Department: Mathematics
Course: MAT 1375
Title: Precalculus

Description: Topics include an in-depth study of functions such as polynomial functions, radical functions, rational functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; connections to vectors and complex numbers; solving trigonometric equations, and identities involving sum, double and half-angle formulas; Binomial Theorem and progressions.

Text: Precalculus Second Edition By Thomas Tradler and Holly Carley
Available on www.lulu.com
Free PDF

Credits: 4

Prerequisite: MAT 1275 (or placement)

Course outline Prepared by Professor Thomas Tradler (Spring 2013)

Section: D574
Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:00-11:40am
Classroom: Namm 816
Instructor: Kate Poirier
Email: kpoirier@citytech.cuny.edu
Office: Namm 707
Open Office hours for students: Tuesdays, 12pm-1pm or by appointment

Mathematics Department Policy on Lateness/Absence:

  • Students who never attend the course will be assigned a grade of WN.
  • Students who stop attending the course before the week of the final exam will be assigned a grade of WU.

In credit bearing courses, the WU and WN grades count as an F in the computation of the GPA. The official Mathematics Department policy is that two latenesses (this includes arriving late or leaving early) is equivalent to one absence. Every withdrawal (official or unofficial) can affect a student’s financial aid status, because withdrawal from a course will change the number of credits or equated credits that are counted toward financial aid.

New York City College of Technology Policy on Academic Integrity:
Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. The complete text of the College policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the catalog.