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Course and Instructor Demographics

MA 110 is taught by several instructors in several sections. For office hours, meeting times, and contact information, please see the tables below.

Instructors

It is very important to keep up with your class and to inform your instructor as early as possible of any problems or concerns. Many instructors have hundreds of students, and so there may be delays or special requirements needed to handle what may appear to be simple problems. On the other hand our instructors are experienced and ready to help you solve problems that arise during the semester. In all cases, the more time the instructor has to consider your case, the more likely you are to have a good result.

Instructors hold drop-in office hours at the times and places listed below. You can stop by to ask questions about the course material or structure. Most instructors also are available in the Mathskeller where you can ask them (or any other instructor present) for help in the course.

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Sections

Active, engaged class participation is required in all sections. Make sure you know when and where your class meets and make sure to bring appropriate materials to class (a way to view the textbook, a place to take notes, any calculator you want to practice using). Your active, engaged class participation is a major component of your final grade.

The rooms for your first three exams are also listed:

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Course Description

The 2016-17 Bulletin describes the course as

This is a course specifically designed for students intending to enroll in a calculus sequence. Topics will include trigonometric functions, exponentials and logarithms, graphs, polar coordinates and conic sections. Students may not receive credit for MA 110 and either of MA 109 and MA 112. This course is not available for credit to students who have received credit in any higher numbered mathematics course except for MA 111, MA 123, MA 162, MA 201 or MA 202. Credit is not available by special examination. Math placement exam recommended. Lecture, three hours, recitation two hours per week. Prereq: Two years of high school algebra and a Math ACT score of 23 or above, or two years of high school algebra and a Math SAT score of 540 or above, or appropriate score on math placement exam, or a C in MA 109, or consent of department.

Student learning outcomes and course goals

This course is designed to prepare students for the calculus sequence. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Grading

Your final grade is a letter grade A, B, C, D, or E. It is computed from several different components (as indicated in the table and described in detail below).

Each of the four exams are scheduled at night, as indicated in the course schedule, and has a very strict absence and cheating policy (WARNING: be careful not to get a 0 on an exam).

The quiz score will be based on quizzes given during recitations, as indicated in the course schedule. The quizzes are an important time to practice writing out explanations for your answers in preparation for exams. Students will be allowed to drop two quiz scores. However, if a student misses a quiz due to an an unexcused absence , they will not be able to make up the quiz and will receive a 0 for that quiz. Any student that misses more than two quizzes will be required to meet with his/her instructor.

The online homework portion will be based on the assignments submitted through WebAssign, a web-based homework system which requires purchasing an access code, as indicated below in the Required course materials.

The lecture instructor score will measure active, engaged, in-class participation. It may be based on pre-class online quizzes, in-class activities or quizzes, or post-class online quizzes. Students will be allowed up to five absences in lecture without documentation. If a student has six or more excused absences, the student most present documentation for all absences to their lecture instructor.

Once the semester is over, including the final exam, your total points can be compared against the grading cutoffs table to find the matching letter grade. There will be no extra credit offered. Any curve will be decided after the final exam is graded, but is unlikely to be significant barring unforeseen circumstances. A typical grade distribution is 17% of students assigned an A, 27% B, 22% C, 11% D, 12% E, and an additional 12% withdrawing. Grade distributions may change from semester to semester, but this provides a rough indicator of the difficulty students as a whole have with the course. Please note that there is a limited number of times a student may repeat this course. Thus, students are encouraged to make every effort to complete the course, rather than withdraw and try again in a later semester.

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Required course materials

Textbook

The textbook Contemporary Precalculus: A Graphing Approach, 5e, by Thomas W. Hungerford and Douglas J. Shaw is required. An access code for WebAssign (the online homework system used in this class) is additionally required. Upon creating their WebAssign account, all students will receive a two-week free trial to use WebAssign, which includes an online version of the textbook. Students will create their WebAssign account using the link provided in the WebAssign Module in {{{info.variable.HomeworkLoginLink}}}. Students should make plans to purchase a WebAssign access code before Wednesday, September 6th, when the free trial expires. This can be done in multiple different ways. Only one of the following options is required!

iClicker polling

Your lecture instructor score is based on active, in-class participation and attendance. This score will depend, at least partially, on your responses submitted through the iClicker polling system. You will need to use iClicker Polling in all lecture sections. Most students will use a smartphone, computer, or tablet to participate in iClicker Polling. If you are not able to bring such a device to class, please speak with your lecturer about obtaining a substitute. You will need to register your iClicker Polling Account through {{{info.variable.HomeworkLoginLink}}}.

Worksheets

Most of our time in recitation will be spent on the following worksheets.

Diagnostic worksheets:

Date Content Worksheets Keys
week 1 Diagnostic W0A: Diagnostic A W0A: key
week 2 Review W0B: Diagnostic B W0B: key

Exam 1 worksheets

Date Content Worksheets Keys
week 2 Function Notation W01: §3.2 Notation W01: key
week 3 Graphs of Functions W02: §3.3 Graphs W02: key
week 3 Graph Transformations W03: §3.4 Transforms W03: key
week 4 Operations on Functions W04: §3.5 Operations W04: key
week 4 Inverse Functions W05: §3.7 Inverses W05: key

Exam 2 worksheets

Date Content Worksheets Keys
week 5 Quadratic Functions W06: §4.1 Quadratics W06: key
week 6 Polynomial Functions and Graphs W07:§4.2 and §4.4 W07: key
week 6 Rational Functions W08: §4.5 Rational Functs W08: key
week 7 Exponential Functions W09: §5.2 Exp. Functns W09: key
week 7 Logarithmic Functions W10: §5.3 Logarithms W10: key
week 8 Logarithmic Properties W11: §5.4 Log Props W11: key
week 8 Exponential & Log Equations W12: §5.5 E & L Equtns W12: key

Exam 3 worksheets

Date Content Worksheets Keys
week 9 Angles & Measure W13: §6.1 Angles & Measure W13: key
week 10 Sine, Cosine, Tangent W14: §6.2 Sin, Cos, Tan W14: key
week 10 Basic Trigonometric Graphs W15: §6.4 Basic Trig Graphs W15: key
week 11 Other Trigonometric Functions W16: §6.6 Other Trig Functs W16: key
week 11 Basic Trigonometric Identities W16: §7.1 Basic Trig IDs W16: key
week 12 Addition & Subtraction Identities W17: §7.2 Add/Subtract IDs W17: key
week 12 Double & Half Angle Identities W17: §7.3 Double Angle IDs W17: key

Additional Final Exam worksheets ... REMEMBER the final exam is cumulative !!!

Date Content Worksheets Keys
week 13 Inverse Trig Functions W18: §7.4 Inv Trig Functs W18: key
week 14 Trigonometric Equations W19: §7.5 Trig Equations W19: key
week 15 Parametric Equations W20: §10.5 Paramtrc Equtns W20: key
week 15 Polar Coordinates W21: §10.6 Polar Coordnts W21: key
W22: §10.6 Polar Coordnts W22: key

Calculator

Please see the calculator guidelines for more details. ONLY non-graphing, basic 4-function calculators with simple numerical memory are permitted for student use on exams and quizzes. Calculators may perform only the following mathematical operations: +, -, ×, ÷, %, √

The typically approved calculators are Texas Instruments TI-108 or 1706SV, Sharp EL-R277BBK, EL-S10B, EL-240SAB, EL-243SB, or EL-233SB, and Casio HS-4G, HS-8VA, SL-450S, SL-100L, or SL-300SV. Calculators that are not approved include scientific and graphing calculators such as Texas Instruments TI-30 through TI-89, Sharp EL-501**** and higher, EL-W516**** and higher, and any Casio with “FX” prefix.

During exams and quizzes, any non-approved calculators will be confiscated. If you have any question about your calculator, please ask your instructor at least one week prior to the exam.

Course Policies

There are a number of important policies that can have a dramatic effect on your understanding and your final grade in this course. These policies are intended to be uniform and simple, but if you have not read over them, they may have unexpected consequences.

Important dates

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Attendance

Active, engaged, in-class participation is mandatory and forms a significant portion of your final grade. You should be ready to work when class begins (for example: seated, notes and pencil ready, attention to the front, quiet at 8:00 am if the class starts at 8:00 am). You should not pack up or leave until class is over (for example: you should still be working at 8:49am if the class ends at 8:50 am). If you have special circumstances, please contact your instructor before class begins so that they can excuse late arrivals or early departures. Unexcused late arrivals or early departures may result in significant reduction in participation grade for each day on which they occur.

An absence can only be excused if the instructor is notified in a timely manner. The choice to excuse the absence is with the instructor, though excuses will be granted (given timely notification) according to University Senate Rule 5.2.4.2: namely (a) serious illness, (b) illness or death of a family member, (c) University related trips, (d) major religious holidays, (e) other reasons deemed reasonable by the instructor. In the case of (c) and (d) notification must be provided one week in advance. In all cases documentation may be requested to ensure the absence does meet policy. For (a) a University Health Services Tier 2 or Tier 3 excuse is required, or a similar note from a health care provider who will confirm that you are a patient and were seen on the indicated day. Documentation that cannot be verified may result in the absence not being excused.

Absences can affect each component of the grade, and the policies for how absences affect each grade differ:

Submission of assignments

Homework must be submitted online at WebAssign, in the appropriate course as accessed from {{{info.variable.HomeworkLoginLink}}}. WebAssign is a for-profit company that charges a fee to use their online homework. The student is responsible for paying this fee. See the section on course materials for information about purchasing an access code for WebAssign.

The homework due dates are listed in the course schedule. Homework assignments are always due at 11:59 pm. Please note that if you are having trouble with the website, you should contact WebAssign for help. There will be many homework sets throughout the semester. You can see the homework assignment due dates on the class schedule. Note that there are assignments that are due during Dead Week.

Exams must be taken at the specified times and locations, or an alternate exam must be approved by the lecture instructor. You are expected to take the exam without notes, textbooks, online access, or communication with your peers. You may use a non-graphing calculator approved for use in this course.

Accommodations due to disability

If you have a documented disability requiring academic accommodations, please contact your lecture instructor as soon as possible by email or during regularly scheduled office hours. To receive accommodations in this course, you must first provide your instructor(s) a Letter of Accommodation from the Disability Resource Center (DRC). The DRC coordinates campus disability services available to students with disabilities. The DRC is located on the corner of Rose Street and Huguelet Drive in the Multidisciplinary Science Building, Suite 407. You can reach them via phone at (859) 257-2754 and via email at drc@uky.edu. Their web address is http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/DisabilityResourceCenter/.

Any student needing accomodations for exams due to disability must notify their lecture instructor a minimum of 7 days in advance of the exam .

Academic Honesty

All assignments, exams, quizzes, projects, and exercises completed by students for this class should be the product of the personal efforts of the individual(s) whose name(s) appear on the corresponding assignment. Cheating or plagiarism is a serious offense and will not be tolerated. Any potential cheating case will be thoroughly investigated, and could lead to failure in the course or even to expulsion from the university. See Student Rights and Responsibilities in the University Senate Rules (Sections 6.3.1 and 6.3.2) for information on cheating, plagiarism, and penalties. A summary of recent changes to rules on cheating can be found at the academic ombud website.

Answers submitted through iClicker polling must be submitted by the person who receives credit for these answers and must be submitted while in our classroom. Submitting answers while on behalf of another student or while not in class will be treated as academic dishonesty.

Classroom Behavior, Decorum, and Civility

Students are expected to be actively participating during class. Students are also expected not to distract others. If you arrive late, leave early, are distracted by your phone, or are otherwise not actively engaged with the class you may not receive credit for participating that day. If you are disrupting class, you may be asked to leave.

Algebra and Trigonometry for Calculus is traditionally a very difficult class, and many of your classmates will be having a hard time adjusting both to the university and to the demands of the class. You are expected to treat your classmates with respect. It is reasonable to disagree, but you should express your disagreement respectfully. Harassment and incivility will not be tolerated.

Non-Discrimination Statement and Title IX Information

The University of Kentucky faculty are committed to supporting students and upholding the University's non-discrimination policy.

Discrimination is prohibited at UK. If you experience an incident of discrimination we encourage you to report it to Institutional Equity & Equal Opportunity (IEEO) Office, 13 Main Building, (859) 257-8927.

Dead week

Homework score and instructor score continue as usual. Homework is due and the typical measures of in-class participation will be present. No papers or exams will be given during dead week.

Limited course repeats

University Senate rule 4.3.3 allows the department chair to prevent a student from registering in a course for a third time, unless a student has withdrawn for urgent, non-academic reasons. Beginning in Fall 2016, the Department of Mathematics will enforce this rule for students attempting a fourth registration in MA 109, 110, 113 and 137.

Prerequisite for MA 113 and MA 137

The primary reason for taking MA 110 is to prepare for one of our Calculus courses, MA 113 or MA 137. Please note that the prerequisite for these courses is a C in MA 110. Earning a D provides credit, but does not indicate sufficient preparation to continue to Calculus I or Calculus I with life science applications.

Course Schedule

Due dates for web homework, quizzes, exam dates, and other important dates are listed in the course schedule.

Study help

In addition to the textbook and your instructor's office hours, you may find the following useful for studying:

Old exams

An archive of old exams from MA 110 is available at the address http://www.math.uky.edu/~ma110/exams/. The topics covered on each exam in MA 110 may change slightly from semester to semester. Thus, the exams which are linked to this page may cover different topics than the exams to be given this semester.

The Mathskeller

The Mathskeller is located in CB 063 in the basement of the classroom building. Many instructors from the Department of Mathematics will hold office hours in the Mathskeller. In addition, limited drop-in tutoring is available. The Mathskeller is open from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday (except academic holidays) during the semester. Additional information is available at http://www.math.uky.edu/~mathskeller/.

Student Support Services

Student Support Services (SSS) is offering a voluntary (and completely anonymous) Supplemental Instruction component to complement this course this semester. The Supplemental Instruction leader will attend class regularly with the students and will offer regular, weekly sessions outside of class in order to review and reinforce the concepts presented in lecture. This semester the review sessions will be held in (location TBA) on (days TBA) from (times TBA). For more information, contact SSS directly or call 257-9797.

The Study

The Peer Tutoring Program offers FREE drop-in tutoring for many University of Kentucky (UK) core courses. Offering proactive assistance, the goal of the Peer Tutoring Program is to enhance students' academic experience as early and as often as possible. The Peer Tutoring Program provides a welcoming and friendly atmosphere for students to drop in, as they wish, to seek help on homework or exam prep, or simply to study within a group environment. Peer Tutors in The Study Central and The Study North are nationally certified, well-trained undergraduate students who have successfully completed the course for which they tutor at UK. This makes them a great resource for questions about a professor or course format in addition to questions pertaining to the subject.

Peer tutoring is offered in two locations—The Study Central, on the bottom floor of Donovan Hall (entrance is catty corner from K-Lair) on central campus, and The Study North, on the first floor of Jewel Hall (residence hall across from the Student Center) on north campus.

In addition to the peer tutoring program, Transformative Learning (formerly known as Academic Enhancement) also offers a variety of additional services to undergraduate students, including free individual academic consultations. Schedule a free appointment with a learning specialist for strategies on how to become a more effective student. For more information on all the services available in The Study and for a complete tutoring schedule, visit the Study or call 257-1356.