Grading Policy:
| Quizzes & Calculator Labs | 25% |
| Test 1 | 25% |
| Test 2 | 25% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
Homework: Homework assignments will be presented in class and will generally consist of problems from the required text. The homeworks will not be graded. Instead, quizzes will cover the material. Even though the homework will not be graded, the homework problems must be done in order to gain mastery of the material and skills necessary for both the quizzes and tests.
Quizzes: Quizzes will be roughly 30 minutes long, given in class, and will cover the current material. I will drop your two lowest quiz grades to allow for bad weeks and/or absences.
Tests: The class will have two tests as indicated on the syllabus.
Final: The final will be held during the time dictated by the Registrar during Exam Week.
Cheating: You are encouraged to work on homework problems with others. However, you must work alone on quizzes and tests. On both quizzes and exams you may use only a calculator and writing utensils; Calculators cannot be shared during quizzes and tests.
Syllabus:
The material to be covered is flexible and subject to change. The test dates are fixed.
| Week 1 | Feb. 2 | Appendix A | Course Overview; Algebra Review |
| Feb. 3 | Algebra Review | ||
| Feb. 5 | Algebra Review | ||
| Week 2 | Feb. 9 | ||
| Feb. 10 | Functions and Graphs | Ch. 1 | |
| Feb. 12 | Ch. 1 | ||
| Week 3 | Feb. 16 | ||
| Feb. 17 | Linear and Quadratic Functions | Ch. 2 | |
| Feb. 19 | Ch. 2 | ||
| Week 4 | Feb. 23 | Ch. 2 | |
| Feb. 24 | Polynomial and Rational Functions | Ch. 3 | |
| Feb. 26 | Ch. 3 | ||
| Week 5 | Mar. 1 | Ch. 3 | |
| Mar. 2 | Review | ||
| Mar. 4 | TEST 1 | ||
| Week 6 | Mar. 8 | ||
| Mar. 9 | Inverse Functions; Exp. & Log. Functions | Ch. 4 | |
| Mar. 11 | Ch. 4 | ||
| Week 7 | Mar. 15 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | |
| Mar. 16 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | ||
| Mar. 18 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | ||
| Week 8 | Mar. 22 | Ch. 4 | |
| Mar. 23 | Trigonometric Functions | Ch. 5 | |
| Mar. 25 | Ch. 5 | ||
| Week 9 | March 29 | Ch. 5 | |
| March 30 | Ch. 5 | ||
| April 1 | Trigonometric Identities and Conditional Equations | Ch. 6 | |
| Week 10 | April 5 | Ch. 6 | |
| April 6 | NO CLASS (Passover) | ||
| April 8 | Ch. 6 | ||
| Week 11 | April 12 | NO CLASS (Travel Day) | |
| April 13 | Review | ||
| April 15 | TEST 2 | ||
| Week 12 | April 19 | ||
| April 20 | Additional Topics in Trigonometry | Ch. 7 | |
| April 22 | Ch. 7 | ||
| Week 13 | April 26 | Ch. 7 | |
| April 27 | Sequences, Series, and Probability | Ch. 9 | |
| April 29 | Ch. 9 | ||
| Week 14 | May 3 | ||
| May 4 | Introduction to Derivatives (not in text) | (not in text) | |
| May 6 | Derivatives | ||
| Week 15 | May 10 | ||
| May 11 | |||
| May 13 | Review | ||
| Week 16 | May 17-21 | FINAL EXAM |