MAT 129 - Precalculus II: Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry

(4 credits)

Meets Category IV General Education Requirements
60 lecture hours
Prerequisites: MAT 128 or appropriate ACCUPLACER score
This course is the second in the two-semester sequence of precalculus courses. It is intended for students who are on a calculus track and for whom college algebra is not the last mathematics course. The course focuses on trigonometry and analytic geometry. Topics include trigonometric functions and their graphs, right angle and oblique triangle trigonometry, applications of trigonometry, trigonometric equations, inverse trigonometric functions, addition, subtraction and multiple-angle formulas, De Moivre’s theorem, the conic sections (parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas), parametric equations, polar coordinates. This course includes a discussion of sequences and series. A graphing calculator is required.