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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. 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, you will receive 0 points for each of those exams. 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.
You may begin the course as late as February 25. But in that case you will need to concentrate a lot of time on the course in order to meet the schedule below. If you are taking other courses or if you work full-time, then it will be difficult if you start that late. On the other hand, if you have a lot of time to devote to the course, then it is certainly possible to start on February 25 and do quite well (students in summer regularly complete this course in 8 weeks, but they usually are not taking any other courses).
The deadline for Unit 1 is set as late as possible
to give you more flexibility. However, note that the Unit 2 deadline is just two
days later, so if at all possible, you should plan to complete Unit 1by March 1.
Also, note that the schedule makes no provision for Iowa State University's spring
break (March 18-22). Thus, if you are an on-campus ISU student, you will need to
adjust your own your exam and study schedule to allow for the break.
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.