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Trigonometry Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Instructor Information

Instructor

(Curriculum Vitae)

E-Mail

dljohnson@actx.edu

Phone

<p><u>681-9920</u></p>

Office Location

Durrett Room 105

Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 9:30am – 10:15am

Course Information

Recording Policy

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Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact disAbility Services (Student Service Center room 119, phone 371-5436) as soon as possible.

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Administrative Drop Policy

N/A

Student Withdrawal Procedures

N/A

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Course

MATH-1316-004 Trigonometry

Prerequisites

MATH 1314-minimum grade of C or Department Chair consent

Course Description

Trigonometric functions and graphs; triangle solutions; identities; equations; inverse functions; complex numbers and polar coordinates.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Trigonometry by Mark Dugopolski, 3rd edition   ISBN  0-321-66475-1     Pub.: Addison-Wesley (Pearson)

 

Supplies

Graphing Calculator - Your instructor can show the use of these - TI 83, TI-83 plus, TI-84, TI-84 plus

You may be able to rent a calculator from the school if you

Student Performance

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    \ Solve triangles.   
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    \ Define the trigonometric functions
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    \ Graph trigonometric functions and tieir inverses.
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    \ Prove trigonometric identities.
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    \ Write trogonometric forms of complex numbers.
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    \ Graph equations in polar coordinates.  
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Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

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\ CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR:  Students are expected to behave in the classroom in a manner that is supportive of the learning environment. For a full discussion of appropriate behavior and student responsibilities, please refer to the Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook. http://sites.actx.edu/catalog/notices/

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\ Cheating is defined in Webster’s College Dictionary as “taking an examination in a dishonest way, as by having improper access to answers.” Improper access includes, but is not limited to, copying from another student’s paper and using unauthorized sources of information while taking a test. Any student caught cheating on a test will receive a gradeof zero with no chance of that zero being dropped as lowest grade.

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\ Students who fail to comply with the standards outlined in the syllabus and/or Student Rights & Responsibilities will be subject to disciplinary action.

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\ FOOD/DRINK:  It is the policy of the Mathematics and Engineering Department that food and drink be allowed in the classroom setting, at the instructor’s discretion, but food and drink are not allowed in the Computer Labs.

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\ PHONE/PAGERS:  It is the policy of the Mathematics and Engineering Department that cell phones and pagers must be turned off or in silent mode in the classrooms and the Computer Labs.  CELL PHONES SHOULD NOT BE OUT DURING CLASS AND THE CALCULATOR ON YOUR CELL PHONE CAN NOT BE USED ON EXAMS.

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Grading Criteria

\ The final grades of A (90-100), B (80-89), C (70-79), D (60-69), and F (below 60) will be computed as the average of the earned grades from:

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\ Homework - 10%

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\ Quiz Average - 10%

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\ Exam Average - 60%

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\ Final exam - 20%

Attendance

If you stop attending class and you do not officially drop the course by the deadline, you will receive an F for the course.  The deadline for dropping a class at AC is published in the official Amarillo College Schedule of Classes. 

This semester the last day to drop is April 19, 2012.

 

Calendar

Tentative Schedule:

Week:

  1. Syllabus, 1.1Angles and Degree Measure, 1.2 Radian Measure, Arc Length, and Area
  2. 1.3 Angular and Linear Velocity, 1.4 The Trigonometric Functions
  3. 1.5 Right Triangle Tigonometry, The Fundamental Identity & Reference Angles & Review
  4. Exam 1, 2.1 The Unit Circle and Graphing, 2.2 the General Sine Wave
  5. 2.3 Graphs of the Secant and Cosecant Functions, 2.4 Graphs of Tangent and Cotangent Functions
  6. 2.5 Combining Functions, 3.1 Basic Identities
  7. 3.2 Verifying Identities
  8. Review, Exam 2
  9. 3.3 Sum and Difference Identities for Cosine, 3.4 Sum and Difference Identities for Sind and Tangent
  10. 3.5 Double Angle and Half Angle Identities, 3.6 Product and Sum Identities, 4.1 Inverse Trig. Functions
  11. 4.2 Basic Sine, Cosine, & Tangent Equations, 4.3 Multiple-Angle Equations, 4.4 Quadratic Equations
  12. Exam 3, 5.1 Law of Sines, 5.2 Law of Cosines, 5.3 Area of a Triangle
  13. 6.1 Complex Numbers, 6.2 Trigonometric Form of Complex Numbers, Review
  14. Exam 4, 6.3 Powers & Roots
  15. 6.4 Parametric Equations, Final Review
  16. Comprehensive Exam

Additional Information

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD/EXAMINATIONS:

The class will consist of traditional lecture along with group work. 

 Homework:  Homework problems will be assigned and graded.  Each assignment is due the next class after you have had time to ask questions over the assignment.  You must write all problems on your paper so you can use your homework to help you study for exams.  You must show all of your work on homework problems to receive credit  (including figures).  Late homework will be accepted and graded as late until the test over that material.  The highest grade on late homework will be 75.  The homework assingment will consist of odd numbered problems and at least 4 even numbered problems.  You are asked to check your answers to odd numbered problems in the back of the book.  4 even numbered problems will count 5 points each.  The three lowest homework grades will be dropped.

Quizzes:  You will have many quizzes over the due homework assignment or assigned memory work .  You will need to purchase a blue "Examination Book" for this purpose.  These are generic blue books located by the scantrons in the Book Store.  Each quiz will be worth 10 points.  Some quizzes will be given at the beginning of class after you have asked questions over the previous assignment and have handed in that homework.  Memory quizzes will be timed and may be at the end of class.

Exams:  We tentativaly will have 4 exams.  Your lowest exam grade will be dropped.

Final Exam:  The Final Exam will be comprehensive.  The final exam will be on Thuesday, May 10 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

 Quizzes and chapter tests will not be made up.  Your lowest chapter test grade will be dropped.

 FREE HELP:  Dont get behind in this class!!  Get help immediately.  The following are ways to get FREE help outside class:

  1. Contact your instructor during office hours or make an appointment.
  2. Get free tutoring from the Outreach Center (Engineering Rm 104)
  3. Contact a fellow classmate.  Group learning is encouraged as long as you do your own work.

 

Syllabus Created on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM

Last Edited on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM