Course Description Search
MAT 120 - Modern College Mathematics I
This course is designed to give students in the non-science fields an appreciation of and experience in using the concepts logical reasoning and problem-solving techniques involved in various fields of mathematics. It fulfills the mathematics elective for liberal arts administration of justice early childhood education, fire-science technology and general education majors and may be used to fulfill the mathematics requirement for business administration majors.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Use the notation and operations of set theory.
- Use inductive and deductive reasoning as appropriate to draw a logical conclusion from given information.
- Represent numbers and add, subtract, multiply and divide in numeration systems other than base ten.
Plus, choose two of the following three competencies:
- Analyze the real-number system.
- Solve linear equations and inequalities using algebraic and graphic techniques.
- Use ratio, proportions and percent to solve consumer-related problems.
Prerequisite: Developmental Mathematics (MAT 060) or equivalent.
3 hours each week 3 credits