M 505G - Elementary Functions and Coordinate Geometry

Unique # 58945 - Fall 2007

Instructor: Katja Mallmann

My office is RLM 11.154. My office phone number is 475-8595, but the best way to get in touch is to email me at mallmann@math.utexas.edu.
My office hours are Mondays and Thursdays, 11 am - noon, and Tuesdays 2 - 3 pm. If you can't make it to these, please email me and I can try and answer your questions via email or make an appointment if you really need it.
The class lectures will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 3 - 4 pm in RLM 6.120.
The discussion sections meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm in RLM 6.116.
Here is the First Day Handout. Make sure you read all of its contents carefully since it cointains a lot of important information!!!
Check here for a list or your MWF homework assignments.
Your grades will be posted to the CLIPS website. Please check there after each returned assigment and test to make sure that I have a correct record of your grades.
The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, December 18, 2-5 pm. Implicit in registering for this class is your agreement to be present to take the final exam at the time listed above.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

12/12: CHANGE IN OFFICE HOURS for Monday: to avoid the conflict with another final in the afternoon, office hours are now on Monday, December 17, 10:30 - noon in RLM 7.120 and 2 - 3:30 pm in RLM 6.120. Extra Credit is still due any time BEFORE 2 pm on Monday.
12/6: I will hold special office hours before the final exam on both Tuesday, December 11, and Monday, December 17, from 2 to 4 pm.
12/5: You have the chance to earn up to 3% in extra credit for this class. Please read these instructions carefully and turn your extra credit assignment in before 2 pm on Monday, December 17. For your convenience, here is a compiled list of all quizzes (note that #13 is missing - I think I misnumbered...), all the bonus problems from midterms 1 through 3 and all worksheets from this semester.
12/3: The UT Learning Center is offering a pre-calculus review class starting TODAY! It meets M-Th 5 - 6:15 this week. Call the UTLC (471-3614) or go to Jester to sign up in advance. Here is also the link to some useful handouts provided by the UTLS on transformations, on the unit circle, on trig functions and their inverses and on trig identities. Those might be useful when you study for the final.
11/20: Exam 3 has been graded and results posted to eGradebook.

Note the change in due date for test corrections - now MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 - and the updated version of instructions for those corrections.

11/19: Corrections for Midterm 3 are due on Thursday, November 29, before discussion. Don't miss out on your chance to be credited back up to half the points that you missed on the original exam!
11/12: Our third and last midterm is on Monday, November 19th, during regular class time! It covers all the sections of Chapters 5 and 6 except 5.9 and will assume everything from from Appendix A1 through A9 which is a prerequisite for those. We will review for the test on Thursday and Friday of this week. These reviews will be question-based, so be sure to come prepared and equipped with problems that you found you needed help on. GOOD LUCK STUDYING!
11/12: Note I have posted practice problems on the homework page! I suggest that you also work through the Chapter Tests on page 340 # 2-7, 12-23 and 424 # 1-12, 17-28.

11/9: Check the links below for a neat unit circle handout! There is also a different version that includes some special triangles here.
10/19:

Midterm 2 grades have been posted to eGradebook! Remember the last day to Q-drop with the Dean's approval is this Wednesday.
If you received a 38 or lower on midterm 2, you must come and talk to me in person some time before Tuesday! Please come to office hours or make an appointment!
Corrections for Midterm 2 are due on Wednesday, October 24, before class. Here are detailed instructions for those corrections. Don't miss out on your chance to be credited back up to half the points that you missed on the original exam!

10/10: Practice problems for midterm 2 are posted! You find them on the homework page! Please work them over the weekend at the latest and bring questions you might have on Monday and Tuesday.
10/09: Our second midterm is on Wednesday, October 17th, during regular class time! It covers sections 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 5.1 and will assume everything from from Appendix A1 through A9 which is a prerequisite for chapters 3, 4 and section 5.1. We will review for the test on Monday and Tuesday of next week. These reviews will be question-based, so be sure to come prepared and equipped with problems that you found you needed help on. GOOD LUCK STUDYING!
10/03: The due date for assignment 13 has changed! Assignment 13 and 13* both are due on Monday, October 8.
9/26: Due to your requests, I am changing my office hours. For the rest of the semester they will be held M 11-12, T 2-3 and Th 11-12 in RLM 11.154.
9/25: Corrections for Midterm 1 are due on Monday, October 1, before class. Here are detailed instructions for those corrections. Don't miss out on your chance to be credited back up to half the points that you missed on the original exam!
9/24: Midterm 1 grades have been posted to eGradebook! Remember the last day to Q-drop is this Wednesday. If you received a 31 or lower on midterm 1, you must come and talk to me in person on Tuesday!
9/18: Office hours CHANGED this week only! On Thursday regular office hours are cancelled. Instead, I will hold them 1:30 pm - 3 pm.
9/16: Our first midterm is on Friday, September 21st, during regular class time! It covers sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 and will assume everything from Appendix A1 through A9 which is a prerequisite for chapters 1 and 2. I have assigned review problems which you find on the homework page. These are not going to be collected, but I expect you to have worked all of them and bring potential questions to class or discussion. Also read through the "Objectives" on page 42 or the textbook (for chapter 1) and page 111 (for chapter 2). In order to do well on the upcoming test and in this class in general, you must master all these things easily and be able to work problems fairly fast. So be sure to practice many, many problems and don't mind repetition! Also be sure to look through your old quizzes, worksheets and homework problems. We will review for the test partly on Wednesday and all of Thursday of this week. These reviews will be question-based so prepare your questions. GOOD LUCK STUDYING!
9/10: I have made a list of some dates that you should mark in your calendar. See the course calendar link below.
8/27: The UT Learning Center (UTLC) is offering a free Algebra Review class on MTWTh, September 10 - 13, from 5 to 6:15 pm. You must sign up in advance at the UTLC in Jester A332A!!
8/27: The first class day is Wednesday, August 29. I am very much looking forward to a great semester of teaching, learning and understanding math with you all :-)

COURSE CALENDAR

Check out a list of some really important dates this semester!

USEFUL LINKS

CLIPS website: Go here to check your most updated semester grades for this course.
The UT Learning Center (UTLC) is a great resource for M505G students. They have videos, practice tests, reviews, and tutoring services. Last but not least they provide a lot of useful handouts, like for example these.
Here is a wonderful handout from the UTLC about TRANSFORMATIONS. Check it out!
http://www.MathematicsHelpCentral.com provides a nice version of the UNIT CIRCLE.