This document provides an overview of the PreAP Trigonometry and Statistics course taught by Professor Edgar Arturo Orozco Díaz. It includes information about the professor's background and tutoring hours, the course objectives, required materials and software, grading policies, class rules, and exam policies. Students will learn trigonometric functions, statistics, polar and parametric equations, sequences and series, and limits as an introduction to calculus. The course grade is based on homework, projects, quizzes, exams, and a national math exam. Students are advised to be patient, give their best effort, ask for help, and follow the evaluation policies.

1. TRIGONOMETRY AND
INTRODUCTION TO
STATISTICS – PreAP course
Professor: Ing. Edgar Arturo Orozco Díaz
January – May 2018
eorozco@itesm.mx
Welcome!!

2. Course Introduction / Policies
• Personal Presentation
• Educational Objectives
• Bibliography
• Grading policies
• Class / disciplinary rules
• Projects / Exams, HW, etc.

3. Personal Presentation
• Who am I?
– I consider myself a respectful and honest
person, serious in my work but considerate to
those who I care about.
• Date of birth:
– April 17th, 1982
• Hobbies:
– Travelling, swimming, being with my family
and friends, videogames.

4. Personal Presentation
• Education:
– Bachelor degree in
Industrial and Systems
Engineering, ITESM
Campus Guadalajara,
2000 - 2004
– Masters degree in
Engineering – Quality
Systems and Productivity,
Universidad Virtual, 2009 -
2011

5. • Tutoring time:
– Tuesday - Thursday 2:30 – 3:30 PM, or by
appointment in my office
– Place: 3rd floor, building 5.
– Bring class notes
– NOT a personal class
– There will be no tutoring one day prior to a
mid-partial or a partial exam.

6. Educational Objectives
(summary)
• Describe and analyze trigonometric
functions in diverse contexts.
• Analyze and interpret data using
statistical graphs and/or measures
of central tendency and dispersion.
• Understand the definition and
concepts related to polar and
parametric equations.
• Understand the elements of the
arithmetic and geometric sequences
and series.
• Recognize the definition and
properties of the limit as an
introduction to Calculus.
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

7. Educational Objectives
• For that:
– Notation and
Mathematical language
– Algebra and Arithmetics
– Analysis and critical
thinking
– Mathematical concepts

8. Bibliography:
• Textbook:
–Precalculus. Stewart,
Redlin, Watson.
CENGAGE editions,
USA, 6th edition,
2006.
– The book will be used for
HW/activities and theory in general.

9. Class material:
• Notebook (exclusively for Math, squared
sheets), for notes and activities.
• HW / activities (printed from Blackboard).
• Blackboard (http://miscursos.tec.mx).
• Block of millimetric paper, ruler, geometry
set, protractor, compass, scientific
calculator.

10. Software:
• Geogebra
http://www.geogebra.org
• Desmos:
http://www.desmos.com/calculator
• Excel from MS Office (1st partial)

11. Support material:
• Dugopolski, M. (2004). Precalculus. Functions and graphs. 2nd
Edition. Addison Wesley. Upper Saddle River, NJ. EU.
• Swokowski, E. and Cole, Jeffery. (2011) Álgebra y
Trigonometría con Geometría Analítica. 13ª edición (en
español). CENGAGE Learning. EUA / México
Internet links:
• Hippocampus: http://www.hippocampus.org
• Wolfram: http://mathworld.wolfram.com
• Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org

12. Grading policies
• 3 partials.
• Each partial consists of:
– HW/ Activities
– One project per partial
– Miniquizes (2)
– One Mid-Partial Exam
– One Partial Exam
• Final Exam
• National Math exam (April 11)
Schedule
Page 1

13. Grading policies

14. • How will I know if I’m doing
OK?:
– Each activity and exam
counts towards the final
grade.
– Each week the teacher will
update the SIT (mitec) with
the grades.

15. CLASS RULES (*all rules are in Page 1)
Be careful on the issues:
• Punctuality
• Food / drinks -> Trash / classroom should be clean
• Cellphones / other electronic devices
• Talking in class / Attitude in general
• Class material
• Clothing (no caps, sandals, piercings or pants with
holes)
*Discipline through the SEDIS
system

16. CLASS RULES (*all rules are in Page 1)
What you CAN / MUST DO:
• Bring all material: notebook, HW / activities,
textbook, scientific calculator (when asked).
• Pay attention to your teacher and / or classmates.
• Ask questions when you do not understand
something.
• Express your opinion on how the course is going.
• Ask for assistance from your teacher.

17. Class Attitude
The class follows two
fundamental values:
• Respect
• Responsibility
• And following the
CODE OF HONOR of
the Prepa TEC

18. • You must bring the HW / activity to each
class, printed from Blackboard.
• If an activity is not finished in class, you must
finish it on your own, as Homework.
• Activities will be evaluated when the teacher
specifies (dates are on the schedule).
• Cheating any activity is unacceptable and
cancels the grade.
HW / Activities

19. Partial Project
• Every partial there is a project, done in
teams of 4.
– 1st Partial: Pre-project (4%) and final (10%).
– 2nd Partial: Pre-project (4%) and final (10%).
– 3rd Partial: Pre-Project (2%) and final (6%).
• The projects consist in the investigation
and solution of applications from the topics
seen in the partial.
• A coevaluation will be done among the
team members.

20. *Any notation and / or simbology mistakes will make you
lose 5% of the grade of the exercise.
If you write only the answer – 0 % of the
evaluation
If you USE the correct procedure – 25% or
50% of the evaluation
If you write a wrong answer with correct
procedures – 75% of the evaluation
To have 100% of the evaluation, you have to
use correct answers with correct procedure.
Evaluation policies

21. Assistance:
• Every student has the right to two weeks of
absences for the semester.
• One more week is allowed if by the third partial your
average grade is greater than 83.
• There are not justified absences. You miss the
class, you miss the assistance.
Late arrival:
• Not allowed. The teacher will close the door when
the bell rings.
Other policies

22. EXAMS
• Exams are applied on the indicated days.
Miniquizes are based on the activities and
class examples.
• Formularies are not permitted.
• If you miss the day:
– The absence must be justified. If it’s valid, the
grade will be over 100%; if not, over 70%.
• Cellphones are not allowed.

23. EXAMS
• Grading policy for Mid, Partial and Final
exams:

24. Special advice!
• To pass Math IV -
PreAP you should:
– Be patient.
– Give your best effort
since DAY ONE.
– Have a positive
attitude.
– Ask for help when you
need it.
– Be mindful of the
evaluation policies.

25. Next class:
• Bring HW / Activity 1, printed
• Start forming teams of 4 members for the
1st Project
• On Wednesday, the instructions of the 1st
project will be given.