MAT-143: Quantitative Literacy

Program
Credits 3 Lab 2 Lecture 2
Clinical/WkExp
0

State Prerequisites

ENG-002 P1 and MAT-003 P1 or satisfactory placement scores.

Session Cycle
ALL
Course Material Fee
$85.39
Description

This course is designed to engage students in complex and realistic situations involving the mathematical phenomena of quantity, change and relationship, and uncertainty through project- and activity-based assessment. Emphasis is placed on authentic contexts which will introduce the concepts of numeracy, proportional reasoning, dimensional analysis, rates of growth, personal finance, consumer statistics, practical probabilities, and mathematics for citizenship. Upon completion, students should be able to utilize quantitative information as consumers and to make personal, professional, and civic decisions by decoding, interpreting, using, and communicating quantitative information found in modern media and encountered in everyday life.

This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement for transferability as a general education course in Mathematics. This is a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course for the Associate in Arts degree. It satisfies other General Education hours for the Associate in Science degree.