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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 June 20 and ends August 12. 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 June 28, and the deadline for the second unit is just two days later, Thursday June 30. 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.
Assignment
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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 |
Thurs. June 23 |
Fri. June 24 |
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| Online Testing Practice |
Thurs. June 23 |
Mon. June 27 |
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1 |
Review of functions; circular functions and angles | 5.1-3 (no calculator) |
Thurs. June 23 |
Tues. June 28 |
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2 |
Trigonometric functions, solving right triangles | 5.2-3 (calculator) & 7.1, plus supplementary material on circular motion |
Wed. June 29 |
Thurs. June 30 |
|
3 |
Graphing trigonometric functions | 5.4, 5.6, & 7.5 |
Tues. July 5 |
Thurs. July 14 |
|
4 |
More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions | 5.5 & 6.1-2 |
Mon. July 11 |
Thurs. July 14 |
|
5 |
Trigonometric identities | 6.3-6 |
Mon. July 18 |
Thurs. July 28 |
|
6 |
Trigonometric equations; law of sines, law of cosines | 6.7-8, 7.2-4 |
Mon. July 25 |
Thurs. July 28 |
| 5.1-6, 6.1-8, 7.1-5, plus supplementary material on circular motion |
Wed. July 27 |
Fri. July 29 |
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|
7 |
Polar coordinates; complex numbers | 8.1-3 |
Mon. Aug. 1 |
Wed. Aug. 3 |
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8 |
Conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas | 9.1-4 |
Sat. Aug. 6 |
Mon. Aug. 8 |
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9 |
Translation and rotation of axes, parametric equations | 9.2-5 & 9.7, plus supplementary material on rotation of axes |
Thurs. Aug. 11 |
Thurs. Aug. 11 |
| 8.1-3, 9.1-5, & 9.7, plus supplementary material on rotation of axes |
Fri. Aug. 12 |
Fri. Aug. 12 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 |
June 23 Target: Proctor Registration |
June 24 Deadline: Proctor Registration |
June 25 |
| June 26 |
June 27 Deadline: Online Testing Practice |
June 28 Deadline: Unit 1 |
June 29 Target: Unit 2 |
June 30 Deadline: Unit 2 |
July 1 | July 2 |
| July 3 | July 4 |
July 5 Target: Unit 3 |
July 6 | July 7 | July 8 | July 9 |
| July 10 |
July 11 Target: Unit 4 |
July 12 | July 13 |
July 14 |
July 15 | July 16 |
| July 17 |
July 18 Target: Unit 5 |
July 19 | July 20 | July 21 |
July 22
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July 23 |
| July 24 |
July 25 Target: Unit 6 |
July 26 |
July 27 Target: Trigonometry Final Exam |
July 28 |
July 29 Deadline: Trigonometry Final Exam |
July 30 |
| July 31 |
August 1 Target: Unit 7 |
August 2 |
August 3 Deadline: Unit 7 |
August 4 | August 5 |
August 6 Target: Unit 8 |
| August 7 |
August 8 Deadline: Unit 8 |
August 9 | August 10 |
August 11 Deadline: Unit 9 |
August 12 Deadline: Analytic Geometry Final Exam |
August 13 |