MAT 143 - Quantitative Literacy

Credits: 3
Class: 2 Lab: 2

Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Local – Take One Set:

Set 1: DMA 010-050; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110
Set 2: MAT 003-T2; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110
Set 3: MAT 021, or MAT 043, or MAT 052, or MAT 071; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110
Set 4: BSP 4003-T2; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110
Set 5: MAT 025, or MAT 035; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110
Set 6: MAT 110; and DRE 098, or BSP 4002-T2, or ENG 002-T2, or ENG 025, or ENG 110

Corequisite(s): None

This course is designed to engage students in complex and realistic situations involving the mathematical phenomena of quantity, change and relationship, and uncertainty through projectand activity-based assessment. Emphasis is placed on authentic contexts which will introduce the concepts of numeracy, proportional reasoning, dimensional analysis, rates of growth, personal finance, consumer statistics, practical probabilities, and mathematics for citizenship. Upon completion, students should be able to utilize quantitative information as consumers and to make personal, professional, and civic decisions by decoding, interpreting, using, and communicating quantitative information found in modern media and encountered in everyday life. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA/ICAA as a general education course in Mathematics (Quantitative). This is a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course.