Credits do not apply toward graduation. Course may be repeated until passed. The use of descriptive statistics, proportional reasoning, linear and non-linear models to understand, extend, transform, and communicate about relationships between variables. Four or five application areas will be studied using words, numbers, tables, graphs and functions. Topics selected from voting theory, fair apportionment, routing, scheduling, growth, patterns and symmetry, and applications to social issues.
Emphasis is on concepts rather than on manipulative skills.
Knowledge of basic arithmetic and elementary algebra is expected. Topics include linear and quadratic equations, properties of graphs of polynomials, functions and graphs, trigonometry, and their applications to science and technology. Presumes competency in the content of MATH 120. I 4 credits Limits, continuity, the derivative, applications of the derivative, the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Some applications of the integral will be considered.