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Math 1022, Section 7, Fall 2012
College Trigonometry Online Syllabus
Teacher: Mrs. S. Kurtz
Phone number: 225 578 1653
Email: skurtz1@lsu.edu
Office: 274 Lockett
Profiles of Potentially Successful Online Students
If you do not meet one of the profiles described below, it is likely that you will not be successful in this
online section and would be better served in a regular section with required class meetings and required
lab participation hours.
 You have a Math ACT score of 26, want to move quickly and independently through the Math
1022 material, and have no interest in the guidance, socialization, and motivation provided by the
classroom and lab environment.
 You transferred into LSU within the last two years, have a Math ACT score > 25, and must take
Math 1022 for credit.
 You were enrolled in Math 1022 in the previous semester, were being successful, and dropped for
personal reasons.
 You made a D, F, or W in Math 1022, are repeating, and are absolutely confident that all that is
needed for success in the course is additional practice work on your part.
 You are a non-traditional student, cannot meet the time requirements for Math 1022 due to work
or family commitments, and have a strong math background, motivation, determination, excellent
study skills, and good work habits.
Course Eligibility
 Credit for Math 1021, Math ACT score of 25 or greater, or placement via Math Department
Placement Test.
 Credit will not be given for both Math 1022 and Math 1023.
Course Design Overview
 Class does not ever meet face-to-face and there are no required lab hours.
 Your homework, quizzes, tests, and the final exam will be completed online using a web-based
learning and assessment system called MyMathLab. Note that tests and the final exam must be
taken at specified locations on the LSU Baton Rouge campus.
MyMathLab
 You can access MyMathLab through www.mymathlab.com and selecting Log In on the upper
right side. If this main site is inaccessible, you can use www.mathxl.com but be sure to login as a
MyMathLab user on the lower left of the login screen, not as a MathXL user.
 If you need technical assistance outside of the math lab, call MML student technical support at 1
800 677 6337.
Required Materials
 A Trigsted MyMathLab account is required. If you took Math 1021 or Math 1022 in the Spring
or Summer of 2012 AND you remember your login and password, then you will not need to
purchase anything. Otherwise, you will need to purchase a Trigsted MyMathLab access code and
eText reference, ISBN 0-321-76818-3. If financial constraints prohibit you from having this
access code available for the first week of classes, temporary MyMathLab access is available.
During the MyMathLab enrollment process, you may choose to pay with a credit card, enter an
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access code, or request temporary access. This temporary access is good for 17 days. You must
convert your temporary access to permanent access within those 17 days either with an access
code or credit card.
Your LSU email address is required in MyMathLab. Even if your LSU email address is not your
preferred email address, you must list it in MyMathLab as your email address. It will be used as
the personal identifier that allows your grades to be exported from MyMathLab and properly
imported into your Moodle gradebook. Without it, your homework, quiz, test, and final exam
grades will be blank in Moodle.
You must enter your LSU ID# (89xxxxxxx) in the appropriate field when registering in
MyMathLab.
You will need the course ID# for your section of the course. This will be given to you by your
teacher or you can get it from the list in the Pleasant Hall Math Lab. It will be your teacher’s last
name and then five digits. It will be different for each section of the course.
Your LSU student ID card is required for access to the Pleasant Hall Math Lab and the LSU
Testing Center in Himes Hall.
A non-graphing calculator with logarithmic and exponential capabilities is required. The TI30
XIIS (solar) or the TI30X IIB (battery) with a two-line display is preferred. Graphing
calculators are NOT allowed on tests or in the Pleasant Hall Math Lab. Also, calculators with
symbolic notation or natural display capabilities, such as the TI-30XS Multiview, the TI-34
Multiview, the TI-36XPro, and the Casio 115ES or 300ES Natural Textbook Display series, are
NOT allowed on tests or in the Pleasant Hall Math Lab. See the Calculator Policy posted in
Moodle for specific details.
Class Meetings
 There are no class meetings during the semester.
 Video lectures for all sections are available online. They can be accessed through MyMathLab or
at https://www.math.lsu.edu/courses/videos.
 Class Notes are available in MyMathLab and at https://www.math.lsu.edu/courses/ClassNotes.
You should print these and use them as a structure to guide you as you read through the eText and
take notes on the examples. (Yes, you are really expected to read the eText).
Pleasant Hall Math Lab
 The LSU Math Lab is located in Pleasant Hall. The main lab is located on the first floor in Room
1155. The auxiliary lab is located in the basement in Room B155.
 The lab is staffed with teachers and tutors ready to provide you with immediate, personalized help.
 Your attendance in the lab is optional.
 The lab will be open from 9 AM - 9 PM Monday through Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM on Friday, and
5 PM - 9PM on Sunday. Exceptions are university holidays and days associated with university
holidays. See the heading on your Daily Schedule for those exceptions. In addition, reminders of
regular lab hour changes will be posted in the lab.
 No food, drinks, water, gum, candy, tobacco products, or weapons are allowed in the lab.
 Laptops, cell phones, iPads, iPods, pagers, watches, and any other electronic devices that beep or
ring cannot be used in the lab.
 Always bring your math notebook with you to the lab. Do all of your work in it in an orderly
manner and refer back to this work whenever necessary.
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Syllabus Quiz
 There is a Syllabus Quiz in MyMathLab in the section titled Quizzes and Tests that covers the
contents of the syllabus. Read this syllabus carefully before attempting the quiz.
 You must complete the Syllabus Quiz with a score of 100% before you will be able to open any
graded assignments in MyMathLab.
 The Syllabus Quiz does not count toward your final grade in the course.
Homework
 You should watch the videos and read the eText before attempting the homework.
 If you rely on the MyMathLab learning aids or other help to get a standard, Step-by-step, or Brief
exercise correct, then use the Similar Exercise feature and rework the exercise repeatedly until you
can get it correct without any help. Many students who become overly dependent on the learning
aids or other assistance to get a score of 100% on the homework assignment find out that they
score much lower on the tests.
 The graded homework assignments count as 15% of your final grade.
 In general, homework is due at 9 pm on Mondays.
 Graded homework for each section has due dates and will close then, but a copy of the homework
assignment (labeled Practice Homework) is open throughout the semester to be used for studying.
The Practice Homework does not count toward your final grade in the course.
 When working your homework assignments, you should save after completing each exercise.
 You can re-work exercises, enter and exit your homework, and get back to it at a later time prior to
the due date.
 There are three types of homework exercises. In each case, the result of your last attempt for each
exercise will be recorded.
Type of
Sample of
Features
Exercise
Numbering
Standard
2.1.15
~learning aids available in MML
~in general three attempts allowed for each iteration with feedback
Step-by4.1SbS-13 after each
Step
~Similar Exercise (new iteration for same exercise number)
allowed an unlimited number of times
Brief
5.3.BE-47
~tutors in lab can assist with these exercises
Custom
Instructor- ~learning aids NOT available in MML
created
~in general three attempts allowed for each iteration with feedback
question
after each
~Similar Exercise (new iteration for same exercise number)
allowed an unlimited number of times
~tutors in lab can assist with these exercises
Reading
2.1.RA-3
~learning aids NOT available in MML
Assessment
~can be attempted only two times with feedback after each
~Similar Exercise NOT allowed
~multiple choice, usually found at the end of each homework
assignment, 3 to 7 questions
~tutors in lab can NOT assist with these exercises
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Quizzes
 You should master your homework before attempting the quizzes, and you should try to do the
quizzes without any help. If you rely on help to get a score of 100% on the quizzes, you will score
much lower on the tests.
 You will not get feedback after each exercise answer is entered. You must work through the quiz
and submit it before seeing your score. You can review your quiz in Gradebook, and the
MyMathLab learning aids will appear for the review.
 The online quizzes count as 15% of your final grade. Each quiz can be attempted up to ten times
prior to the due date. Only your best quiz score for each quiz will be counted in your semester
average.
 The maximum working time allowed for each attempt of each quiz is 75 minutes. While working
on a quiz with time remaining, you can close the browser (rather than choosing Submit) and reopen that same quiz later without any additional elapsed time.
 Quizzes should be used as preparation for tests. Re-take the quizzes until you can do the work
correctly without any assistance from tutors, notes, the eText, or the MyMathLab learning aids.
 It is recommended that you take a quiz at least four times even though you earn a score of 100%
before that. This will ensure that you see a cross-section of the exercises drawn from the exercise
pools from which the questions are drawn.
 You are allowed to get minimal help on quizzes, but the work submitted must be your own.
 In general, quizzes are due at 9:00 PM on Tuesdays.
Tests and the Final Exam
 The proctored, password protected tests and the final exam using MyMathLab must be taken at the
Center for Assessment and Evaluation (CAE) Testing Center in Himes Hall or the Office of
Disability Services (ODS) in Johnston Hall if you have an accommodation allowing this test
location.
 You will not get feedback after each exercise answer is entered. You must work through the test
and submit it before seeing your score. You can review your test in Gradebook, and the
MyMathLab learning aids will appear for the review.
 Only one attempt is allowed for each test and for the final exam.
 The maximum time allowed is 90 minutes for each test and 120 minutes for the final exam.
 After completing all homework and quizzes, you should prepare for tests and the final exam by
repeatedly practicing until you can get all exercises correct without any assistance from
MyMathLab learning aids, notes, or the eText. Practice Tests and a Practice Final Exam are
available in MyMathLab for each test and will be open throughout the semester. Practice Tests
and the Practice Final Exam do not count toward your final course grade.
 You are not allowed assistance of any kind on a test or on the final exam. This includes notes,
formula sheets*, or any other type of outside help. While testing, you are not allowed access to
other online materials, including your homework, quizzes, and online learning aids in
MyMathLab. Note that CAE and ODS have strict policies regarding test-taking. Be sure to
familiarize yourself with their rules. Remember, academic dishonesty is a violation of the
university Code of Student Conduct.
*A department-prepared formula sheet will be given to you by either CAE or ODS when you
sign-in to take Test 3 and the Final Exam. You may not bring your own formula sheet to any test
or the final exam.
 All tests and the final exam must be scheduled through either the CAE website or the ODS
website.
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Students testing in the CAE testing center must schedule tests in advance using the CAE scheduler
found at http://www.cae.lsu.edu.You may begin scheduling tests as soon as the testing site is
available. This is usually near the beginning of the third week of the semester. You will be
notified by email when scheduling can begin. Test deadlines can be found on your daily schedule.
The first time you access the CAE site you will need to use your LSU 89 number as the password.
When you schedule a test or the final exam at CAE correctly, you will receive a confirmation
email from CAE. Print this email, and do not delete it. This email will serve as your receipt in
case there is a problem when you arrive to begin your test or the final exam. Check the date and
time to be sure you have recorded them properly.
Students testing in the ODS facility must adhere to all rules of the ODS testing facility, especially
those regarding the time frame for scheduling tests.
If you are not certain when you will be ready to take a test, then schedule it either the last
day the test is available or a day or two before that. You can always try to move it to an
earlier date if you are ready and space in the testing center is available. If you wait until the
last two days the test is available to schedule it, there will probably be no seats available. If
this happens, you will receive a grade of zero for that test and will not be eligible for a makeup test.
If you miss a test because you did not schedule it, no makeup will be allowed.
If you miss a test for a documented illness, documented death in the immediate family, court
appearance, requirements of military service, or an official LSU function, print a Makeup Request
Form from your Moodle course, fill it in, attach the documentation, and see your teacher ASAP.
In general, approved make-up tests will be given during the last two days of classes for the
semester.
If you miss a test because you scheduled it but went to take it on the wrong day or at the wrong
time, print a Makeup Request Form from your Moodle course, fill it in, and see the course
coordinator ASAP. Approved make-up tests will be given during the last two days of classes for
the semester.
If you miss a test because you scheduled it but were unable to take it because of extenuating
circumstances of a very serious nature totally beyond your control, print a Makeup Request Form
from your Moodle course, fill it in, and see the course coordinator ASAP. Approved make-up
tests will be given during the last two days of classes for the semester.
Neither makeup tests nor the makeup final exam will be counted unless you have the appropriate
approval in advance.
There will be four test scores and a final exam. Your four tests count as 45% of your final grade,
or 11.25% each. The final exam counts 25% of your final grade, with the following exception.
Your final exam score will be entered in the Moodle gradebook as your final exam score and also
as (a fictitious) Test #5 score. Then, the lowest of the scores on Tests #1-5 will not be used in the
final grade calculation (even though that score shows in the Moodle gradebook). This has the
effect of replacing your lowest of four test scores with the final exam score if that final exam score
is higher. In this situation, your final exam grade counts as 36.25% of your final grade along with
each of your three highest test grades counting as 11.25% of your final grade.
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Final Grade Calculation
All of your grades will be posted in the Moodle gradebook for this course and section.
Weight
Item
Details
15%
Homework
lowest 2 of 23 homework scores will be dropped
15%
Quizzes
lowest 2 of 13 quiz scores will be dropped
45%
Tests
4 tests, lowest will be replaced with final exam score if higher
25%
Final Exam departmental, group, and cumulative
The Syllabus Quiz, Practice Homework, Practice Tests, and the Practice Final Exam do not count toward
the final grade in the course. A replaced test grade and dropped homework or quiz grades will always
show in the Moodle gradebook but will NOT be used in the Moodle final grade calculation for the course.
Grading Scale
A = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = 0-59%
General Education Course Credit
This course can be used to meet three credit hours toward the general education requirement for analytical
reasoning. See the LSU general catalog for more information.
Topics
Topics covered include Evaluating Trig Functions of General Angles, Graphing Trig Functions, Inverse
Trig Functions, Identities and Formulas, Solving Trig Equations, Triangle Applications, Polar Graphs,
and Vectors.
Calculus Placement Test
Students who plan to take Math 1550 or 1551 after successfully completing this course will be required to
take the ALEKS calculus placement test and earn a minimum score of 70%. Students who register to take
Math 1550 or 1551 without this requirement will be purged and not allowed to re-add. For more
information, go to https://www.math.lsu.edu/ugrad/ALEKS.
Announcements
Throughout the semester, announcements will be made through the MyMathLab announcement page and
by LSU email. Check these daily.
Online Section Website
The url for the Course Syllabus, Daily Schedules, and Section Videos is
www.math.lsu.edu/courses/1022/online . You are responsible for abiding by all of the rules and policies
stated on the syllabus. Print it and read it carefully. Refer to it throughout the semester.
Course Coordinator
Mrs. Stephanie Kurtz, 274 Lockett Hall, skurtz1@lsu.edu, 225 578-1653