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(MATH) Math for liberal arts

3 Credits | 100 Level | 45 Contact hours


REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND COURSE MATERIALS

Textbook: Hacking Mathematics, your free, web-based text for Liberal Arts Mathematics, available at http://www.math.fsu.edu/~wooland/hm/hm.html .



DESCRIPTION

This course covers set theory; symbolic logic; counting principles; permutations and combinations; probability; statistics; geometry; applications and history of mathematics. Course is not intended for students whose programs require precalculus or calculus courses. This course is especially intended for students who will major in areas which do not require further mathematics.



PROGRAM CONTEXT

Unit I: Course introduction - What is math? .Sets, subsets their operations and diagrams.Logic and conditional statements
Unit 2: Arguments and reasoning, Euler diagrams, premises and conclusions. Geometry, area and volume. Graphs and charts. Central tendency (basic statistics)
Unit 3: Statistical distributions
Unit 4: Counting and combinatorial problems. Probability. Conditional probability.
Unit 5: Data analysis



STUDENT LEARNING/COURSE OUTCOMES

We hope that your interest in mathematics will be stimulated in new ways at the same time you are perfecting basic logical and mathematical skills. All of the topics covered by this course will be of help on the CLAST.



ASSESSMENT/GRADES

20% Class work
30% Project --> For what are you going to use math in your life?
20% Midterm
25% Final Exam

Attending class is MANDATORY in this course



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