QUANTITATIVE REASONING (KMCR)

Catalog description

(Equivalent to MATH 10050 ) In the broadest sense, mathematics should provide students the needed quantitative tools, logical reasoning and problem solving skills, and a sense that quantitative modeling can be used to describe and understand developments in many areas of daily living. Since critical thinking is the primary objective and outcome for this course, in each area of concentration (numeracy, mathematical modeling and probability and statistics), students will read and glean information from the problem situation, convert the information into a usable form, perform any needed routine calculations, make or draw a conclusion, and then communicate the result via explanation using quantitative reasoning by writing coherent statements and paragraphs. Students who do not meet the prerequisites but do have a minimum of 3.5 high school GPA should contact the department for approval to register.