Not applicable as mathematics credit towards majors in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics. Three hours lecture and two hours of laboratory. A one-semester course which studies systems of linear equations, matrices, linear programming, mathematics of finance, and offers applications to problems of modern society and business. Designed to meet needs of all liberal arts students. An introductory course in the differential and integral calculus of polynomial, exponential and logarithm functions.
Emphasis is placed on application of the techniques of calculus.
A study of selected topics from algebra and trigonometry including equations and inequalities of the first and second degree, linear and quadratic functions, systems of linear equations, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, exponential and logarithmic functions, right triangle trigonometry, trigonometric functions of real numbers, trigonometric identities and trigonometric equations. An introduction to some of the basic concepts and procedures common to many applications of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, a brief study of probability, distributions of selected discrete and continuous random variables, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. A study of the calculus of elementary real-valued functions. Topics studied will include the limit concept, the derivative, the integral.