Math 50: Trigonometry Fall 2011 – Laney College
Instructor: Matthew Hubbard
MWF: 9:00-9:50 am
Email address: mhubbard@peralta.edu
Recommended Texts: Trigonometry (open source) http://mecmath.net/trig/trigbook.pdf
Barnett et al, "Analytic Trigonometry with Applications" (10th Edition)
Office hours: MWF: 8:30-8:55 am G-210 (Classroom)
Add and drop class dates
Last date to add: Sat., Sept. 3
Last date to drop class without a “W”: Sat., Sept 17
Last date to drop class with a “W”: Wed., Nov. 23
Holiday schedule for MWF schedule
Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 5
Veteran’s Day: Friday, Nov. 11
Day after Thanksgiving Friday, Nov. 25
Test dates:
Midterm 1: Friday, Sept. 23
Midterm 2: Friday, Oct. 28
Comprensive Final: Wednesday, Dec 14 8:00-10:00 am
Homework to be turned in: Assigned last class period of the week, due next class.
Late homework accepted AT THE BEGINNING of the class after it was due
Quizzes: One on the last class of the week in weeks without a midterm or final
Grading system
Homework 20%
Lab 5%
Midterm I 25%*
Midterm II 25%*
Quizzes 25%*
Final 25%
Lowest two of the homework scores will be dropped from the total.
Lowest two of the quiz scores will be dropped from the total.
*Lowest total out of 100 points the quiz total and two midterms will be dropped from the final grade.
Anyone getting a higher grade out of 100 points on the final than the weighted average of all grades combined will get the final percentage instead deciding the final grade.
This option is only available to students who have missed at most three homework assignments.
The extra 5%: Extra credit will be factored into quizzes, midterms and homework at about 5%. This means 100 point tests with have 105 points and homework and quizzes will average 21 points each, though they will count as 20 points.
Class rules:
All cell phones and electronic communication devices off during class.
No hats, hoodies or headphones worn during quizzes and exams.
No calculators that also combine a cell phone or text message machine.
Recommended calculator: TI-30XIIs (any calculator with at least two lines of output will do, the TI-30XIIs is the cheapest that does all the things you need to do in this class. If you need help with any Texas Instruments calculator, I should be able to steer you in the right direction. I haven’t used other brands of calculators as much.)
Open source textbook: The textbook is free and online. It helps a lot if you have a computer and Internet at home so you can have your own copy on your computer. You will need the Adobe Reader software, which is free and can be downloaded from several websites.
Academic honesty: All assignments you turn in, homework, exams and quizzes, must be your own work. Anyone caught cheating on these assignments will be punished, where the punishment can be as severe as failing the class or being put on college wide academic probation.
Student learning outcomes
Math 50 Trigonometry
• Evaluate the 6 trigonometric functions using a calculator, as well as determining exact values for some special angles without a calculator.
• Solve a triangle (right, acute, obtuse), given various angles and sides.
• Convert between decimal degrees, degree-minute-seconds, and radian measure of an angle.
• Demonstrate knowledge of several trigonometric identities and use them to verify other identities.
• Graph trigonometric functions.
• Solve trigonometric equations.
The reciprocal relationship
The teacher will be on time and prepared to teach the class.
The students will be on time and prepared to learn.
The teacher will present the material to the best of his ability.
The students will absorb the material to the best of their ability. They will ask questions when topics are not clear.
When a student misses a class, it is his or her responsibility to get in touch with the teacher through e-mail or other means to find out what he or she missed. If a student misses classes without being in touch, the teacher may drop the student from the roster at the times designated by the school for census taking.
The teacher will do his best to answer the questions the students ask about the material, either by repeating an answer with more details included or by taking a different approach to the material that might be clearer to some students.
The students will understand if the teacher feels a topic has been covered enough for the majority of the class and will accept questions being answered outside the class, either in extra time or through written communication.
The teacher will do his best to keep the class about the material. Personal details and distractions that are not germane to the class should not be part of the class.
The students will do their best to keep the class about the material. Questions that are not about the topic should be avoided.
Distractions like cell phones and texting are not welcome when the class is in session.
The teacher will give assignments that will help the students master the skills required to pass the course.
The students will put in their best efforts to complete the assignments.
When the assignments are completed, the teacher will make every effort to get the assignments graded and back to the students in a timely manner, by the next class session whenever possible.
The teacher will present real life situations where the skills being learned will be used when they exist. In math, sometimes a particular skill is needed in general to solve later problems that will have real life applications. Other skills have the application of “learning how to learn”, of committing an idea to memory so that committing other ideas to memory becomes easier in the long run.
The student has the right to ask “When will I use this?” when dealing with mathematical topics. Sometimes, the answer is “We need this skill for the next skill we will learn.” Other times, the answer is “We are learning how to learn.” Both of these answers are as valid in their way as “We will need this to understand perspective” or “We use this to balance our checkbooks” or “Ratios can be used to change a recipe that serves three people to one that serves ten people” or other real life applications.
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