Prerequisite is enforced through the ISIS telephone registration system. M CC 133 aims to help students acquire vocabulary, conceptual understanding, and computational skills that will enable them to make informed financial decisions. Topics include pricing, taxes, insurance, interest, annuities, amortization, and investments. Financial calculators and spreadsheets are essential tools in M CC 133. M CC 133 is conducted in lecture-discussion format.
Students solve problems collaboratively in class.
After several scheduled sessions in a computer lab, students complete spreadsheet exercises outside of class. Prerequisite is enforced through the ISIS telephone registration system. M CC 135 aims to engage liberal arts students in the exploration of mathematical ideas and modes of thought and their application in the arts and humanities. Representative topics include symmetry, levels of infinity, the fourth dimension, contortions of space, chaos and fractals.