Recommended Courses Listed below are some of the courses recommended to students with the indicated interests. Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Courses 60a. Introduction to College Mathematics. This course, in conjunction with Mathematics 161 or 165, is intended as a one-year introduction to mathematics and is recommended for those students who intend to take only one year of college mathematics. An introduction to the ideas of statistics.
Students learn how to reason statistically and how to interpret and draw conclusions from data.
The course is designed for students who want to grasp the nature of statistical information. Open to first-year students and sophomores who want to improve their quantitative skills. It is recommended that students with a background in calculus enroll in Mathematics 165. Four to five hours of class meetings and computer laboratory sessionsper week, on average. Open to students who have taken at least three years of mathematics in secondary school.