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110
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Mathematics in our World
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Quantitative literacy plays an important role in an increasing number of professional fields, as well as in the daily decision-making of informed citizens in our changing society. This course is designed to improve students' quantitative reasoning and problem solving skills by acquainting them with various real-world applications of mathematical reasoning, such as fair division, voting and apportionment, graph theory, probability, statistics, the mathematics of finance, check digits and coding, and geometry. This course is recommended for students who wish to take a non-calculus based mathematics class as they prepare for their lives as informed members of a larger world. Prerequisite: high school algebra. (Quant)
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115
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Introduction to Statistics
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The course uses real world data sets from the social and natural sciences to help students understand and interpret statistical information. Computer software is used to study data from graphical and numerical perspectives. Topics covered include measures of central tendency and dispersion ("descriptive statistics"), probability distributions, sampling methods, point and interval estimation ("confidence Intervals"), correlation, regression, contingency tables and tests of hypotheses. Prerequisite: high school algebra. This class does not count towards the mathematics major or minor or the mathematics/statistics major. Prerequisite: high school algebra. (Quant)
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123
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Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
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This course provides pre-service K-8 teachers a strong foundation in the mathematics content areas as described in the NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The content standards include: Numbers and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Statistics and Probability. This course will engage students in standards-based mathematics learning to prepare them for the pedagogical practices they will learn in ED 323. Prerequisite: one year of high school algebra, one year of high school geometry and admission into the teacher education program. Co-requisite: Education 323. (Quant)
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130
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Precalculus with Derivatives I
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Algebraic and graphical representations of functions; exponentials; techniques of solving equations and inequalities; modeling; introduction to instantaneous rates of change: limits, derivatives of polynomial functions; continuity. Graphing calculator use is required. (Students who earn credit for 130 may not earn credit for 140.) (Quant)
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131
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Precalculus with Derivatives II
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Continuation of topics of Math 130 to rational, logarithmic, and exponential functions and their derivatives; applications. Graphing calculator use is required. (Students who earn credit for 131 may not earn credit for 140.) Prerequisite: 130. Only offered In J-term. (Quant)
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140
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Precalculus with Derivatives I & II
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Algebraic and graphical representations of functions: polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic; techniques of solving equations and inequalities; modeling; introduction to instantaneous rates of change: limits, derivatives; continuity; applications of derivatives. Graphing calculator use is required. (Students who earn credit for 140 may not earn credit for 130 or 131.) (Quant)
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