COURSE OUTLINE

TERM: Spring 2025 COURSE NO. : MATH 100

INSTRUCTOR: DR. SHIVA GOL TABAGHI COURSE: Precalculus

Email: [email protected] Section:

Website: https://moodle.fraseric.ca/course/view.php?id=3833 2 , 3 and 4

Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:30- 13:30 in 2340 and Wednesdays 12:30-13:30 in 2330

Course Format
This course will be delivered fully in-person. Students are expected to fully participate in this class.

Course Prerequisites

BC Principles of Mathematics 11 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B or BC Pre-calculus 12 (or

equivalent) with a grade of at least C.
Objectives
This course is designed to prepare students for first year Calculus courses. Topics include language and
notation of mathematics; problem solving; algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric
functions and their graphs.

Required Text
Opensource online textbook: Precalculus
download PDF from https://openstax.org/details/books/precalculus

Course Assessment
Final exam 40%
Midterm exam I 15%
Midterm exam II 15%
5 Quizzes (best 5 of 7) 15%
5 Homework Assignments 5%
5 In-class Practice Sheets 10%
_________________________________________
Total 100%
Calculators are not allowed on quizzes, tests and final exam. I strongly suggest you practice not to use
them even for completing assignments.
The final exam is cumulative. It will cover all the topics that we study during the semester. Please note
that the final exam is in-person exam, and the schedule will not be released until later in the semester.

The midterm exam I will be scheduled for week 5 or 6. The exact time and date will be announced in
the class two weeks prior to the exam. This is an in-person exam and it will be scheduled outside our
weekly class time.

The midterm exam II will be scheduled for week 10 or 11. The exact time and date will be announced
in the class two weeks prior to the exam. This is an in-person exam and it will be scheduled outside our
weekly class time.

There are 5 quizzes and 5 in-class practice sheets. There must be completed in-person during our class
time.

The weekly assignments will be posted on Moodle. These are selected exercises from the book to
encourage you to practice throughout the semester. There are essential in developing understanding
of course material and would provide you with a good practice for quizzes. Success in this course
requires lots of practice and these exercises are where you will get this practice.
Class Participation
Students are expected to attend classes, complete quizzes, and assignments exercises. If you cannot
attend the class and have a strong valid excuse, then you must send me an email before the start of
class time to explain the reason for your absence.

Grade Distribution
Letter grades are assigned based on the course mark that is determined by the weighted average of
quizzes, assignments, midterm, and final exam; and in keeping with SFU’s grading system and policies.

Communication
You can join my in-person office hours to ask math questions. You can also email me at
[email protected] to book an online office hour if not able to join the in-person office hours.
Please include in the subject line the course name, section number, and your FIC ID. You can expect to
get a reply within 48 hours except on weekends.

Make-up Exams
FIC does not offer any make-up opportunities for missed final exams. Please be sure to check your
exam schedule very carefully. If you miss an exam for any reason, please see an advisor immediately.
If you have documented reasons for exam accommodations, please see an advisor immediately.
There will be no make-up quiz or exam. If you miss a quiz or an exam you will receive a zero for it
unless you provide a credible and documented reason for your absence.

Academic Integrity Policy

Academic integrity refers the values on which academic work must be founded: Honesty, trust,
fairness, respect and responsibility. Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or
tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the
fundamental ethical principles of the community and compromise the worth of work completed by
other.

Students found to have breached the regulations related to any form of academic misconduct
including but not limited to plagiarism, cheating, sharing solutions, getting help from others will be
subject to the following measures:

• Suspected offence: An oral examination will be scheduled, and its grade will replace your
written exam grade.
• First offence: Awarded “0” for the assessment and given a permanent record on their file
• Second Offence: Awarded “0” for the course, regardless of whether the offence was committed
in the same course or another course
• Third Offence: Risk expulsion from FIC and the cancellation of Study Permit

It is solely the student’s responsibility to be aware of Academic Integrity Policy and consequences of
violating it. The policy is available at: http://85401dc13f6ba5867f46-
aacfababc729cd49a24606938417f53d.r33.cf6.rackcdn.com/FIC_Academic_Integrity_Policy.pdf

• By way of example only, academic offences include:

• Plagiarism
• Contribution by a student to another student’s work with the knowledge that such work maybe
submitted by the other student as their own
• Unauthorized collaboration
• Obtaining the questions or answers to an exam or other unauthorized resource
• Use of another person’s exam during an exam
• Communication with anyone other than the instructor during an exam and any unauthorized
assistance during an exam
• Impersonation
• Falsification of a document, a fact, data or a reference
• Communicating with classmates regarding any aspect of the exam or course once you begin the
exam
• Posting or sharing the exam content, including exam questions, or your answers both during
and after submission
 If any of the above is suspected, you may be asked to participate in a post-exam interview.

How Can You Do Well in This Course?

1. Read the sections ahead of time. The course schedule tells you which sections you will learn
each week. Read the relevant sections each week before you come to class.
2. Complete the assignments. Practice, practice and practice. Start in the first week, don’t wait
until the exam time.
3. Take smart notes. The lecture outlines are posted in the portal. Print those off and bring them
to the class. Then, that day, you will have time to work on the examples and problems on your
own and with a group of students. Write out your work on each example and compare them
with the solution I provide in the class. Find your errors (if any) and learn not to repeat errors.
Elaborate, explain, and keep them to study from them in the future.
4. Understand…don’t memorize. You need to understand concepts and mathematical ideas. This
means that you need to think about them and practice a few examples in order to learn how to
apply mathematical ideas and concepts.

THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS COURSE OUTLINE
AND COURSE SCHEDULE.

Topics Schedule

Week Topics Textbook Sections Assignment Due

1 Functions and Function Notation, Sections 1.1, 1.2 Assignment 0 (algebraic

Domain and Range review)

2 Absolute Value Functions, Linear Sections 1.6, 2.1, 2.2 Assignment 1,

Functions, Graphs of Linear Functions

3 Composition of functions Sections 1.4, 1.5 Assignment 2, Quiz 1

Transformation of Functions

4 Inverse functions and graphs Sections 1.7 Assignment 3,

Test 1
5 Quadratic Functions, Polynomial Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 Assignment 4, Quiz 2
Functions

6 Rational functions, Exponential Sections 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2 Assignment 5,

Functions

7 Exponential Functions and Graphs, Sections 4.2, 4.3 Assignment 6, Quiz 3

Logarithmic Functions

8 Logarithmic Functions, Rules for Sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 Assignment 7, Quiz 4
Logarithms, Natural Logarithms

Test 2

9 Unit circle, radians, sine and cosine Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

10 Trigonometric Functions and identities Sections 6.1, 6.2 Assignment 8, Quiz 5

11 Inverse trigonometric functions, Solving Sections 6.3,7.1 Assignment 9, Quiz 6

Trigonometric Equations

12 Double-angle, addition and subtraction Sections 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2 Assignment 10, Quiz 7
formulas , Transformations of
trigonometric functions

13 Review for the final exam