Math 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:
• Past Instructors: Richard A. Brualdi
• 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

Content coverage:

• Statistics
• Coding information
• Social choice and decision making
• Size and shape
• Consumer finance models