Trigonometry
Revised: November 2006
Course Description
Basic trigonometry; functions, identities, graphs, solution of equations and triangles, complex numbers, analytical trigonometry. Three semester hours. Prerequisite: 130 or placement.
Objectives
1. To provide students with the theory and application of trigonometry.
2. To prepare students for the use of trigonometry in the calculus courses: Math
153, 255, and 256.
Text
Swokowski & Cole, Fundamentals of Trigonometry, 9th Edition, Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, 1999.
Grading Procedure
Grading procedures and factors influencing course grade are left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Attendance Policy
Attendance policy is left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Course Outline
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Chapter 2: The Trigonometric Functions (MWF 18 days; TR 12 days)
Sections 1-9 - Angles, trigonometric functions and their graphs, trigonometric functions of angles, values of the trigonometric functions, applications involving right triangles, harmonic motion. -
Chapter 3: Analytic Trigonometry (MWF 11 days; TR 8 days)
Sections 1-6 - Trigonometric identities and conditional equations, addition and subtraction formulas, multiple-angle formulas, product-to-sum and sum-to-product formulas, inverse trigonometric functions. -
Chapter 4: Applications of Trigonometry (MWF 10 days; TR 7 days)
Sections 1-5 - Laws of Sines and Cosines, algebraic and trigonometric forms of complex numbers, deMoivre's theorem, roots of complex numbers.