141 - Quantitative Reasoning
Prerequisites:
Minimum math competence and satisfactory placement scores.
Frequency:
Fall (I), Winter (II)
Student Body:
For students who need to satisfy part A of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement and prepare for Qr-B courses, but do not want to continue in the calculus sequence.
Credits:
3 (q-E) Recent Texts:
For All Practical Purposes 8th E, COMAP
Course Coordinator:
Gabriele Meyer Background and Goals:
The emphasis of this course is on reasoning and problem-solving. It is not intended to be a technique-oriented, template-problem-solving course, in which one practices on a lot of problems of a similar nature and then is tested on his or her ability to do problems presented in a very similar way.
Alternatives:
n/a
Subsequent Courses:
n/a Course Content:
- Statistics
- Coding information
- Social choice and decision making
- Size and shape
- Consumer finance models