Instructor: Dr. Lucas van der Merwe

Office: EMCS 417B

Telephone: 425-4564

Web page: http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/Lucas-VanderMerwe/

Office hours: MTWThF: 10:30-11:30am

Text: Beecher, Penna, and Bittinger. Precalculus, Third Edition.

Course description: Trigonometric functions, identities, and equations. Complex numbers, conic sections, sequences and other selected topics. Chapters 5,6,7, and 9 will be covered.

Prerequisite: UTC Math Placement Test level 30, or Math 144/131 with a minimum grade of C or ACT>=26.

Assignments and Grades: There will be three examinations each counting 100 points and a final exam that counts 150 points. In addition, there will be assignments and quizzes for various point values. The total number of points scored divided by the total number of possible will determine the course average. Course grades will then be assigned using the scale:

A: 90-100 B:80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 F: Below 60

Make-up policy: Quizzes cannot be made-up. A test can be made-up, under unusual circumstances such as sickness or death in the family, as long as it is arranged with the instructor at or before the actual test time. There will be no retake of any test or quiz.

Attention: If you are a student with a disability and think that you might need special assistance or a special accommodation in this or any other class, contact the Office for Students with Disabilities/ College Access Program at 425-4006 or 110 First Hall.

Dates: 6/9 Last day to drop without a W

6/12 Test 1, 6/19 Test 2, 6/26 Test 3. (Subject to change)

6/24 Last day to withdraw with a W.

7/3 Holiday

Final exam 7/7

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