We can teach a course in which math skills become comfortable, phobias are overcome, and students will take pride in being able to apply this knowledge to everyday life. Math is learned by doing it. It will be more motivating if the application of math is clear and meaningful. Our approach is to interleave the teaching of fundamental math concepts with the associated fundamentals of speech and hearing in order to directly link the two. Each has a project, frequently done with the aid of advanced work with Excel.
Problem sets to review and develop math concepts accompany each project.