MATH 1010 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

Designed to give liberal arts students the skills required to understand and interpret quantitative information that they encounter in the news and in their studies, and to make quantitatively-based decisions in their lives. Topics include a survey of logic and analysis of arguments, identifying fallacies in reasoning, working with numbers and units, linear and exponential relations and essentials of probability and statistics. The emphasis is on applications with case studies in economics, finance, environmental sciences, health, music and science. Note: This course assumes that students have knowledge equivalent to three years of high school mathematics (two years of algebra). Requisite: In order to promote student success, any student who has an ACT MATH score less than 19 (or equivalently an SAT MATH score less than 520) AND a H.S. GPA of less than 3.25 will be required to enroll in the one credit hour co-requisite workshop MATH 1011. Term offered: fall, spring, summer. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-MA1 Semester Hours: 3 to 3