In addition to the regular courses listed below, special courses are occasionally available. A self-paced study of arithmetic and decimals, fractions, the real number line, factoring, solutions to linear and quadratic equations, graphs of linear and quadratic functions, expressions with rational exponents, algebraic functions, exponential functions, and inequalities. This course is limited to students placed therein by the Mathematics Department. One-half unit of credit. Other topics may include index numbers, time series, sampling design, and experimental design.
Course also includes some use of a microcomputer.
Credit for or exemption from MATH 100. An introduction to the analysis of counting problems. The nature of the subject allows questions to be posed in everyday language while still developing soph-isticated mathematical concepts. An intuitive approach to the calculus concepts with applications to business, biology, and social-science problems. Not open to students who have completed MATH 128.