MATH 125 Trigonometry
Course Information
| Course Number | MATH 125 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Trigonometry |
| Description | A study of the six trigonometric functions, their inverses and their applications forms the heart of this course. First, the two common methods of angle measure are derived along with the related notions of length of arc and area of a sector. Then the trigonometric functions are defined in terms of the unit circle and their properties such as domain, range, period and amplitude are explored, along with their associated graphs. This leads to a study of identities and conditional equations. Triangle trigonometry and real-world applications follow, with an investigation of associated themes such as vectors, exponential and logarithmic functions.(Prerequisites: MATH 120 with a grade of C or better or a score of 63 or above on the College Level Mathematics portion of the Accuplacer test.) (MNTC 4: Mathematical/Logical Reasoning) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 48 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 3 Credits, 48 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: MATH 120 with a grade of C or better or a score of 63 or above on the College Level Mathematics portion of the Accuplacer test.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Review essential concepts from algebra
- Review essential concepts from analytic geometry
- Review transformations applied to graphs of common functions
- Define methods for measurements of angles
- Define the trigonometric functions on domains of sets of real numbers
- Prove basic properties of the trigonometric functions
- Analyze the graphs of the six trigonometric functions
- Deduce properties of the six inverse trigonometric functions
- Explore analytic properties of the trigonometric functions
- Deduce various conversion formulas
- Apply the trigonometric functions to angle, length and area measurement problems
- Model periodic phenomena with the trigonometric functions
- Graph equations specified in polar form
- Apply trigonometry to the complex numbers
- Develop basic vector operations
- Apply vectors to real world situations
- Interpret graphs of exponential functions
- Develop useful properties of exponential functions
- Interpret graphs of logarithmic functions
- Develop useful properties of logarithmic functions
SCC Accessibility Statement
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