MATH 140 - Pre-Calculus: Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry
- Prerequisite: "C" or higher in MATH 135 OR placement in MATH 140
A study of angles; trigonometric and circular functions; solution of triangles; graphical representation; identities; inverse trigonometric functions; polar coordinates; conic sections; graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of MATH 140, the student will be able to:
- Define the trigonometric functions using the unit circle
- Graph trigonometric functions on the rectangular axes
- Solve right and oblique triangles
- Solve verbal and non-verbal problems in plane trigonometry
- Prove trigonometric identities and apply trigonometric formulas
- Solve trigonometric equations
- Represent conic sections algebraically and geometrically
- Convert rectangular and polar coordinates
- Graph trigonometric functions on the polar axes
- Write complex numbers in trigonometric form
- Graph exponential and logarithmic functions
In general, the course will prepare students for:
- the study of calculus by providing them with the skills, knowledge and mathematical
maturity necessary for success in that course of study. - vocations in which a knowledge of trigonometric and analytic geometry is useful.