MAC 1114 C: College Trigonometry

Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences

3 Credit Hours

Section: 0W60

Course Syllabus

Instructor:

Dr. Seongchun Kwon (Michelle)

Term:

Fall 2021

Office Location:

MSB 403

Phone:

407-823-1740

Office Hours:

T 9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

W 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.

Thursday: 9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

Zoom Office Hours

Appointment at least a day prior to the meeting day is required.

Email:

Seongchun.Kwon@ucf.edu or Webcourses@UCF messaging

Course Modality:

W

Course Description

PR: Appropriate score on the UC

F Math Placement Exam, or MAC 1105C with a "C" (2.0) or higher, or C.I. The circle arc length, identities, trigonometric functions, inverse functions, applications to simple harmonic motion, function of angles, complete development of triangle solving. Prepares students for upper level mathematics. The "NC" grading policy applies to this course

Course Goals: This course is designed to familiarize the student with graphs and their functions, trigonometric functions, analytic trigonometry, and applications of trigonometric functions, polar coordinates, and vectors. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to apply various problems solving strategies to find solutions to a variety of real-life problems. Furthermore, the student will have acquired the necessary trigonometry background to continue pursuing higher levels of mathematics.

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WebAssign: Precalculus by Stewart/Redlin/Watson, Enhanced Edition, 7th Edition
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TI30XA calculator: This calculator is provided during the proctored exam place (MSB 242) in UCF
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Homework assignments and Quiz dates:

Homework Assignments are typically due on Sunday.
Quizzes are typically due on Wednesday.

Exams

Exam 1, 2, 3, and the final exam will be fully online with WebAssign. The exams will take place at MSB242 on the UCF campus. You will have to bring your UCF ID when you come for the exams. TI-30Xa calculator will be provided. You are not allowed to use your own calculator.

Exam dates:

Test dates	Location	Time	Duration	# of Questions	Sections
Exam 1*: September 16 (R)	MSB 242	6 p.m.	60 minutes	13	6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 5.3A
Exam 2*: October 21 (R)	MSB 242	6 p.m.	60 minutes	12	5.3.B, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2
Exam 3*: November 18 (R)	MSB 242	6 p.m.	60 minutes	12	7.3.A, 7.4 and 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 7.3. B in HW will not be on the exam.
Final Exam: December 6(M)	MSB 242	7 p.m.	100 minutes	20	The final exam will be comprehensive. It will include everything except 7.3.B.

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Exam Regulations:

Exam 1, 2, and 3 will be on September 16(R), October 21(R), and November 18(R) at 6 p.m. at MSB 242 in UCF campus. The final exam will be on December 6(M) at 7 p.m. at MSB 242 in UCF campus. Please follow this check list:

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*Exams will NOT be extendible.

2. Make-up exam: The first exam you missed due to personal emergency will be the lowest exam to be dropped. No make-up exam will be given. If you missed more than one exam, then you need to contact me as soon as possible with legitimate documents. Considerations will be dependent on the underlying circumstances.

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Labor Day Monday September 6

Veterans Day Thursday November 11

Thanksgiving Wednesday Wednesday November 24

Thanksgiving Thursday, November 25 -Saturday, November 27

Grading Scale: (Your final grade will be no less than the following)

Average	Grade
90 – 100%	A
80 – 89%	B
70-79%	C
30-69% (must take final)	NC (Not for credit)*
Otherwise	F

This course is a NC course. Please see http://fyae.sdes.ucf.edu/faq for complete details for NC policy.

Grading Scale:

Extra Credits:

There will be 5% of bonus point assignments. The scores from bonus assignments will be added to the course total after the final exam. The percentage from the bonus assignments is calculated as

$\frac{Y o u r a c c u m u l a t e d s c o r e s f r o m c o r r e n t a n s w e r s}{T o t a l s c o r e s f r o m b o n u s a s s i g n m e n t s} \times 5$ .

Your score from the bonus assignments is proportional. You will get the score according to how many problems you solved correctly. There is no minimum score you are to achieve to get bonus points.

Bonus assignments are optional. Not doing bonus assignments will not work against you.

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this course, students will be able to

Describe the angle measurements by using radians and degrees.
Evaluate the exact values of the six trigonometric functions or estimate them for the given angles with or without scientific calculator.
Describe and apply the properties of the six trigonometric functions and their transformations to solve the application problems.
Describe the properties of the six inverse trigonometric functions.
Evaluate the six inverse trigonometric functions.
Solve trigonometric equations and their application problems in a rectangular coordinate system or in a polar coordinate system.
Solve the application problems in vector space.

Test 1 will assess outcomes 1, 2, and 3. Test 2 will assess outcomes 3, 4 and 5. Test 3 will assess outcomes 3 and 6. The final exam will assess outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

College Trigonometry Course Pace

		Course Pace	HW Due	Quiz Due
	Fall 2021		Sunday	Wednesday
1	Aug 23-Aug 29	Course Introduction	6.1.
		6.1. Angle measure
		6.2. Trigonometry of right triangles

2	Aug 30-Sep 5	6.2. Trigonometry of right triangles	6.2.	6.1.
		6.3. Trigonometric functions of angles	6.3.
		(6.3. includes 5.1. The unit circle, 5.2. Trigonometric functions of real numbers)

3	Sep 6-Spe 12	5.3. Trigonometric graphs *Unit circle definition of sine and cosine functions, Basic sine and cosine graphs	5.3.A	6.2.
		5.3. Trigonometric graphs *Stretches and Reflection		6.3.

4	Sep 13-Sep 19	5.3. Trigonometric graphs *General Form with Phase shift	5.3. B	5.3.A
		5.4. More trigonometric graphs *tangent and cotangent functions
		Review for the Exam
		Exam 1 (Sep 16 Thursday): 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 5.3A

5	Sep 20-Sep 26	5.4. More trigonometric graphs *secant and cosecant functions	5.4.	5.3. B
		5.5. Inverse trigonometric functions and their graphs *Inverse sine functions
		(6.4. Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Right Triangles)

6	Sep 27-Oct 3	5.5. Inverse trigonometric functions and their graphs *Inverse cosine and tangent functions	5.5. A	5.4.
		(6.4. Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Right Triangles)	5.5. B
		5.5. Inverse trigonometric functions and their graphs *composite functions with inverse trig functions	5.6.
		5.6. Modeling harmonic motion

7	Oct 4-Oct 10	6.5. The law of sines	6.5.	5.5. A
		6.6. The law of cosines	6.6.	5.5.B
		Review of the law of sines and the law of cosines (When to use the law of sines or the law of cosines)
				5.6.
8	Oct 11-Oct 17	7.1. Trigonometric identities	7.1.	6.5.
		7.2. Addition and subtraction formulas	7.2.	6.6.
		7.3. Double-angle and half-angle formulas * Double-angle formulas
9	Oct 18-Oct 24	7.3. Double-angle and half-angle formulas *Half-angle formulas	7.3. A	7.1.
		7.3.( B ) Product-Sum Formula (Not on the quiz and Not on the Exam)	7.3. B	7.2.
		Review for the exam
		Exam 2 (Oct 21 Thursday):5.3.B, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2

10	Oct 25-Oct 31	7.4. Basic trigonometric equations	7.4.	7.3.A
		8.1. Polar coordinates

11	Nov 1-Nov7	8.1. Polar coordinates	8.1.	7.4.
		8.2. Graphs of polar equations	8.2.

12	Nov 8-Nov 14	8.4. Plane curves and parametric equations	8.4.	8.1.
		9.1. Vectors in Two dimensions		8.2.

13	Nov 15-Nov21	9.1. Vectors in Two dimensions	9.1.	8.4.
		Review for the exam
		Exam 3 (Nov 18 Thursday): 7.3A, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4
		7.3.B will not be on the exam.
14	Nov 22-Nov 28	Thanksgiving Week
		Thanksgiving day November 24

15	Nov 29-Dec 5	Review for the final		9.1.
		(Do bonus assignments)
16	Dec 6-Dec 12	Comprehensive Final Exam (December 6 Monday): All materials covered during the semester including 9.1 except for Product-Sum Formula in 7.3.

Section by section details of learning objectives:

6.1. Angle Measure

After you complete this section, you will be able to

Describe degree, radian, and angle in standard position
Convert degree to radian and radian to degree
Identify coterminal angles
Apply arc length, angular speed, and linear speed formulas in real-life situations.

6.2. Trigonometry of Right Triangles

After you complete this section, you will be able to

describe six trigonometric functions: sine, cosine, tangent, cosecant, secant and cotangent functions
evaluate six trigonometric functions of the given angle in a right triangle
describe 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 triangles and evaluate six trigonometric functions for $30 °$ , $60 °$ and $45 °$ .
evaluate six trigonometric function values with TI30XA calculator.
solve real-life application problems related with trigonometry of right triangles.

6.3. Trigonometric Functions of Angle

After you complete this section, you will be able to

describe the definitions of six trigonometric functions by using coordinates.
calculate six trigonometric functions for any angles in standard position.
determine which quadrants each trigonometric function is positive or negative.
describe what the reference of a given angle is.
calculate the exact value of trigonometric functions by using 30-60-90 or 45-45-90 special triangles and reference angles.
describe Pythagorean identities in trigonometric functions.
solve application problems of Pythagorean identities in trigonometric functions.

5.3. Trigonometric Graphs

After you complete this section, you will be able to

describe the domain, range, amplitude, period and phase shifts of sine and cosine functions
draw the graphs of sine and cosine functions.

5.4. More Trigonometric Graphs

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

describe domains, ranges, periods, and vertical asymptotes of the tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions.
graph the tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions.

5.5. Inverse Trigonometric Functions And Their Graphs

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

describe the domains and ranges of inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent functions.
graph inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent functions.
evaluate the inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent functions.
describe the inverse properties of inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent functions.
apply the inverse properties to problem-solving.

5.6. Modeling Harmonic Motion

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

set up an equation of simple harmonic motion.
describe the amplitude, period, and frequency of simple harmonic motion.

6.5. Th Law of Sines

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

describe the law of sines
apply the law of sines to solve the triangles
apply the law of sines in real-life situations

6.6. The Law of Cosines

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

describe the law of cosines
apply the law of cosines to solve the triangles
apply the law of cosines in real-life situations
determine when you use the law of sines and when you use the law of cosines to solve the triangles

7.1.Trigonometric Identities

After the completion of this section, you will be able to apply the trigonometric identities to simplify trigonometric expressions or verify other trigonometric identities.

Addition and subtraction formulas

After the completion of this section, you will be able to apply the addition and subtraction formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent functions to evaluate the angles.

(A) Double Angle and Half Angle Formulas

After the completion of this section, you will be able to apply the double-angle and half-angle formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent functions to evaluate the angles

7.3.(B) Sum to Product Formulas

After the completion of this section, you will be able to apply the product-sum and sum-product formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent functions to evaluate the angles.

Trigonometric Equations

After the completion of this section, you will be able to apply the properties of trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities, and factoring to solve trigonometric equations.

8.1. Polar Coordinates

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

plot the points on the polar coordinate plane.
write the polar coordinates of a point in the polar coordinate plane.
Convert polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates and rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.
Convert polar equations to rectangular equations and rectangular equations to polar equations.

8.2. Graphs of Polar Equations

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

Plot the polar curves, cardioid, rose, and limacon, in a polar coordinate when the polar equations are given.
describe the polar equations which generate cardioid, rose, or limacon.
describe the number of petals by looking at the equation of roses.

8.4. Plane Curves and Parametric Equations

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

describe what plane curves and parametric equations are.
graph parametric equations by applying the method, called 'eliminating parameter'.
find the parametric equations of straight lines with the given properties.

9.1. Vectors in two dimensions

After the completion of this section, you will be able to

state the factors (direction, magnitude, horizontal component, and vertical component) of vectors geometrically and in the coordinate plane.
multiply a scalar to the vectors.
operate vectors by adding and subtracting.
state and apply the algebraic properties of vectors: commutative property, associative property, and, identity and inverse elements.
apply the properties of vectors to real-life situation.

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