Math Literacy for College.

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students develop mathematical reasoning skills and the foundational algebra skills needed to be successful in an introductory statistics or intermediate algebra course. The topics in the course are selected around the central goals for developing numeracy, proportional reasoning, algebraic reasoning, and an understanding of functions. An emphasis is placed on performing, explaining, and applying relevant skills to new situations. Problems are generally presented in context of real world situations. The course is not appropriate for students who have placed into MATH 005 or above. There is no prerequisite for this course. Students passing this course with a C- or better are eligible to take MATH 005 , MATH 035 , or MATH 161 .