20392 DIXIE STATE COLLEGE - - Spring 2009
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Course Number: MATH 1060 Course Title: Trigonometry
Section Number: 1 Meeting Time: M W from 1:00-2:15 AM
Room Number: NIB 136 Jan 5 to Apr 24
Instructor: Ross Decker Office Room Number: NIB 139
Office Phone Number: 652-7763 Office Hours: 10:00-10:50 Daily (or by appointment)
Text: Trigonometry (9th Edition) Authors: Lial, Hornsby, Schneider, Daniels
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1050.
Exam dates and points possible are as follows:
Exam 1 January 12-14 100 points
Exam 2 January 21-23 100 points
Exam 3 February 2-4 100 points
Exam 4 February 11-13 100 points
Exam 5 Feb 25-27 100 points
Exam 6 March 9-11 100 points
Exam 7 March 25-27 100 points
Exam 8 April 15-17 100 points
Final Exam April 24 200 points
(12:00-2:00)
Homework (5 points each) 190 points
TOTAL POINTS: 1190 points
ATTENDANCE: Any student who misses the first two days of class will be dropped from the class.
DISHONESTY: If it is determined that you cheated, you will receive a zero for that exam.
If cheating occurs a second time, you will receive an F for the course.
DISABILITIES: If you are a student with a medical, psychological, or learning disability, and would like accommodations or
think you might have a disability, contact the Disability Resource Center (652-7516) in the Student Services Center, Room 201.
The Disability Resource Center will determine eligibility based on your professional documentation and determine the
appropriate accommodations related to your disability.
GRADES: Your semester grade will be based on the following scale: A(92-100%), A-(89-92%), B+(86-89%),
B(82-86%), B-(79-82%), C+(76-79%), C(72-76%), C-(69-72%), D+(66-69%), D(62-66%), D-(59-62%), F(0-59%)
GENERAL REMARKS: It is the responsibility of each student to make time each day to read the text, attempt all homework
problems, study for exams, and get extra help. Your work should be neat and easily read. Problems will be graded more for the
work shown than for the final answer. Assignments should be considered a minimum and many students should work additional
problems to reach mastery. Course schedules, assignments, and exam dates are subject to change as circumstances dictate.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
All mathematics classes at Dixie State College will:
1. Require students to perform mathematical processes including fractions, percentages, decimals,
proportions/rations, algebraic equations and/or calculus techniques.
2. Provide students with application problems that use a variety of methods including arithmetical, algebraic, and geometric methods.
3. Challenge students to make inferences from mathematical models that include formulas, graphs, and tables.
4. Provide students with real-life applications that use a variety of mathematical functions.
Upon successful completion of MATH 1060, a student will demonstrate through testing, the ability to:
1. Use definitions and properties of trigonometric functions to solve problems.
2. Express angle measure in terms of radians and degree-minute-seconds.
3. Determine the graph and period of a trigonometric function.
4. Evaluate the graph and period of a trigonometric function.
5. Verify trigonometric identities.
6. Solve trigonometric equations.
7. Solve triangles (both right and oblique).
8. Graph conics and find the measures of their key components.
