Math 141 Schedule

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

• Assignment View (includes target and deadline dates, and links to study guidelines and exam descriptions)
• Calendar View (includes approximate schedule of class sessions, target and deadline dates, and links to study guidelines and exam descriptions)

Units: The course is divided into 6 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 January 18 and ends May 6. Note also that the deadline for the first unit is not until Thursday March 3. While you may register and begin working in the class as late as February 25, 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 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 and 6.

Final Exam: There will be one final exam, as shown in the following table. Study guidelines for the final exam, along with a detailed exam description, are provided by clicking on the exam in the table below. The final exam is also a proctored exam, but it 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. Jan. 21	Tues. Mar. 1
	Online Testing Practice		Fri. Jan. 21	Wed. Mar. 2
1	Review of functions; circular functions and angles	5.1-3 (no calculator)	Fri. Jan. 28	Thurs. Mar. 3
2	Trigonometric functions, solving right triangles	5.1-2 (calculator), 7.1	Tues. Feb. 15	*Fri. Mar. 11*
3	Graphing trigonometric functions	5.4, 5.6, 7.5	*Fri. Mar. 4*	*Tues. Mar. 29*
4	More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions	5.5, 6.1-2	*Fri. Mar. 25*	Fri. Apr. 8
5	Trigonometric identities	6.3-6	Tues. Apr. 12	Tues. Apr. 19
6	Trigonometric equations; law of sines, law of cosines	6.7-8, 7.2-4	Fri. Apr. 29	Fri. Apr. 29
Trigonometry Final Exam		5.1-6, 6.1-8, 7.1-5	Fri. May 6	Fri. May 6

* Spring break is the week of March 14-18

Calendar View:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Jan 16	Jan 17	Jan 18 Course begins	Jan 19	Jan 20	Jan 21 Target: Proctor Registration Target: Online Testing Practice	Jan 22
Jan 23	Jan 24	Jan 25	Jan 26	Jan 27	Jan 28 Target: Unit 1	Jan 29
Jan 30	Jan 31	Feb 1	Feb 2	Feb 3	Feb 4	Feb 5
Feb 6	Feb 7	Feb 8	Feb 9	Feb 10	Feb 11	Feb 12
Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 15 Target: Unit 2	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 18	Feb 19
Feb 20	Feb 21	Feb 22	Feb 23	Feb 24	Feb 25	Feb 26
Feb 27	Feb 28	Mar 1 Deadline: Proctor Registration	Mar 2 Deadline: Online Testing Practice	Mar 3 Deadline: Unit 1	Mar 4 Target: Unit 3	Mar 5
Mar 6	Mar 7	Mar 8	Mar 9	Mar 10	Mar 11 Deadline: Unit 2	Mar 12
Mar 13 BREAK	Mar 14 BREAK	Mar 15 BREAK	Mar 16 BREAK	Mar 17 BREAK	Mar 18 BREAK	Mar 19 BREAK
Mar 20	Mar 21	Mar 22	Mar 23	Mar 24	Mar 25 Target: Unit 4	Mar 26
Mar 27	Mar 28	Mar 29 Deadline: Unit 3	Mar 30	Mar 31	Apr 1	Apr 2
Apr 3	Apr 4	Apr 5	Apr 6	Apr 7	Apr 8 Deadline: Unit 4	Apr 9
Apr 10	Apr 11	Apr 12 Target: Unit 5	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16
Apr 17	Apr 18	Apr 19 Deadline: Unit 5	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23
Apr 24	Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29 Deadline: Unit 6	Apr 30
May 1	May 2 FINALS WEEK	May 3 FINALS WEEK	May 4 FINALS WEEK	May 5 FINALS WEEK	May 6 Deadline: Trigonometry Final Exam	May 7

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