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May 19, 2024
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MATH& 107 - Math in Society 5 Credits Exposes students to a wide variety of topics in which mathematical knowledge or reasoning can help them understand the complex systems that affect them in today’s technological society. The topics covered may differ between sections, but can include the mathematics of finance (loans, annuities, etc.), circuits, symmetry or voting systems.
Pre-requisite(s) MATH 091 min 2.0 Placement Eligibility Math 107, 111, 146, 180, 098 Fees
Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Online Winter Online Spring Day, Online
Designed to Serve Students needing credits for their Natural Science distribution or to meet a quantitative skills requirement. Active Date 2016-02-18
Grading System Decimal Grade Class Limit 32 Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0 Total Contact Hours 55 Degree Distributions: AA - Quantitative Skills
- Science
ProfTech Related Instruction
Course Outline - Exponential Growth
- Financial Mathematics
- Statistic
- Probability
A minimum of 3 to topics from the following:
- Voting Systems
- Fair Division
- Apportionment
- Euler Circuits
- Hamilton Circuits
- Networks
- Scheduling
- Fractals
- Fibonacci Numbers
- Symmetry
Student Learning Outcomes Students will read a complex problem requiring quantitative and/or symbolic analysis, use flexibility in selecting a solution strategy, and impose an appropriate mathematical structure or mathematical procedure in solving the problem.
Students will determine the reasonableness and implications of mathematical solutions, and will recognize the limitations of the methods used in context.
Students will apply mathematical processes and solutions in making personal and societal choices.
Student will use appropriate representations to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, quantitative results and mathematical processes.
Students will demonstrate proficiency in the skills supporting mathematical understanding.
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