Paced Syllabus of Math 17 for Second Semester AY 2013-2014

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Mtg Date Day Topic(s) for Discussion
1 Nov 07 Thursday Orientation and Release of Class Policies
2 Nov 08 Friday Sets (basic notations, relations and operations on sets); Interval Notations
3 Nov 12 Tuesday Exercises
4 Nov 13 Wednesday The Real Number System, Algebraic Expressions, Integer Exponents
5 Nov 14 Thursday Exercises
6 Nov 15 Friday Polynomials and operations between them; Factoring
7 Nov 19 Tuesday Exercises
8 Nov 20 Wednesday Rational Expressions and operations between them; Simplifying Complex Fractions
9 Nov 21 Thursday Exercises
10 Nov 22 Friday Rational Exponents and Radicals; Operations on Radicals
11 Nov 26 Tuesday Exercises
12 Nov 27 Wednesday Set of Complex Numbers; Operations on complex numbers
13 Nov 28 Thursday Exercises
14 Nov 29 Friday Review for Exam 1
1 Dec 03 Tuesday EXAM 1
2 Dec 04 Wednesday Linear and Quadratic Equations; Applications to Word Problems
3 Dec 05 Thursday Exercises
4 Dec 06 Friday Rational Equations, Radical equations , Equations Involving Absolute Values
5 Dec 10 Tuesday Exercises
6 Dec 11 Wednesday Inequalities: polynomial, rational, absolute value
7 Dec 12 Thursday Exercises
8 Dec 13 Friday Two-Dimensional Coordinate System; Graphs of Equations (up to lines)
9 Dec 17 Tuesday Exercises

10 Jan 07 Tuesday Recap of Topics

11 Jan 08 Wednesday Graphs of Equations (Circles and Parabolas); Symmetries
12 Jan 09 Thursday Exercises
13 Jan 10 Friday Systems of Equations: two linear equations, involving quadratic, three linear equations
14 Jan 14 Tuesday Exercises
15 Jan 15 Wednesday Applications to Systems of Equations; Variation
16 Jan 16 Thursday Exercises; Review for Exam 2
17 Jan 17 Friday Functions: notation, evaluation, domain and range, graphs
1 Jan 21 Tuesday EXAM 2
2 Jan 22 Wednesday Some Types of Functions; Operations on Functions
3 Jan 23 Thursday Exercises
4 Jan 24 Friday Polynomial Functions and their Zeroes
5 Jan 28 Tuesday Exercises
6 Jan 29 Wednesday Polynomial Functions and their Zeroes (cont); Inverse Functions
7 Jan 30 Thursday Exercises
8 Jan 31 Friday CHINESE NEW YEAR
9 Feb 04 Tuesday Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
10 Feb 05 Wednesday Equations involving exponential and logarithmic functions
11 Feb 06 Thursday Exercises
12 Feb 07 Friday Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
13 Feb 11 Tuesday Exercises
14 Feb 12 Wednesday Review for Exam 3
1 Feb 13 Thursday EXAM 3
2 Feb 14 Friday Angles; the Point Function; Circular Functions
3 Feb 18 Tuesday Exercises
4 Feb 19 Wednesday Graphs of Circular Functions; Graphing y=a sin b(x-c) + d; Trigonometric Functions
5 Feb 20 Thursday Exercises
6 Feb 21 Friday Proving Identities Involving Circular Functions; Sum and Difference Identities
7 Feb 25 Tuesday EDSA REVOLUTION Anniversary
8 Feb 26 Wednesday Proving Identities and Evaluation Exercises
9 Feb 27 Thursday Exercises
10 Feb 28 Friday Co-function, Double-Measure, Half-Measure, Product-to-sum, Sum-to-product Identities
11 Mar 04 Tuesday Exercises
12 Mar 05 Wednesday Review for Exam 4
1 Mar 06 Thursday EXAM 4
2 Mar 07 Friday Equations Involving Circular Functions
1 Mar 11 Tuesday Exercises
2 Mar 12 Wednesday Inverse Circular Functions; Equations involving Inverse Circular Functions
3 Mar 13 Thursday Exercises
4 Mar 14 Friday Trigonometric Functions; Right Triangle Solutions; Laws of Sine and Cosine
5 Mar 18 Tuesday Exercises
6 Mar 19 Wednesday Polar Form of Complex Numbers and their Product, Quotients, Powers, Roots
7 Mar 20 Thursday Exercises; Review for Exam 5
8 Mar 21 Friday EXAM 5