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770-461-2202 ext # 437 sshaw@mercycatholic.org || // Course Name: // **TRIGONOMETRY/PRECALCULUS**
 * Mrs. Shaw

// Course Number: // **Math-431, 432**

// Teacher: // **Mrs. Shaw**

// Textbook: // **__Precalculus with Limits A Graphing Approach__** //(Houghton/Mifflin)//

// Materials: // The student will be required to have a TI-83 PLUS graphing calculator.

// Goal: // This course is designed to prepare students for the SAT, Calculus, and college mathematics. Indicators for success are average to above grades in prerequisite courses, good attendance, and a willingness to complete daily homework assignments. Students will extend their algebraic and geometric skills while developing a working knowledge of topics relevant to precalculus and trigonometry. They will supplement their perception of real and complex numbers by studying polynomial, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic, and other algebraic functions along with their inverses. Extensive use will be made of TI-83 PLUS graphing calculators.

// Objectives/Content: // Students will be provided the opportunity to practice the skills necessary in order to master the topics covered in the following major units of study:


 * 1) Linear Relations and Functions
 * 2) Nature of Graphs
 * 3) Polynomial and Rational Functions
 * 4) Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
 * 5) Conics
 * 6) Trigonometric Functions
 * 7) Graphs and Inverses of the Trigonometric Functions
 * 8) Trigonometric Identities and Equations
 * 9) Polar Coordinates and Complex Numbers

The values of honesty, scholarship and trust are essential to the mission of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School. We strive to provide an environment that recognizes these values as instrumental to building the moral character of our students while stressing the importance of personal responsibility and fairness. **For this reason, students who attend OLM will adhere to a strict Honor Code. Failing to abide by the Honor Code will result in an automatic referral to the Honor Council.**
 * //Philosophy: //**

In order to protect the aforementioned values, students will pledge all submitted work for every subject including class work, homework, quizzes, tests, papers, and projects. The pledge for all work is as follows: //"I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment." // Any work turned in without the pledge will be deemed inadmissible by the teacher until the pledge is included. If a student refuses to write and/or sign the pledge on any work, the grade will be a zero.
 * //Honor Code Pledge: //**

// Grade Computation: // The computation of a student's grade includes: • Test scores to count at least 40% of the grade • Quizzes to count approximately 25% of the grade • Classwork/Homework will count at most 15% of the grade

The monthly grade will reflect an accumulation of the grades earned since the beginning of the semester.

The cumulative work from the entire eighteen weeks of the semester will count 80% of the semester grade and the final exam will count for the remaining 20%.

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 * Grading Scale  ||
 * Numerical Average  ||   Letter Grade   ||
 * 90-100  ||   A   ||
 * 80-89  ||   B   ||
 * 74-79  ||   C   ||
 * 70-73  ||   D   ||
 * 69 & below  ||   F   ||