Fall 2012 Math 50 - Trigonometry Peralta Class Code 43687 Berkeley City College Class Hours & Location: MW 1:15 2:30pm, Rm 015 BCC Instructor: Kelly Pernell Office Hours: MW 10:45am 12pm, TuTh 9 9:30am, 11:45 12:30pm, Rm 355 Contact Info: kpernell@peralta.edu; Office: BCC, Rm 355; Phone: 510-981-5034 Instructor Web Site for additional class info: http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/kpernell Textbook and Required Materials The textbook used to present the course material is: Trigonometry, A Right Triangle Approach, by Sullivan and Sullivan 5th Edition; Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0 13-602896-3 Chapters 1-5 will be covered. You will need a non-graphing scientific calculator that has the sine, cosine, and tangent buttons. Electronic devices such as cell phones, smart phones, and mobile tablets, are not permitted during exams. Course Schedule Each chapter is divided into sections. We will cover about two sections per class period. It is your responsibility to attend class regularly to stay on top of the course material. There are three midterm exams and one comprehensive final exam for this class. (Ex1- Ch 1 & 2, Ex 2- Ch 3, and Ex 3- Ch 4 & 5). Please review the tentative calendar/schedule of topics provided at the end of the syllabus. No make-up exams will be given. To be successful in this course, most of you should spend about 15 hours per week outside of class time, studying the material and completing exercises. Some may need more or less time to do well. Please determine what type of mathematics learner you are and study accordingly. Suggestions to stay on top of the course material: - Always attend class. After each class period, complete all homework problems for the section(s) we covered that day in class. - Never go more than a week without doing any work in this course. If you do, it will be very difficult to catch up.
Grading Policy A: 90 100%; B: 80 89%; C: 70 79%; D: 60 69%; F: 0 59% Your course grade is based on in-class exams, homework assignments, and participation. The percentage breakdown for each component is as follows: In-Person Exams (Including Final) 80-90% Homework Up to 10% Participation 10% At the end of the course I will drop your lowest exam score. This includes the final exam. Exams Midterm exams will include material covered in lecture and the exercises you are assigned in homework. Exam questions will be similar to exercises and examples presented in class, the textbook and from the homework assignments. The final exam will be a comprehensive exam, covering all topics presented in the course. The Final Exam will take place on the Monday of Final Exam week. Together, the exams, including the final exam, are worth 80-90% of your course grade. If you complete all homework, then your exams are worth 80% (and your homework 10%). If you complete half the homework, your exams are worth 85% (and your homework 5%). If you do not do any homework, your exams are worth 90% (and your homework 0%). At the end of the course, I will drop your lowest exam score. Absolutely no make-up exams will be given. You are allowed to use a non-graphing scientific calculator during each exam. Other electronic devices such as iphones, Androids, mobile tablets, etc are NOT permitted during exams. Please purchase a non-graphing scientific calculator that contains sin, cos, and tan buttons. Tip: Be prepared to take each exam. Before you take an exam, please read the required sections of the textbook, complete all homework, and attend the review session!
Homework Homework is optional and worth up to 10% of your course grade. Doing any homework assignment and turning it in will only help your grade. Whatever percentage of homework you fail to complete and submit gets added to your Exam grade. If you do all homework assignments, then your homework will be worth 10% (and exams 80%). If you do half the homework, then your homework will be worth half, or 5% (exams 80 + 5 = 85%). If you do not turn in any homework, then your homework will be worth 0% (no penalty) and your exams will be worth 90% of your course grade. If you do all homework and average 70% score on them, then your homework will be worth 7% (and exams 80 + 3% = 83%). No late homework assignments will be accepted. Doing homework problems as concepts are presented in class is an excellent way to stay on top of the material. Exam questions will be similar to homework problems, so it is worth it to do the homework. Participation To receive 10% of your grade, you must attend class regularly, complete an appropriate amount of homework*, and show up to take all your exams on the days they are given. While attending class, you must help to maintain an appropriate learning environment. Please be considerate of others, please turn off your cell phones, try to arrive on time, and sit close to the door if you must leave early. Students who regularly or frequently request special arrangements for homework extensions or make-up exams will lose participation points. A student who regularly fails to turn in homework assignments and consistently struggles on exams will lose participation points because it is clear he/she is not properly participating in the course do well. Students who regularly attend class and consistently turn in completed homework assignments earn full participation for the course. However, any student caught cheating will lose all participation points. Students who miss more than one consecutive week of class without contacting me to explain their absences may be dropped from the course.
Cheating Policy Cheating is a very serious offense that I will not tolerate. If you are caught cheating on an exam you will be given a grade of 0% for that exam. Both, or all, parties involved will be charged. In addition, your grade may drop by one level (e.g. No one caught cheating will earn an A in the course.) Offenses during an exam or quiz include, but are not limited to, talking to another student during an exam, staring at another's exam for answers or ideas, copying another's exam, and using prohibited materials such as graphing calculators or electronic devices during an exam. Student Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Apply geometric and trigonometric ideas to real world problems Compute values of basic trigonometric functions using the right triangle and unit circle Prove identities and solve basic trigonometric equations Graph the trigonometric functions using concepts of amplitude and periodicity Apply the Laws of Sine and Cosine. Justification for Course Satisfies the General Education Analytical Thinking requirement for Associate Degrees. Provides preparation essential for Pre-calculus, subsequently, the Calculus sequence. Satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning component required for transfer to CSU, and some independent four-year institutions. Acceptable for credit: CSU Tentative Calendar of Topics Trigonometry, A Right Triangle Approach 5 th Edition, by Sullivan Wk 1 Aug 20 23 Section 1.1 1.4 Wk 2 Aug 27 30 Section 1.5 1.8 Wk 3 Sep 4 6 2.1 Angles and Their Measure 2.2 Right Triangle Trigonometry Wk 4 Sep 10 13 2.3 Computing the Values of Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles 2.4 Trigonometric Functions of General Angles 2.5 Unit Circle Approach: Properties of the Trigonometric Functions
Wk 5 Sep 17 20 2.6 Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions 2.7 Graphs of the Tangent, Cotangent, Cosecant, and Secant Functions 2.8 Phase Shift; Sinusoidal Curve Fitting Wk 6 Sep 24 27 Review Chapter 1 and 2 Exam Ch 1 and 2 Wk 7 Oct 1 4 3.1 The Inverse Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions 3.2 The Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Continued) 3.3 Trigonometric Identities Wk 8 Oct 8 11 3.4 Sum and Difference Formulas 3.5 Double-angle and Half-angle Formulas 3.6 Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas Wk 9 Oct 15 18 3.7 Trigonometric Equations (I) 3.8 Trignometric Equations (II) Review Ch 3 Wk 10 Oct 22 25 Review Ch 3 Exam Ch 3 Wk 11 Oct 29 Nov 1 4.1 Applications Involving Right Triangles 4.2 The Law of Sines Wk 12 Nov 5 8 4.3 The Law of Cosines 4.4 Area of a Triangle Wk 13 Nov 13 15 5.1 Polar Coordinates Wk 14 Nov 19 22 5.2 Polar Equations and Graphs 5.3 The Complex Plane; DeMoivre s Theorem Wk 15 Nov 26 29 Review Chapter 4 and 5 Wk 16 Dec 3 Dec 6 Exam Ch 4 and 5 Review Final Exam