Explores trends toward the internationalization of the environment in terms of growing interest in sustainable development and the tensions between global trade and environmental protection. NS LA Introduction to probability theory, mathematics of finance, and linear programming. Additional topics at the instructor s discretion. NS LA Introduction to calculus with emphasis on problems in business, economics, and social science. Basic concepts involved in statistical reasoning, such as sampling and experimental design, description of data, normal approximation to data, correlation and regression, and probability.
Emphasis is on understanding the use of statistics rather than on how to do statistical analysis.
LA Descriptive statistical techniques, review of basic probability, random variables and their distributions, statistical inference including problems of estimation and hypothesis testing, and correlation and regression analysis. Not open to students who have taken 313-31400. Problems HU LA 1a Introduction to philosophy that focuses on perennial philosophical problems such as the relation of the mind to the body, the possibility of truth and objectivity, the purpose of human life, and the existence of God. Covers the traditional logic of the syllogism and the logic of truth functions. The complex and subtle relationships between major political institutions and major communication media.