COURSE SYLLABUS
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Date: Spring 2005-06
Course MATH - 122 Name: College Trigonometry
Credit hours: 3 Lecture hours/week: 3 Lab hours/week: 0
Instructor: Staff
Usual student level: Freshman
Course required of students in:
Course frequency per year: Offered spring quarter
Average enrollment per year: 15 – 20
This course has a prerequisite: MATH 120 College Algebra
This course is a prerequisite for: MATH 163 Calculus 1
Catalogue Description:
Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities and equations, solutions of triangles, complex numbers. Not open for credit to students who have received a grade of C or higher in MATH 163 or above.
Course Objectives:
To provide students with sufficient preparation in trigonometry to pursue further work in mathematics and other areas which use trigonometry.
Textbook: College Algebra with Trigonometry, Barnett, Ziegler, and Byleen, McGraw-Hill, 2005
Outline of content follows:
(see attached)
Course Outline
MATH - 122
Title: College Trigonometry
(The number of classes shown below are estimates.)
Chapter 5 Trigonometric Functions 10 classes
Angles and Their Measure
Right Triangle Trigonometry
Trigonometric Functions: A Unit Circle Approach
Properties of Trigonometric Functions
More General Trig Functions and Models
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 6 Trigonometric Identities and Conditional Equations 9 classes
Basic Identities and Their Use
Sum, Difference, and Cofunction Identities
Double-Angle and Half-Angle Identities
Product-Sum and Sum-Product Identities (brief)
Trigonometric Equations
Chapter 7 Additional Topics in Trigonometry 6 classes
Law of Sines
Law of Cosines
Geometric Vectors
Algebraic Vectors
Testing and Review 5 classes
TOTAL 30 classes