MATH& 107 Math in Society (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Natural Sciences; Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MATH 107 - CCN
Prerequisite Completion of Guided Self-Placement (GSP).
Course Description
A course in contemporary mathematics applied to a variety of fields. Topics include statistics, growth models, finance math, and other instructor-chosen topics focused on applied problems and communicating solutions. The course provides a solid foundation in the quantitative reasoning, symbolic reasoning, and critical thinking needed for citizenship.
Course Content
Descriptive Statistics Growth Models Finance Math Other topics may include: Problem Solving Ratios, Proportions and Percentages Logic Probability History of Mathematics Numeration Consumer Mathematics Geometry & Measurement Discrete Math (set theory, graph theory, scheduling, voting theory, game theory, fair division) Math in the Arts (Fibonacci numbers, fractals, golden ratio)
Student Outcomes
- Read quantitative scenarios, extract relevant details, and obtain necessary additional information to solve problems and make informed decisions.
- Identify and execute strategies and apply mathematical techniques to solve problems in diverse scenarios and contexts.
- Choose and use appropriate representations to model and solve problems, effectively communicate mathematical processes and solutions, and illustrate other quantitative information.
- Interpret and evaluate mathematical solutions and other quantitative information, describe their implications, and use them to make decisions.
- Evaluate quantitative information through a lens of mathematics as a tool for informing and influencing individuals and societies, including how it can be misinterpreted and misused.
Degree Outcomes
Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning: Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
Discussions Written Assignments Individual and Group Projects Individual and Group Presentations Homework Quizzes Objective Tests
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