheduled exam or quiz date (a minimum of one
week) so the student will be permitted, upon my discretion, to take the examination or quiz in
advance (Note: The exam or quiz must be taken in advance and not after you return.). If a student
is ill on the day of an exam or quiz, and is not able to take the exam or quiz with the class at the
scheduled time, it is the students responsibility to talk with me on or before that day. Failure to
do this will result in a grade of zero (0). An excused (i.e. above mentioned criteria met) missed
exam or quiz must be taken the day the student returns to class. Finally, the final exam is
comprehensive, i.e. covers the entire semester's topics.
HOMEWORK
Homework will be assigned on a daily basis. All homework will be done in
MyMathLab so you need to have an access code in order to do the
homework. If you bought a new book at the bookstore, it should have come
bundled with a MyMathLab access code. There will be no homework

extensions for full credit. Late assignments receive a 50%

deduction if submitted after the original due date.
Extra-Credit
No extra credit is allowed in this course.

Grading Policies

Your final grade will be based on the following percentages:

100-90% = A
89-80% =
B

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79-70% =
69-60% =
<59% =

C
D
F

The six exams during the semester will be worth 60% of your final grade.
Quizzes and class activities will count for 10% of the final grade. The final
exam will be worth 20% of your final grade. Homework in MyMathLab will be
10% of your grade.
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Final Exam =

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Cell Phone and other Electronic Devices Policy: Please be advised that cell phones must be
turned OFF as their operation in the lecture constitute disruptive conduct (see AWC Student
Code of Conduct: Policies and Procedures, Section III, Number 1, page 4). VIBRATE does not
mean OFF. Cell phone disruptions are not tolerated and interfere with others who want to learn
in a quiet, peaceful atmosphere.

AWC POLICIES

Under AWC Policy, students are expected to attend every session of class in
which they are enrolled.

If a student is unable to attend the course or must drop the course for any
reason, it will be the responsibility of the student to withdraw from the
course. The instructor will not drop him or her from the course. If the student
does not withdraw from the course and fails to complete the requirements of
the course, the student will receive a failing grade. I will not sign a withdrawal

slip for any reason, even legitimate, after the semester withdrawal date.

Americans with Disabilities Act Accommodations: Arizona Western College

provides academic accommodations to students with disabilities through the
Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). SSD provides
reasonable and appropriate accommodations to students who have
documented disabilities. It is the responsibility of the student to make the
Coordinator of SSD aware of the need for accommodations in the classroom
prior to the beginning of the semester. Students should follow up with their
instructors once the semester begins. Please contact the Coordinator of SSD
at (928) 344-7629, (928) 317-6007 (TTY).

Academic Integrity: Any student participating in acts of academic dishonestyincluding, but not limited to, copying the work of other students, using
unauthorized crib notes, plagiarism, stealing tests, or forging an instructors
signature- will be subject to the procedures and consequences outlined in the
Student Code of Conduct.

Official course syllabus can be found @

http://www.azwestern.edu/Course_Syllabi.html

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I ______________________________________________________ have read

and understood all subjects cover under Intermediate AlgebraMAT-121-012-FALL 2015 - COURSE OUTLINE-PROFESSOR LIZETH
VAZQUEZ.

Signature: ___________________________________

Date: _____________

Please return this page to the instructor. Thank you.

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