CRN 2328, MW 2:00-3:15, Rm LIGTHL 108
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Semester: Spring 2002
Course: MATH 132, Trigonometry
Prerequisite: MATH 123, College Algebra or three years of high school mathematics
Instructor: Thomas Gruszka
Office: PD 236
Office Phone: 538-6102
Email Address: tpeter@cs.wnmu.edu
Office Hours: See Spring 2002 Schedule
Tutoring: Available in PD 237 or the Academic Support Center in the Juan Chacon Building
Text: College Algebra and Trigonometry, by David Dwyer and Mark Gruenwald, chapters 5-8, plus or minus a few sections.
Technology: A TI-83 or TI-86 graphing calculator
Syllabus:
- Exponential and logarithm functions: properties, graphs, equation solving, and applications
- Trigonometric functions: definitions, graphs, and applications
- Inverse trigonometric functions: definitions, graphs and properties
- Trigonometric identities and equation solving
- More applications of the trigonmetric functions
Assessment:
- Quizzes and homework. Worth about 50% of the grade.
- Midterm Exam/Project: An exam and/or project will be given once during the semester, about the middle of March. Worth about 25% of the grade.
- Final Exam/Project: An exam and/or project will be given at the end of the semester. Worth about 25% of the grade.
Grades: A: 90%-100%, B: 80%-89%, C: 70%-79%, D: 60%-69%, F: below 60%
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Assignments
- Email the instructor with your name, the course that you're in, your major, why you're taking the course and a little bit about your mathematics background
- Read Section 5.1
- Read Section 5.2
- Read Section 5.3
- Read Section 5.4
- Homework (due Wednesday, February 6, 2002): p. 450, #4, 8, 11, 14, 19, 32, 41, 47, 49, 51. Show all your work, and give short explanations for your techniques. Solve #41, 47, and 49 both algebraically and graphically. When solving graphically show any graphs that you use, define y1, y2, etc., specify the window, and state which calculator features that you've using (e.g., INTERSECT or ZERO).
- Read Section 5.5
- Read Section 6.1, Work on the following problems: pp. 466-467, #51, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 67.
- Read Section 6.2, Work on the following problems: pp. 480-481, #2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 17, 25, 26, 29, 32, 35, 40, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 54, 55, 56.
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Handouts
To read the following documents you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Website.
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