Math Literacy

Catalog description

This course focuses on mathematics for everyday life. It integrates fluency with numbers, proportional reasoning, data interpretation, algebraic reasoning, modeling, and communicating quantitative information. Mathematical concepts are investigated through group problems and class discussions based on real-life contexts of citizenship, personal finances, and medical literacy. This course prepares students to take a college-level non-STEM course in mathematics, such as MAT 104, 112, 113, or MAT 118. Students placing at this level and needing MAT 114 should take MAT 087 or MAT 088 instead of this course. Prerequisite: Arithmetic skills.