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mathematics instructor for an orientation.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Designed to fulfill general education requirements, and not designed as a prerequisite for any other college mathematics course. Provides the basic numeracy needed by a college graduate to reason about quantities, their magnitudes, and their relationships between and among other quantities. Topics include linear systems, linear programming, analysis and interpretation of graphs, logic and reasoning, descriptive statistics, the normal distribution, statistical inference, estimation and approximation. Prerequisite: Demonstrated geometry competency (level 2), and Mathematics 0482 (or college equivalent) with a grade of “C” or better or a qualifying score on the mathematics placement test or a qualifying A.C.T. math score
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COURSE OUTLINE
Unit 1: Thinking Critically
and Approaches to Problem Solving
Project 1 – Problem Solving
Chapter 1ABCDE and Chapter 2ABC
The use of a non-programmable, non-graphing
calculator is allowed on Test 1
Conversions and Metric Prefixes are provided
on Test 1
Unit 2: Numbers in the Real
World and Statistical Reasoning
Project 2 – Graphics in the Media – uses
Excel
Chapter 3ABC and Chapter 5ABCD
The use of a non-programmable, non-graphing
calculator is allowed on Test 2
Unit 3: Putting Statistics to
Work
Project 3 – Statistics Using Minitab
Chapter 6ABCD, 13.1, 13.2, 7.1, 7.3
Some Formulas and Tables will be provided
(see Section 4 of Syllabus)
The use of a non-programmable, non-graphing
calculator is allowed on Test 3
Minitab will be used on Test 3
Unit 4: Exponential
Astonishment and Modeling Our World
Project 4 – Systems of Equations and Linear
Programming using DERIVE
Chapter 8ABC, Chapter 9ABC, 8.7, 8.8
Some Formulas will be provided (see Section 4
of Syllabus)
The use of a non-programmable, non-graphing
calculator is allowed on Part 1,
DERIVE will be used on Part 2 of Test 4
This
is a three-semester-hour-credit course.
The prerequisites for Math
1220 are demonstrated geometry competency (level 2), and
Math 0482 (or college equivalent) with a grade of C or better or a qualifying score on the mathematics
placement test or a qualifying A.C.T.
math sub-score.
Also, you need a commitment
to study and the time (6 - 9 hours per week) to complete the assigned work.
07/19/2010