MAC 1114 — Precalculus Trigonometry — Syllabus
Prerequisites: C (2.0) or better in MAC 1105, or SAT Math score of 550 or better, or ACT Math score of 24 or better, or College-Level Math CPT score of 60 or better.
Course Description: The course meets for 2 hours per week for 15 weeks. Successful completion of the course merits 2 semester hours of credit and provides sufficient background in trigonometry for students who need to take MAC 2241
(Life Sciences Calculus I). There are typically four midterm exams plus a final. The final exam is cumulative and all multiple choice.
Text: Precalculus, by Ratti and McWaters.
Course Content
Chapter 5 Trigonometric Functions (8-10 lectures)
5.1 Angles and Their Measure
5.2 Right Triangle Trigonometry
5.3 Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle
5.4 Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions
5.5 Graphs of the Other Trigonometric Functions
5.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 6 Analytic Trigonometry (6-8 lectures)
6.1 Trigonometric Identities and Equations
6.2 Verifying Trigonometric Equations
6.3 Trigonometric Equations
6.4 Double- Angle and Half-Angle Formulas
6.5 Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas (optional)
Chapter 7 Applications of Trigonometric Functions (6-8 lectures)
7.1 The Law of Sines
7.2 The Law of Cosines
7.3 Vectors
7.4 Polar Coordinates
7.5 Polar Form of Complex Numbers: DeMoivre's Theorem (optional)
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