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In this course students will use mathematics to model and analyze problems from the natural and social sciences. There will be a good deal of mathematical content as well. Quantitative reasoning courses such as this one have become more common in recent years as an appropriate way for many students to meet some of their general education requirements in mathematics. This course will enhance the student's ability to understand and apply the language of mathematics.
Keep in mind that web courses in general, and a mathematics web course even more so, require a great deal of work and dedication on the student's part. The profits of learning this material in this manner are rich and something that the student will keep for a lifetime. The benefits of being able to choose their own times to work on the course and their own setting will hopefully add to the students' enjoyment of the content. A topic such as this can be mastered by keeping an honest and open line of communication.
The successful completion of the equivalent of one course in geometry is a prerequisite for all credit mathematics courses.
UW Colleges Catalog Course Description for MAT 108: Quantitative Reasoning - 3 credits. This course is intended to develop analytic reasoning and the ability to solve quantitative problems. Topics to be covered include construction and interpretation of graphs, functional relationships, descriptive statistics, geometry and spatial visualization, math of finance, exponential growth, and basic probability. Appropriate use of units and dimensions, estimates, mathematical notation and available technology will be emphasized throughout the course.
Successful completion of this course will meet the Mathematics Core Requirement of the UW Colleges Associate of Arts and Science (AAS) degree. If a student has already met this core requirement through the successful completion of Math 110, a passing grade in this course will earn three Mathematical Science (MS) credits toward the Math and Natural Sciences breadth requirement of the AAS degree.
Prerequisites: (a) two years of high school algebra, (b) a grade of C or better in MAT 105, or (c) course(s) equivalent to (a) or (b).
Successful completion of this course will enhance students' ability to
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