Math 142 Schedule

(including class schedule, important assignment deadlines, and links to study guidelines and exam descriptions)

Units: The course is divided into 9 units, as given in the table below. Study guidelines for completing each unit, along with detailed unit exam descriptions, are provided by clicking on the corresponding topic in the table below (some links may not be available yet).

This is a self-paced course, and for the most part you can proceed at your own pace. The "target" date listed for each unit in the table below is the recommended date for completion of each unit. This is designed to help you keep on track to complete the entire course by the end of the semester. However, each unit must be completed by the "deadline" date shown in the table below. If you have not taken the unit pretest and taken the proctored unit exam by this date, then you will receive 0 points that exam. Virtually no exceptions are granted for missing deadlines (see the deadline policy for details).

If you usually wait until the deadline dates to take the exams, you will probably do very poorly in the class. Try to work on the course every day on a regular basis, and plan to complete the units well before the deadline dates. That way you will not be caught with missing a deadline if you become ill or if an emergency arises.

There are also significant incentives for taking unit exams and pretests before the deadline date:

The proctored unit exams must be taken online in the presence of a designated proctor. See the proctor instructions for details.

Note that the class begins August 31 and ends December 16. Note also that the deadline for the first unit is not until Friday September 30. While you may register and begin working in the class as late as September 23, you are advised that the schedule will move very quickly if you wait that long. For best results, try to work according to the target dates as much as possible.

Most students find units 1-4 and unit 8 to be the easiest. Thus, you should try to work through those units quickly, and schedule additional study time for the more difficult units: 5, 6, 7, and 9. Also, the deadline schedule for the last three units is shorter than for the earlier units, so if you can complete the Trigonometry Final Exam by the target date, you will have more time available for the last three units.


Final Exams: There will be two final exams, one on Trigonometry and one on Analytic Geometry, as shown in the following table. Study guidelines for each exam, along with detailed exam descriptions, are provided by clicking on the corresponding exam in the table below. The final exams are also proctored exams, but each exam can only be taken twice.

 

Assignment View:
Warning: Some changes may occur in the following schedule. Any such changes will be announced on the course home page.
Unit Topics
(click the links for Study Guidelines 
and Exam Descriptions)		 Textbook sections Target date Deadline
  Proctor Registration

Fri. Sept. 2

Tues. Sept. 27

  Online Testing Practice

Fri. Sept. 2

Thurs. Sept. 29

1

Review of functions; circular functions and angles 5.1-3 (no calculator)

Tues. Sept. 6

Fri. Sept. 30

2

Trigonometric functions, solving right triangles 5.1-2 (calculator), 7.1

Tues. Sept. 13

Thurs. Oct. 6

3

Graphing trigonometric functions 5.4, 5.6, 7.5

Fri. Sept. 23

Wed. Oct. 12

4

More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions 5.5, 6.1-2

Tues. Oct. 4

Tues. Oct. 18

5

Trigonometric identities 6.3-6

Tues. Oct. 18

Fri. Oct. 28

6

Trigonometric equations; law of sines, law of cosines 6.7-8, 7.2-4

Tues. Nov. 1

Tues. Nov. 8

Trigonometry Final Exam

5.1-6, 6.1-8, 7.1-5

Fri. Nov. 4

Fri. Nov. 11

7

Polar coordinates; complex numbers 8.1-3

*Tues. Nov. 15*

*Fri. Nov. 18*

8

Conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas 9.1-4

*Tues. Nov. 29*

*Fri. Dec. 2*

9

Translation and rotation of axes, parametric equations 9.2-5, 9.7

Fri. Dec. 9

Fri. Dec. 9

Analytic Geometry Final Exam

8.1-3, 9.1-5, 9.7

Fri. Dec. 16

Fri. Dec. 16


* Thanksgiving break is the week of Nov. 22-26

Calendar View:

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

August 28 August 29 August 30

August 31

Course begins

Sept 1

Sept 2

Target: Proctor Registration
Target: Online Testing Practice

Sept 3
Sept 4 Sept 5

Sept 6

Target: Unit 1

Sept 7 Sept 8 Sept 9 Sept 10
Sept 11 Sept 12

Sept 13

Target: Unit 2

Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 17
Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept 22

Sept 23

Target: Unit 3

Sept 24
Sept 25 Sept 26

Sept 27

Deadline: Proctor Registration

Sept 28

Sept 29

Deadline: Online Testing Practice

Sept 30

Deadline: Unit 1

Oct 1
Oct 2 Oct 3

Oct 4

Target: Unit 4

Oct 5

Oct 6

Deadline: Unit 2

Oct 7 Oct 8
Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11

Oct 12

Deadline: Unit 3

Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15
Oct 16 Oct 17

Oct 18

Deadline: Unit 4
Target: Unit 5

Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27

Oct 28

Deadline: Unit 5

Oct 29
Oct 30 Oct 31

Nov 1

Target: Unit 6

Nov 2 Nov 3

Nov 4

Target: Trigonometry Final Exam

Nov 5
Nov 6 Nov 7

Nov 8

Deadline: Unit 6

Nov 9 Nov 10

Nov 11

Deadline: Trigonometry Final Exam

Nov 12
Nov 13 Nov 14

Nov 15

Target: Unit 7

Nov 16 Nov 17

Nov 18

Deadline: Unit 7

Nov 19
Nov 20

Nov 21

BREAK

Nov 22

BREAK

Nov 23

BREAK

Nov 24

BREAK

Nov 25

BREAK

Nov 26
Nov 27 Nov 28

Nov 29

Target: Unit 8

Nov. 30 Dec 1

Dec 2

Deadline: Unit 8

Dec 3
Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec 6 Dec 7 Dec 8

Dec 9

Deadline: Unit 9

Dec 10
Dec 11

Dec 12

FINALS WEEK

Dec 13

FINALS WEEK

Dec 14

FINALS WEEK

Dec 15

FINALS WEEK

Dec 16

Deadline: Analytic Geometry Final Exam

Dec 17

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