| Course Title: Precalculus: 'Problem Solving and Quantitative Reasoning' |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course is intended for students who, based on the results of their mathematics assessment and the agreement of the instructor, need to strengthen their quantitative and algebraic skills in order to be ready to progress to further mathematics, science, and economics courses. In this class students learn to translate real problems into mathematics, to solve complex multi-step problems, and to gain confidence in using logarithms, exponents, and trigonometry in different contexts. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Tori Day | day22v@mtholyoke.edu |
| Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel (email: ahoyerle@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Lecture | Monday, Wednesday and Friday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 422 | Weekly |
| Permission of the Instructor is required of all students who wish to register. | ||
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 10 | Available: 8 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Algebra and Trigonometry Author: Abramson, Jay Copyright: 2021 Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9781951693404 Publisher: OpenStax |
Required | 0.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: This is a free ,open source textbook available as a PDF download and in e-book form here: https://openstax.org/details/books/algebra-and-trigonometry-2e You can also find information about ordering a physical copy at the link above, but a physical copy of the text is NOT required. |