MA 111 Course Calendar

The schedule below lists the planned activities for this course. See the course syllabus for additional course information. Typos are possible. You are responsible for tracking university closures, final exam schedules, etc. through the NC State University Academic Calendar.

Due dates for assignments should be confirmed through Moodle. Always check the assignments themselves for specific dates. These due dates are tentative based on the start of the semester; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.

Week 1 (Monday, January 12 - Friday, January 16)

Modules 1 and 2: "Functions
Absolute Values"

Assignments
  • Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Monday, January 12)
  • Intro to WebAssign (Sunday, January 18)
  • Entering Symbolic Answers (Sunday, January 18)
  • Module 1 Exercises (Sunday, January 18)
  • Module 1 Applications (Sunday, January 18)
  • Module 2 Exercises (Sunday, January 18)
  • Module 2 Applications (Sunday, January 18)

Week 2 (Monday, January 19 - Friday, January 23)

Modules 3 and 4: "Function Notation
Function Operations"

Assignments
  • Module 3 Exercises (Sunday, January 25)
  • Module 3 Applications (Sunday, January 25)
  • Module 4 Exercises (Sunday, January 25)
  • Module 4 Applications (Sunday, January 25)
Important Dates
  • Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Week 3 (Monday, January 26 - Friday, January 30)

Modules 5 and 6: "Linear Functions
Quadratic Functions"

Assignments
  • Module 5 Exercises (Sunday, February 1)
  • Module 5 Applications (Sunday, February 1)
  • Module 6 Exercises (Sunday, February 1)
  • Module 6 Applications (Sunday, February 1)

Week 4 (Monday, February 2 - Friday, February 6)

Modules 7 and 8: "Polynomial Functions
Piecewise Functions"

Assignments
  • Module 7 Exercises (Sunday, February 8)
  • Module 7 Applications (Sunday, February 8)
  • Module 8 Exercises (Sunday, February 8)
  • Module 8 Applications (Sunday, February 8)

Week 5 (Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13)

Review

📝 Midterm 1: Wednesday, February 11 -- Friday, February 13
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 6 (Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20)

Modules 9 and 10: "Rational Functions
Inverse Functions"

Assignments
  • Module 9 Exercises (Sunday, February 22)
  • Module 9 Applications (Sunday, February 22)
  • Module 10 Exercises (Sunday, February 22)
  • Module 10 Applications (Sunday, February 22)
Important Dates

Week 7 (Monday, February 23 - Friday, February 27)

Modules 11 and 12: "Exponential Functions
Logarithmic Functions"

Assignments
  • Module 11 Exercises (Sunday, March 1)
  • Module 11 Applications (Sunday, March 1)
  • Module 12 Exercises (Sunday, March 1)
  • Module 12 Applications (Sunday, March 1)

Week 8 (Monday, March 2 - Friday, March 6)

Modules 13 and 14: "Exponential Equations &
Application Problems"

Assignments
  • Module 13 Exercises (Sunday, March 8)
  • Module 13 Applications (Sunday, March 8)
  • Module 14 Exercises (Sunday, March 8)
  • Module 14 Applications (Sunday, March 8)

Week 9 (Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13)

Modules 15 and 16: "Angles
Right Triangle Trigonometry"

Assignments
  • Module 15 Exercises (Sunday, March 15)
  • Module 15 Applications (Sunday, March 15)
  • Module 16 Exercises (Sunday, March 15)
  • Module 16 Applications (Sunday, March 15)
📝 Midterm 2: Wednesday, March 11 -- Friday, March 13
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 10 (Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20)

Spring Break

Important Dates
  • Monday, March 16 -- Friday, March 20: Spring Break 🌸

Week 11 (Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27)

Modules 17 and 18: "Generalized Angles
Graphs of Trig. Functions"

Assignments
  • Module 17 Exercises (Sunday, March 29)
  • Module 17 Applications (Sunday, March 29)
  • Module 18 Exercises (Sunday, March 29)
  • Module 18 Applications (Sunday, March 29)

Week 12 (Monday, March 30 - Friday, April 3)

Review

Week 13 (Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10)

Modules 19 and 20: "Inverse Trig. Functions
Trigonometric Equations"

Assignments
  • Module 19 Exercises (Sunday, April 12)
  • Module 19 Applications (Sunday, April 12)
  • Module 20 Exercises (Sunday, April 12)
  • Module 20 Applications (Sunday, April 12)

Week 14 (Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17)

Modules 21 and 22: Conic Sections; parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas

Assignments
  • Module 21 Exercises (Sunday, April 19)
  • Module 21 Applications (Sunday, April 19)
  • Module 22 Exercises (Sunday, April 19)
  • Module 22 Applications (Sunday, April 19)
📝 Midterm 3: Wednesday, April 15 -- Friday, April 17
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 15 (Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24)

Review week

Week 16 (Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1)

Assignments
  • Final Exam Opens (Thursday, April 30)
Important Dates

Week 17 (Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8)

Assignments
  • Final Exam Closes (Monday, May 4)