Math 1113, Pre-Calculus, Spring 2006, CRN:  21077

Instructor:  Dr. Lisa Peterson

•   Office:  220 Faculty Office Building

•   Phone:  706-568-2177

•   Email:  peterson_lisa@colstate.edu

•   Webpage: math.colstate.edu/lpeterson

•   Office Hours: MWF 12 - 1 pm and by appointment      

Course Information:

• Meeting times/place:  MWF 11 - 11:50 p.m.; Howard 101

• Text:  Algebra and Trigonometry, Seventh Edition by Michael Sullivan (Prentice Hall)

• Syllabus:  Selected sections from Chapters 6 - 10.

• Calculator:   You may use a TI - 30X or similar calculator on your exams.  You will not be allowed to use a graphing calculator  on your exams.

• Attendance:  Roll will be taken at each class meeting.  No make-up exams will be given.  If you have an acceptable excuse, your final exam grade may replace your missed exam grade.

Course Description.  Prerequisite: MATH 1111 with a grade of “C” or better or an appropriate placement score. Circular functions, solutions of triangles, trigonometric identities and equations, graphs of trigonometric functions, Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, applications, vectors, complex numbers, Euler's formula, DeMoivre's theorem, and conic sections.

 Learning Outcomes:

 After successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Evaluate the six trigonometric functions at standard angles measured in both degrees and radians
2. Graph all six trigonometric functions and functions obtained through standard transformations involving dilations, reflections, and translations
3. Identify the domains and ranges of the inverse trigonometric functions
4. Exactly evaluate compositions of trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions
5. Utilize fundamental trigonometric identities to verify other trigonometric identities
6. Solve trigonometric equations
7. Solve right and oblique triangles
8. Represent complex numbers in their polar form and perform basic arithmetic operations with them
9. Perform elementary calculations with vectors
10. Utilize trigonometry in appropriate application problems

 Grading:

• Homework will be assigned daily.  Occasionally we will have a pop quiz on the assigned homework.  We will have five in-class exams this semester and a comprehensive final exam.

• Tentative exam schedule:   Exam 1 - January 27,  Exam 2 - February 17,  Exam 3 - March 17,  Exam 4 - April 7,  Exam 5 - April 28, Final Exam – see http://aa.colstate.edu/exams.htm

• Your final grade is determined by the following formula:  60% -average of in-class exams,  5%- average of pop quizzes ,  35%- final exam

• Your letter grade is based on a ten point scale.

Students with disabilities:   If you have a documented disability as described by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(P.I., 933-112 Section 504) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and would like to request academic and/or physical accommodations, please contact Joy Norman at the Office of Disability Services in the Center for Academic Support and Student Retention, Tucker Hall (phone 706-568-2330) as soon as possible.  Course requirements will not be waived but reasonable accommodations may be provided as appropriate