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 5. 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 10, 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. 20

Tues. Feb. 14

  Online Testing Practice

Fri. Jan. 20

Thurs. Feb. 16

1

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

Tues. Jan. 24

Fri. Feb. 17

2

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

Tues. Jan. 31

Thurs. Feb. 23

3

Graphing trigonometric functions 5.4, 5.6, 7.5

Fri. Feb. 10

Wed. Mar. 1

4

More graphing; inverse trigonometric functions 5.5, 6.1-2

Tues. Feb. 21

*Tues. Mar. 7*

5

Trigonometric identities 6.3-6

*Tues. Mar. 7*

*Fri. Mar. 24*

6

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

*Tues. Mar. 28*

Tues. Apr. 4

Trigonometry Final Exam

5.1-6, 6.1-8, 7.1-5

Fri. Mar. 31

Fri. Apr. 7

7

Polar coordinates; complex numbers 8.1-3

Mon. Apr. 10

Fri. Apr. 14

8

Conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas 9.1-4

Wed. Apr. 19

Fri. Apr. 21

9

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

Fri. Apr. 28

Fri. Apr. 28

Analytic Geometry Final Exam

8.1-3, 9.1-5, 9.7

Fri. May 5

Fri. May 5


* Spring break is the week of March 13-17

Calendar View:

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Jan 15 Jan 16

Jan 17

Jan 18

Course begins

Jan 19

Jan 20

Target: Proctor Registration
Target: Online Testing Practice

Jan 21
Jan 22

Jan 23

Jan 24

Target: Unit 1

Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28
Jan 29 Jan 30

Jan 31

Target: Unit 2

Feb 1

Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4
Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7 Feb 8

 		 Feb 9

Feb 10

Target: Unit 3

Feb 11
Feb 12 Feb 13

Feb 14

Deadline: Proctor Registration

Feb 15

Feb 16

Deadline: Online Testing Practice

Feb 17

Deadline: Unit 1

Feb 18
Feb 19 Feb 20

Feb 21

Target: Unit 4

Feb 22

Feb 23

Deadline: Unit 2

Feb 24 Feb 25
Feb 26 Feb 27 Feb 28

Mar 1

Deadline: Unit 3

Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 4
Mar 5 Mar 6

Mar 7

Deadline: Unit 4
Target: Unit 5

Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 11

Mar 12

BREAK

Mar 13

BREAK

Mar 14

BREAK

Mar 15

BREAK

Mar 16

BREAK

Mar 17

BREAK

Mar 18

BREAK

Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 21 Mar 22 Mar 23

Mar 24

Deadline: Unit 5

Mar 25
Mar 26 Mar 27

Mar 28

Target: Unit 6

Mar 29 Mar 30

Mar 31

Target: Trigonometry Final Exam

Apr 1
Apr 2 Apr 3

Apr 4

Deadline: Unit 6

Apr 5 Apr 6

Apr 7

Deadline: Trigonometry Final Exam

Apr 8
Apr 9

Apr 10

Target: Unit 7

Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13

Apr 14

Deadline: Unit 7

Apr 15
Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18

Apr 19

Target: Unit 8

Apr 20

Apr 21

Deadline: Unit 8

Apr 22
Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27

Apr 28

Deadline: Unit 9

Apr 29
Apr 30

May 1

FINALS WEEK

May 2

FINALS WEEK

May 3

FINALS WEEK

May 4

FINALS WEEK

May 5

Deadline: Analytic Geometry Final Exam

May 6

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