MAT-101 Mathematics for Liberal Arts
This course is intended for the liberal arts student. The purpose of this course is to share the excitement and enjoyment of contemporary mathematical thinking. The course answers the question, "What do mathematicians do, practice, or believe in?" The use of mathematics in areas of business and industry, politics, networking and telecommunication will be studied with the intent to develop reasoning ability, logical thinking, critical reading, and written and oral communication. The topics are selected so that they are self-contained. This course carries SUNY General Education Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) credit.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Understand and execute algorithms to navigate through and solve problems.
- Via the topics studied throughout the course, make connections between the historical context and applications to current society.
- Describe and use the process of abstraction to model real world problems.
- Evaluate obtained results for reasonableness.