MAC 2114 – Trigonometry (Spring 2010 Syllabus)
Tallahassee Community College
Class meeting: MWF 10:10 - 11pm (Rm SM129)
Email: williaml@tcc.fl.edu
***Website: http://faculty.tcc.fl.edu/scma/williaml
Instructor: Lina Williams
Office: SM 283
Phone: 201-8367 (email preferred)
MW:1-5pm TR:2-5pm Use them!
Office
Hours
and other
Resources
Learning Commons: In case I am unavailable, the TCC Learning Commons (located in
Required
Materials
1. Textbook: Precalculus - 5th ed., Stewart, Redlin, Watson. Thomson-Brooks/Cole (2006).
ISBN 0-534- 49277-0. Available at the Math Center for use.
You are required to purchase Webassign, a computer software
that gives you access to the online homework that you must do for this course.
Class Key: tcc.fl 1277 0327. (See “Registering for Webassign” handout)
LC 30, www.tcc.fl.edu/learningcommons, 850.201.8193) provides one-stop convenient access
to expanded learning assistance and resources. The Math and Science area offers support in
mathematics and science. Students can work independently or in small groups while having
access to resources including: trained tutors, specialists and learning assistants, videos,
textbooks, calculators, an open-access computer lab and much more.
The TCC Learning Commons is open:
Monday – Thursday
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Smarthinking: Online tutoring service available to TCC students via blackboard (see website).
2. Calculator: A graphing calculator is required. Available at the Learning Commons and
rentable at the TCC Library. Calculators that do symbolic algebra, such as TI
89, TI 92, HP 48, etc. are not allowed. Cell phones cannot be used.
3. ID: A photo ID is required for tests and the final exam.
Prerequisite
A grade of C or better in MAC 1105 (or in MAC1102 if taken prior to Fall 1991 or MAC1104
if taken prior to Fall 1998. Please see me if you fall into one of these two categories).
Grades of C or better in both MAC 2114 and MAC 2140 are prerequisites for MAC 2311
(Calculus I).
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE PREREQUISITE POLICY.
This course is one of the prerequisites for MAC 2311, Calculus with Analytic Geometry I. A
Course
Description study of the trigonometric functions of angles and real numbers along with their graphs and
inverses; solutions of triangles and other applications; trigonometric identities; introduction to
vectors and their properties; complex numbers in trigonometric form, and DeMoivre’s
Theorem; introduction to polar equations and to parametric equations.
A complete list of course objectives is available on request from the Science/Mathematics
division office.
Disabilities Tallahassee Community College (TCC) is committed to making all programs, services and
facilities accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities in order for students to obtain
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maximum benefit from the educational experience and to effectively transition to our college
environment. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to register with the TCC Disability
Support Services Office which is located on the first floor of the Student Union.
CLAS
Policies
To earn an AA degree, students must demonstrate proficiency in these CLAS skills. This
requirement is met by earning a GPA of 2.5 or higher in your college-level mathematics
courses. Alternative methods of meeting this requirement include scoring at certain levels on
various standardized exams including the SAT, ACT, or CPT. Further details can be obtained
at the Enrollment Services and Student Success Center.
Disrespectful behavior toward anyone in the classroom such as tardiness, disruptive talking, cell
phone usage, etc. is not acceptable. Smoking, eating or drinking is not allowed in the
classroom. Please place all trash in the appropriate container.
Attendance Success in this course depends on your regular attendance. Students are responsible for
completion of all work assigned in class whether they are present or not.
W Deadline The last day to withdraw is Friday, March 26 (cannot withdraw online). If you are absent,
tardy and/or leave class early more than twice during the semester (for whatever reason) with a
failing test average, you will be administratively withdrawn from class. Do not automatically
assume you have been withdrawn.
Homework Homework will be assigned on a daily basis. Completing and understanding your homework is
the best way to study for tests. Your homework/quiz average counts as a test grade.
Quizzes
Tests
Expect a quiz every class day. A zero on a quiz counts as an absence. Your quiz/homework
average counts as a test grade. A few replacement quizzes will be given throughout the
semester, but no make up quizzes. NO EXCEPTIONS!
There will be a total of three tests. The test dates are Fri. January 29, Fri. March 5, and Fri.
April 16. There are no makeup tests. NO EXCEPTIONS! Your final test grade will help you
fill in the grade of a total of one lowest test grade with exemption of Quiz/HW average.
Final Exam Final exam is on Friday, April 30 from 10am-12pm.
Academic
Integrity
You are expected to do your own work on exams taken in class. Providing information to
another student or receiving information concerning exam content is considered cheating and
will NOT be tolerated. If this should occur, disciplinary action will take place in one of the
following forms: a zero for the test, being dropped from the course, suspension, or expulsion
from school.
Evaluation
& Grading
Scale:
Your grade will be determined by your online homework, tests, and the final exam.
Tests: 75% of Your Grade Final Exam: 25% of Your Grade
Your Quiz/Homework average counts as one test grade.
.75T+.25F=G
T: Test
Average
F: Final exam
% Grading Scale:
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79
60 - 69
0 - 59
A
B
C
D
F