SYLLABUS
MATH 125
Section #7613
MTWTh 1:15 – 5:30PM
Office:F2
Instructor: Tigran Mkrtchyan
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Textbook:Intermediate Algebra: Functions and Graphs, Yoshiwara and Yoshiwara. The Student’s Solutions Manual that accompanies the text is recommended.
Attendance: You may be dropped from the class after 2 absences. You are responsible to get the homework and notes from the days that you are absent.
Math Department Drop Policy: It is you responsibility to drop if you decide not to finish the course. If you stop attending and do not drop, and I do not exclude you, your name will appear on the grade roster at the end of the semester and there will be no choice but to assign a Fail grade. So be sure to officially drop if you do not intend to finish the course.
Cheating: ZERO TOLERANCE CHEATING POLICY: Cheating in this class is defined as knowingly or unknowingly participating in the submission of unoriginal work for any assignment, quiz, or test. If it is determined that a student has cheated in this class, the instructor is required to fill out an Academic Dishonesty Report Form, and submit it to the Mathematics chair who will forward the report to the VP of Student Services for disciplinary action which may include suspension or expulsion. In addition to sending the report, the instructor may take the following actions:
1) Assign a non-replaceable fail grade for the assignment, quiz, or test even if doing so results in the impossibility of the student to pass the class.
2) Deduct an amount of points, as specified in the syllabus, from the student’s overall total points for a Conduct Code violation even if doing so results in the impossibility of the student to pass the class.
3) Dismiss the student for the remainder of the class session and/or the next class session.
Homework:The daily homework will be collected every Thursday. Some of the HW problems will be discussed in class. Most test problems will be similar to HW problems, so be sure you understand the homework.
Quizzes:Quiz questions will be very similar to your homework. If you are keeping up with the homework the quizzes will be no problem.
Exams:There will be four tests during the semester and a final. Missed tests cannot be made up.
Final: The final will be a comprehensive exam.
Note: Work must be shown on all quizzes/tests and homework assignments.
Class Rules:All electronic devices must be turned off before entering classroom and cannot be used in the classroom. Feel free to ask questions but any other conversations will not be tolerated.
Grades: Your grade will be computed from your chapter test scores after your worst test score has been dropped, quizzes/class-work, homework and final.Grades are assigned according to the following scale:
Quizzes/Class work approx. 10%
Homework:approx. 10%
Exams:approx. 50%
Final: approx. 30%
Grades will be awarded on a 10% scale.
90-100% A,
80-89% B,
70-79% C,
60-69% D,
0-59% F.
I encourage studying together. Your classmates can be an excellent resource.
I also want you to feel comfortable asking questions. I can’t help you if you won’t talk to me.