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 January 18 and ends May 6. Note also that the deadline for the first unit is not until Friday February 18. While you may register and begin working in the class as late as February 11, 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. Jan. 21

Tues. Feb. 15

  Online Testing Practice

Fri. Jan. 21

Thurs. Feb. 17

1

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

Mon. Jan. 24

Fri. Feb. 18

2

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

Tues. Feb. 1

Thurs. Feb. 24

3

Graphing trigonometric functions 5.4, 5.6, 7.5

Fri. Feb. 11

Wed. Mar. 2

4

More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions 5.5, 6.1-2

Tues. Feb. 22

*Tues. Mar. 8*

5

Trigonometric identities 6.3-6

*Tues. Mar. 8*

*Fri. Mar. 25*

6

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

*Tues. Mar. 29*

Tues. Apr. 5

Trigonometry Final Exam

5.1-6, 6.1-8, 7.1-5

Fri. Apr. 1

Fri. Apr. 8

7

Polar coordinates; complex numbers 8.1-3

Mon. Apr. 11

Fri. Apr. 15

8

Conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas 9.1-4

Wed. Apr. 20

Fri. Apr. 22

9

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

Fri. Apr. 29

Fri. Apr. 29

Analytic Geometry Final Exam

8.1-3, 9.1-5, 9.7

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

Target: Unit 1

Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27

Jan 28

Jan 29
Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1

Feb 2

Target: Unit 2

Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5
Feb 6 Feb 7 Feb 8 Feb 9

 		 Feb 10

Feb 11

Target: Unit 3

Feb 12
Feb 13 Feb 14

Feb 15

Deadline: Proctor Registration

Feb 16

Feb 17

Deadline: Online Testing Practice

Feb 18

Deadline: Unit 1

Feb 19
Feb 20 Feb 21

Feb 22

Target: Unit 4

Feb 23

Feb 24

Deadline: Unit 2

Feb 25 Feb 26
Feb 27 Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 2

Deadline: Unit 3

Mar 3

Mar 4

Mar 5
Mar 6 Mar 7

Mar 8

Deadline: Unit 4
Target: Unit 5

Mar 9 Mar 10

Mar 11

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

Deadline: Unit 5

Mar 26
Mar 27 Mar 28

Mar 29

Target: Unit 6

Mar 30 Mar 31

Apr 1

Target: Trigonometry Final Exam

Apr 2
Apr 3 Apr 4

Apr 5

Deadline: Unit 6

Apr 6 Apr 7

Apr 8

Deadline: Trigonometry Final Exam

Apr 9
Apr 10

Apr 11

Target: Unit 7

Apr 12

Apr 13 Apr 14

Apr 15

Deadline: Unit 7

Apr 16
Apr 17 Apr 18

Apr 19

Apr 20

Target: Unit 8

Apr 21

Apr 22

Deadline: Unit 8

Apr 23
Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28

Apr 29

Deadline: Unit 9

Apr 30
May 1

May 2

FINALS WEEK

May 3

FINALS WEEK

May 4

FINALS WEEK

May 5

FINALS WEEK

May 6

Deadline: Analytic Geometry Final Exam

May 7

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