Math 142 Schedule

(including important deadlines, 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:

• You can repeat the unit pretest as many times as you want (the best score counts), but you can't take it after the deadline date.
• You can repeat the proctored unit exam as many times as you want up until the deadline date (again, the best score counts), except that you must abide by the following rule:
  • You cannot take more than one proctored exam on the same unit on the same day.
    The idea is that you should spend some time reviewing the material and your previous exam before trying again.
• Grade appeals are generally not granted, except in certain circumstances (see the grade appeals section for details). Thus, if you happen to make some syntax errors or other simple errors on your exam, your only recourse is to repeat the exam, according to the rules in the last item.

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 June 23 and ends August 15. The deadline dates in the table below are essentially set in groups of two units at a time for the first six units. In particular, the deadline for the first unit is Tuesday July 1, and the deadline for the second unit is just two days later, Thursday July 3. This grouping of units is designed to add some flexibility to the schedule for students with other responsibilities and activities during the summer. However, 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.

Unit	Topics (click the links for Study Guidelines  and Exam Descriptions)	Textbook sections	Target date	Deadline
	Proctor Registration		Thurs. June 26	Fri. June 27
	Online Testing Practice		Thurs. June 26	Mon. June 30
1	Review of functions; circular functions and angles	5.1-3 (no calculator)	Thurs. June 26	Tues. July 1
2	Trigonometric functions, solving right triangles	5.2-3 (calculator) & 5.4-5, plus supplementary material on circular motion	Wed. July 2	Thurs. July 3
3	Graphing trigonometric functions	5.6-7	Tues. July 8	Thurs. July 17
4	More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions	5.8-9	Mon. July 14	Thurs. July 17
5	Trigonometric identities	6.1-4	Mon. July 21	Thurs. July 31
6	Trigonometric equations; law of sines, law of cosines	6.5, 7.1-2	Mon. July 28	Thurs. July 31
Trigonometry Final Exam		5.1-9, 6.1-5, 7.1-2, plus supplementary material on circular motion	Wed. July 30	Fri. Aug. 1
7	Polar coordinates; complex numbers	7.5-7	Mon. Aug. 4	Wed. Aug. 6
8	Conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas	11.1-3	Sat. Aug. 9	Mon. Aug. 11
9	Translation and rotation of axes, parametric equations	11.4-5, plus supplementary material on rotation of axes	Thurs. Aug. 14	Thurs. Aug. 14
Analytic Geometry Final Exam		7.5-7, 11.1-5, plus supplementary material on rotation of axes	Fri. Aug. 15	Fri. Aug. 15

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