Trigonometry Syllabus for 2016-2017
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Marlene Ruggles (Curriculum Vitae)Office Location
Amarillo High School Room 328
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Course
MATH-1316-DC019 Trigonometry
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: MATH 1414-minimum grade of C or Department Chair consent
Course Description
In-depth study and applications of trigonometry including definitions, identities, inverse functions, solutions of equations, graphing and solving triangles. Additional topics such as vectors, polar coordinates and parametric equations may be included.
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Hours
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Class Type
Dual Credit Course
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PERFORMANCE/LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following topics:
1. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of properties of functions, including domain and range, operations, compositions, and inverses.
2. Recognize and apply polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions and solve related equations.
3. Apply graphing techniques.
4. Evaluate all roots of higher degree polynomial and rational functions.
5. Recognize, solve and apply systems of linear equations using matrices.
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Grading Criteria
GRADING CRITERIA/GRADE SCALE: Your course grade of A (90-100), B (80-89), C (70-79)and F (below 70) will be computed as the average of the earned grades from each six weeks: Homework 20%, Tests 55%, Six week test 25%. A comprehensive final will be given and count 25% of your semester grade.
Attendance
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Please remember the deadline for dropping a class at AC during this Spring 2017 Semester is April 21, 2017. If you stop completing assignments, and your average falls below 60 due to missed assignments, and you do not officially drop the course by this deadline, you will receive an “F” for the course. |
Calendar
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Assignments |
Due Date |
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1 |
TEST over 4.1- 4.4 |
1/10/17 1/11/17 1/12/17 1/13/17 1/19/17 |
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2 |
4.5 Trigonometric Functions/ Graphs Test over 4.5- 4.8 |
1/24/17 1/30/17 |
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3 |
5.3 Trigonometric Equations |
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4 |
5.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities Test over 5.1-5.3 |
2/7/17 2/9/17 |
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5 |
Six weeks Test 5.4 Sum and differences 5.5 Half and double angle identities
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2/14/17 2/16/17 2/17/17 |
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6 |
Trig identities Trig equations Review test over 5.4-5.5 |
2/22/17
2/24/17
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7 |
6.1 Law of sines |
3/3/17 |
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8 |
Test over 6.1-6.2 6.4 Vectors and Dot Products |
3/10/17 |
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3/22/17 3/23/17 |
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10 |
IB Worksheet
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3/24/17
3/30-4/3/17 |
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11 |
9.1 Sequences and series 9.2 Arithmetic Sequences Six-Weeks Test Sequence and Series Word problems Bionomial Expansion Test over 9.1-9.3 Polar Coordinates Unit |
4/5/17 4/7/17 4/8/17 4/12/17 4/17-4/20/17 |
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12 |
Polar Coordinates Test
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4/21/17 |
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13 |
Calculator Unit over lines of best fits and matrices Test over use of calculator |
4/24-4/27/17 |
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14 |
12.1 Limits 12.3 Tangent Line review limits |
5/2/17 5/4-5/5/17 5/8/17 |
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15/16 |
Chapter 12 Test US history AP and STAAR testing |
5/9/17
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17/18 |
review over all trigonometric topics covered this semester Final exam |
5/11-5/17/17 5/23-5/26/17 |
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Syllabus Created on:
01/25/17 9:39 PM
Last Edited on:
01/26/17 9:45 AM