Course Description: Pre-calculus is a one-term course
designed to be used in conjunction with
Trigonometry. The course continues with additional topics in trigonometry,
systems of equations
and inequalities, matrices, sequences, counting principles, and probability,
and finishes off with
some topics in analytic geometry.
Throughout the course the graphing calculator and graphing utilities
of the computer are used.
The course uses numerous pertinent up-to-date applications throughout
every section of the
text, both as solved examples and as exercises. This encourages the
student to use and review
their problem-solving skills. The text applications are current and
students learn to apply the
process of mathematical modeling to real-world situations in many
areas, such as business,
economics, biology, engineering, chemistry, and physics. Many applications
in the text use-world
data, source lines are included to help motivate the student’s
interest.
Course Objective: Students in this course will be
taught additional topics in trigonometry, systems
of equations and inequalities, matrices, sequences, counting principles,
and probability, and
finishes off with some topics in analytic geometry.
Course Requirements: Requirements required for successful
completion of the course may
include, but are not limited to, homework and classwork, quizzes and
tests, midterm and final
exams.
Criteria for Assessing Student Performance:
Homework and Classwork 20 %
Quizzes 30 %
Tests 50 %
Textbooks, Related Readings: Precalculus - Houghton Mifflin Precalculus - Heath Precalculus - Prentice Hall
