Course Syllabus,
Trigonometry
Math 1060,
Spring 2012
Instructor:
Miss
Suzie Stoker. SUU Faculty Overseer: Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 420, 865-8059, armstrong@suu.edu. Please email me if you need to
reach me. Everything I hand out in class including this syllabus will be posted
at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in Math 1010 (Intermediate Algebra) or Math ACT
of at least 22.
Text: Trigonometry,
6th ed., by McKeague and Turner,
Thompson Publishing
Objectives: To explore trigonometric functions including identities, definitions, radian
measure, graphs, solving equations, vectors, law of sines,
law of cosines, complex numbers, and polar coordinates. A graphing calculator
is required; a TI-(83-86) or equivalent is recommended. The
class will be taught using these calculators and you will be allowed to use
yours on indicated test problems. Trigonometric applications are manifold so
these will be a healthy part of the focus of this course.
Policies and Procedures:
1. Attendance is
expected. Miss Stoker’s rules for class attendance and tardies
will be followed with my full support.
2. Complete each homework (HW) assignment before the next
class meeting – this will facilitate understanding of the following lecture. As
this is a college class, it will move quickly and you should expect to spend
roughly two hours doing HW for each class hour. Also, some independence of
thought is necessary since everything that will show up on your HW cannot be
covered during class time. Therefore, the best way to do well on tests is to do
your HW as independently as possible, especially on concepts that give you
trouble. That is, simply looking at a hard problem and getting immediate help
does not prepare you for tests. Miss Stoker will decide which days HW is to be
handed in. Your HW should be neat and show complete work wherever necessary to
solve a problem. Late HW will not be
accepted unless you have a legitimate excuse (the same as for tests – see #3).
Miss Stoker will decide whether a late assignment can be turned in based on the
reason for it being late.
3. Should you have to miss class on the day of a test, you
must contact Miss Stoker as soon as possible to schedule a makeup test. If you
wait longer than one day to contact her the score on the test you miss will
simply be a zero regardless of excuse. Legitimate excuses are such things as
school-excused absences, having to be gone for a family wedding or funeral,
significant illness and so on. Sleeping through an alarm or missing a test
because you didn’t know when it was are not legitimate excuses and will result
in a zero on a test. Miss Stoker will make all decisions on whether a makeup is
warranted based on policy in this syllabus. Treat tests very seriously since
they make up the bulk of your grade.
4. Scholastic
dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be fully prosecuted. HW plagiarism (copying from a solutions manual or someone
else’s HW) will result in a zero on any
assignment; if it is repeated, you will get a zero on the entire HW score of 50
points. Passing any test information
to another student that hasn’t yet taken it is prohibited and dishonest and
will result in a failing grade in the course. As there is only time for a
grader to check a few problems from each section, it is your responsibility to
make sure you are getting the answers right. This is why nearly all problems
assigned are odd – so you can check them against the answers in the back of the
book.
5. Grading The
total will be 600 points, including a total of 50 points from HW, 400 from the
one-hour tests and 150 from the final exam. The grading scale will be exactly the following; please note that
I can’t and won’t raise a grade because of need, so it is up to you to get the grade
you want.
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A |
92 |
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B |
81 |
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C |
72 |
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D |
62 |
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A- |
88 |
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B- |
79 |
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C- |
70 |
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D- |
60 |
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B+ |
86 |
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C+ |
77 |
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D+ |
67 |
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F |
0 |
Homework Assignments (*“eoo” means “every other
odd,” as in 1,5,9,…)
Date
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Section
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Homework Problems |
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Jan. 2 |
Intro, 1.1 |
1-19
odd |
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4 |
1.1, 1.2 |
1.1: 21-61 eoo*; 1.2:
1-81 eoo |
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6 |
1.3 |
1-25
eoo,27-47 odd |
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9 |
1.4, 1.5 |
1.4: 1-57 eoo; 1.5: 1-33
eoo |
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11 |
1.5,
2.1
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1.5: 57-89 eoo; 2.1: 1-53
eoo |
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13 |
2.1,
2.2
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2.1: 1-53 eoo; 2.2: 1-49
eoo |
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16 |
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Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Recess |
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18 |
2.2, 2.3 |
2.2: 53-85 eoo; 2.3: 1-29
eoo, 35-45 odd |
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20 |
2.4 |
1-15
odd,21,25,29 |
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23 |
2.5, 3.1 |
2.5: 1-13
odd,17-27 odds,35-41 odd; 3.1:
1-37 eoo |
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25 |
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Review |
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27 |
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Exam 1
(Sections 1.1 – 2.5) in class |
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30 |
3.1, 3.2 |
3.1: 49-77 eoo; 3.2: 1-19
odd, 21-81 eoo |
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Feb. 1 |
3.3 |
1-25
odd, 27-49 eoo, 91 |
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3 |
3.4
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1-53
eoo |
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6 |
3.5
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1-57 eoo
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8 |
4.1,
4.2
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4.1: 1-27 odd; 4.2: 1-15 odd
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10 |
4.2
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4.2: 17-41 eoo |
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13 |
4.3 |
1-49
eoo |
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15 |
4.4 |
1-29
eoo; |
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17 |
4.5
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1-29
eoo,31,33 |
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20 |
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President’s
Day Recess |
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22 |
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Review |
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24 |
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Exam 2
(Sections 3.1 – 4.5) in class |
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27 |
4.6
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1-21
odd |
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29 |
4.7
|
1-81
eoo |
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Mar. 2 |
5.1 |
1-77
eoo |
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5 |
5.2 |
1-23
odd, 25-49 eoo |
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7 |
5.3 |
1-57
eoo |
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9 |
5.4
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1-41
eoo |
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12 |
5.5
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1,3,5-33
eoo |
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14 |
6.1,6.2
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6.1: 1-33 eoo; 6.2: 1-17
eoo |
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16 |
6.2,6.3
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6.2: 21-37 eoo; 6.3: 1-49
eoo |
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19 |
6.4 |
1-31
odd |
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21 |
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Review |
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23 |
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Exam 3
(Sections 4.6 – 6.4) in class |
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26 |
7.1-7.2 |
7.1: 1-15 odd,19,21,29,35,37;
7.2: 1-11 odd,13,15,21
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28 |
7.3-7.4
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7.3: 1-17 odd,21,25;
7.4: 1-11 odd,15,19,21
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30 |
7.5 |
7.5: 1-53 eoo; 7.6: 1-29
odd,33,35 |
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Apr. 2 |
8.1 |
1-81
eoo |
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4-6 |
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Easter
Recess |
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9 |
8.2 |
1-57
eoo |
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11 |
8.3 |
1-57
eoo |
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13 |
8.4 |
1-33
odd |
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16 |
8.5 |
1-61 eoo
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18 |
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Review |
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20 |
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Exam 4
(Section 7.1 – 8.5) in class |
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23 |
8.6 |
1-21 odd,27,29,39,43,45,47
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25 |
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Review for
Final Exam |
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May 2 |
Time
TBA
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Two Hour Final Exam |
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