Course Syllabus, Trigonometry

Math 1060, Spring 2013

 

Instructor: Miss Suzie Stoker; Faculty Overseer: Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 420, 865-8059, armstrong@suu.edu. Please email me if you need to reach me. Everything handed out in class (including this syllabus) will be posted at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong.

 

Meeting Times and Office Hours: I will let Ms. Stoker know my office hours.

 

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.

Policies and Procedures:

1.      Attendance is expected. Miss Stoker’s rules for class attendance and tardies will be followed and I endorse it.

2.      Complete each homework (HW) assignment as assigned before the next class meeting – this will facilitate understanding of the following lecture. As this is a college class, it will move quickly and two hours of HW for each class is not excessive. 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 and to spend the necessary time trying to understand everything on your own – especially HW problems that give you trouble. Getting immediate help on a hard problem doesn’t 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 it is 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 and will result in a zero on the test. Miss Stoker will make all decisions on whether a makeup is warranted based on policy in this syllabus. Take tests 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.

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 the following: Please note that I cannot raise a grade because of need, so it is up to you to get the grade you want. 

 

A

92

 

B

81

 

C

72

 

D

62

A-

88

 

B-

79

 

C-

70

 

D-

60

B+

86

 

C+

77

 

D+

67

 

F

0

 

 

Homework Assignments (*“eoo” means “every other odd,” as in 1,5,9,…)

 

 

Date

Section

Homework Problems

 

 

Jan. 7

1.1

1-57 eoo*

 

 

9

1.2

1-61 eoo

 

 

11

1.3, 1.4a

1.3: 1-65 eoo; 1.4: 1-33 eoo

 

 

14

1.4b, 1.5

1.4: 37-61 eoo; 1.5: 1-85 eoo

 

 

16

2.1, 2.2a

2.1: 1-53 eoo; 2.2: 1-49 eoo

 

 

18

2.2b, 2.3

2.2: 53-77 eoo; 2.3: 1-29 eoo, 35-45 odd

 

 

21

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recess

 

 

23

2.4

1-9 odd, 13,15,21,25,29

 

 

25

2.5, 3.1a

2.5: 1-13 & 17-27 odds,33,35,39,41; 3.1: 1-37 eoo

 

 

28

3.1b, 3.2

3.1: 49-77 eoo; 3.2: 1-19 odd, 21-81 eoo

 

 

30

 

Review

 

 

Feb. 1

 

Exam 1 (Sections 1.1 – 3.1) in class

 

 

4

3.3, 3.4a

3.3: 1-25 odd, 27-49 eoo, 91; 3.4: 1-21 eoo

 

 

6

3.4b, 3.5

3.4: 29-61 eoo; 3.5: 1-57 eoo

 

 

8

4.1, 4.2a

4.1: 1-27 odd; 4.2: 1-15 odd

 

 

11

4.2b, 4.3

4.2: 17-41 eoo; 4.3: 1-49 eoo

 

 

13

4.4, 4.5a

4.4: 1-29 eoo; 4.5: 1-29 eoo,31,33

 

 

15

4.5b, 4.6a

4.5: 25,29,31,33; 4.6: 1-9 odd

 

 

18

 

President’s Day Recess

 

 

20

4.6b, 4.7

4.6: 11-21 odd; 4.7: 1-81 eoo

 

 

22

5.1

1-61 eoo

 

 

25

5.2, 5.3a

5.2: 1-23 odd, 25-49 eoo; 5.3: 1-29 eoo

 

 

27

 

Review

 

 

Mar. 1

 

Exam 2 (Sections 3.2 – 5.2) in class

 

 

4

5.3b, 5.4a

5.3: 33-61 eoo; 5.4: 1-21 eoo

 

 

6

5.4b, 5.5

5.4: 25-41 eoo; 5.5: 1,3,5-33 eoo

 

 

8

6.1, 6.2a

6.1: 1-33 eoo; 6.2: 1-17 eoo

 

 

11

6.2b, 6.3

6.2: 21-37 eoo; 6.3: 1-49 eoo

 

 

13

6.4

1-25 odd

 

 

15

7.1

1-15 odd,19,21,29,35,37

 

 

18

7.2, 7.3a

7.2: 1-15 odd,19,21; 7.3: 1-11 odd

 

 

20

7.3b, 7.4

7.3: 13,15,17,21,25; 7.4: 1-11 odd

 

 

22

 

Review

 

 

25

 

Exam 3 (Sections 5.3 – 7.3) in class

 

 

27

 

Easter Recess

 

 

29

 

Easter Recess

 

 

Apr. 1

7.5

1-41 odd

 

 

3

7.6

1-29 eoo

 

 

5

8.1

1-81 eoo

 

 

8

8.2

1-57 eoo

 

 

10

8.3

1-57 eoo

 

 

12

8.4

1-33 odd

 

 

15

8.5

1-61 eoo

 

 

17

8.6

1-21 odd,27,29,39,43,45,47

 

 

19

 

Review

 

 

22

 

Exam 4 (Section 7.4 – 8.6) in class

 

 

24

 

Final Exam Review

 

Somewhere in Apr. 29 – May 2

Time TBA

Two hour Final Exam