Course Syllabus
ourse Description:
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Preparation for calculus: polynomial, absolute value, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their graphs; analytic geometry, polar coordinates.
Student Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Graph functions and relations in rectangular coordinates and polar coordinates;
- Synthesize results from the graphs and/or equations of functions and relations;
- Apply transformations to the graphs of functions and relations;
- Recognize the relationship between functions and their inverses graphically and algebraically;
- Solve and apply equations including rational, linear, polynomial, exponential, absolute value, radical, and logarithmic, and solve linear, nonlinear, and absolute value inequalities;
- Solve systems of equations and inequalities;
- Apply functions to model real world applications;
- Identify special triangles and their related angle and side measures;
- Evaluate the trigonometric function of an angle given in degree and radian measure;
- Manipulate and simplify a trigonometric expression;
- Solve trigonometric equations, triangles, and applications;
- Graph the basic trigonometric functions and apply changes in period, phase and amplitude to generate new graphs; and
- Prove trigonometric identities
Course Content:
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- Functions including linear, polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, absolute value, logarithmic, trigonometric; definitions, evaluation, domain and range;
- Inverses of functions;
- Algebra of functions;
- Graphs of functions including asymptotic behavior, intercepts, and vertices;
- Transformations of quadratic, absolute value, radical, rational, logarithmic, exponential functions;
- Equations including rational, linear, radical, polynomial, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic, and absolute value;
- Linear, nonlinear, and absolute value inequalities;
- Systems of equations and inequalities;
- Characterization of real and complex zeros of polynomials;
- Unit circle and right triangle trigonometry;
- Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric identities and formulas;
- Graphing trigonometric functions: period, amplitude, phase shift, inverse trigonometric functions; and
- Polar coordinates
Textbook:
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Precalculus from OpenStax
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Important Notes:
- All first week assignments need to be completed and submitted by the due date to avoid possibly being dropped from the class.
- Any student needing accommodations should inform the instructor. Students with disabilities who may need accommodations for this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) [link to your college's DSPS website] early in the quarter so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. Students may contact the DRC by visiting the Center (located in room A205) or by phone (541-4660 ext. 249 voice or 542-1870 TTY for deaf students). All information will remain confidential.
- Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the assignment. Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. "Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, and, indeed, phrases but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc. Please see the YourCollegeName handbook for policies regarding plagiarism, harassment, etc. [link to your college's academic honesty policies]
Course Summary:
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Mon Jun 17, 2024 | Assignment June 17 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Jun 18, 2024 | Assignment June 18 Attendance | due by 10am |
Wed Jun 19, 2024 | Assignment June 19 Attendance | due by 10am |
Thu Jun 20, 2024 | Assignment June 20 Attendance | due by 10am |
Mon Jun 24, 2024 | Assignment June 24 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Jun 25, 2024 | Assignment HW 1 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment June 25 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Wed Jun 26, 2024 | Assignment June 26 Attendance | due by 10am |
Thu Jun 27, 2024 | Assignment June 27 Attendance | due by 10am |
Mon Jul 1, 2024 | Assignment Jul 1 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment Test 1 | due by 11:20am | |
Tue Jul 2, 2024 | Assignment HW 2 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment July 2 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Wed Jul 3, 2024 | Assignment Jul 3 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 4 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Mon Jul 8, 2024 | Assignment Jul 8 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Jul 9, 2024 | Assignment HW 3 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 9 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Wed Jul 10, 2024 | Assignment Jul 10 Attendance | due by 10am |
Thu Jul 11, 2024 | Assignment Jul 11 Attendance | due by 10am |
Mon Jul 15, 2024 | Assignment Jul 15 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Jul 16, 2024 | Assignment Jul 16 Attendance | due by 10am |
Wed Jul 17, 2024 | Assignment HW 4 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 17 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Assignment Test 2 | due by 11:20am | |
Assignment Test 3 | due by 11:30am | |
Thu Jul 18, 2024 | Assignment Jul 18 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 23 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Mon Jul 22, 2024 | Assignment Jul 22 Attendance | due by 10am |
Wed Jul 24, 2024 | Assignment HW 5 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 24 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Thu Jul 25, 2024 | Assignment Jul 25 Attendance | due by 10am |
Mon Jul 29, 2024 | Assignment Jul 29 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Jul 30, 2024 | Assignment Jul 30 Attendance | due by 10am |
Wed Jul 31, 2024 | Assignment HW 6 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am |
Assignment Jul 31 Attendance | due by 10am | |
Thu Aug 1, 2024 | Assignment Aug 1 Attendance | due by 10am |
Mon Aug 5, 2024 | Assignment Aug 5 Attendance | due by 10am |
Tue Aug 6, 2024 | Assignment Aug 6 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment HW 7 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am | |
Wed Aug 7, 2024 | Assignment Aug 7 Attendance | due by 10am |
Thu Aug 8, 2024 | Assignment Aug 8 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment Test 4 | due by 10am | |
Mon Aug 12, 2024 | Assignment Aug 12 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment HW 8 - In Class Paper Submission | due by 10am | |
Tue Aug 13, 2024 | Assignment Aug 13 Attendance | due by 10am |
Assignment Total MyLab On-Line Homework | due by 11:59pm | |
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