MATH 130 - Finite Mathematics

Description:
The language of sets, counting procedures, introductory probability, decision making, and introductory descriptive statistics. Meets General Education “reasoning” requirement and prepares student for introductory statistics courses in various departments. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer).

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: students must achieve an appropriate test score or successfully complete the required prerequisite course/s before enrolling in a Quantitative Reasoning course.

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: FYE3 - Quantitative Reasoning

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Apply the fundamental counting principal to various sets.
Calculate and interpret basic probabilities of events.
Calculate and interpret measures of center and dispersion.
Recognize and interpret a binomial distribution and apply it to real world problems.
Recognize and interpret a normal distribution and apply it to real world problems.
Use, interpret and create a variety of graphical representations to model real world data.
Use, interpret and create a variety of numerical summaries to model real world data.
Apply the Central Limit Theorem to describe sampling distributions.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/1/18

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