| Course Title: Precalculus: 'Problem Solving and Quantitative Reasoning' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| 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 |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday, Wednesday and Friday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 401 | 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: 13 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Essential Precalculus Author: Fitzpatrick, Sean Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: University of Lethbridge Open Math Textbooks |
Required | 0.00 |
| Title: Precalculus 2e Author: Abramson, Jay Copyright: Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9781711493992 Publisher: OpenStax |
Optional | 47.40 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Both of these texts are free open-source textbooks. Our main text will be Essential Precaclulus and we will use Precalculus 2e to supplement it. There is no physical copy of Essential Precalculus to purchase; and you are not required to purchase a physical copy of Precalculus 2e - see Moodle for how to access both of these texts for free. |