| DIVISION | Science and Mathematics |
| CURRICULUM | College Transfer |
| TITLE | Mathematics, A Practical Art |
| NUMBER | MATH 107 |
| TYPE | Mathematics |
| CREDITS | Five |
| LENGTH | One quarter of five lecture hours per week. |
| CLASS SIZE | 35 |
| PREREQUISITE | MATH 098 with 2.0 or better or 1 and 1/2 years of high school algebra and placement exam. |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course for non-science majors. Emphasizes the application of mathematical concepts and techniques to realistic problems. Discusses the uses and abuses of mathematics. Topics may include any or all from the list below. This course fulfills math requirements for the A.A. degree and satisfies the quantitative and symbolic reasoning component of the proficiency requirement at the University of Washington. COURSE OBJECTIVES: To acquaint liberal arts students with basic concepts of mathematics and with certain mathematical tools and models. To place mathematical concepts in historical perspective and to indicate relevant applications with special emphasis on uses of probability and statistics and exponential functions. COURSE CONTENT: A selection from among the following topics will be presented: 1. Mathematical modes of problem solving a. inductive vs. deductive reasoning b. intuition and formalism 2. Linear equations a. in one variable and graphing in two variables b. graphing linear equations in two variables c. systems of linear equations 3. Linear programming 4. Probability a. methods of counting b. elementary theory (binomial, Pascal's triangle, independent and dependent events) 5. Statistics a. frequency distributions d. sampling b. central tendency e. abuses c. dispersion 6. Exponential growth a. populations b. economics 7. Computer use a. algorithms b. elementary programming in BASIC |
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