MATH-1332 Contemporary Mathematics
Rene Lumampao
Credit Fall 2023
Section(s)
MATH-1332-067 (69310)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
Course Requirements
Course Evaluation/Grading Scheme:
10% Online Homework (You will need to submit your online-homework using MyMathLab)
10% Handwritten Homework Submissions (You will need to submit through Blackboard)
5% Online Discussion Participation (Details to each discussion will be available in Blackboard)
75% Exams (You will have six exams)
Readings
Required Text: Using and Understanding Mathematics, 8th edition Jeffrey O. Bennett and William L. Briggs, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 9780137574971 (etext), ISBN 9780137575022 (etext with MyLab), ISBN 9780137575336 (cloth)
First Day Access:
To enhance your learning experience and provide affordable access to the right course material, this course is part of an inclusive access model called First Day™. You can easily access the required materials for this course through Blackboard, at a discounted price, and benefit from single sign-on access.
Austin Community College includes the discounted price as a course fee in your registration fees for this course.
It is NOT recommended that you Opt Out, as these materials are required to complete the course. You can choose to Opt Out on the first day of class, but you will be responsible for purchasing your course materials at the full retail price and access to your materials may be suspended. See your course in Blackboard for details.
Course Subjects
I. LOGIC AND PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Thinking Critically
1B. Propositions and Truth Values
1C. Sets and Venn Diagrams
2. Approaches to Problem Solving
2A. Understand, Solve, and Explain
2B. Extending Unit Analysis
II. QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
3. Numbers in the Real World
3A. Uses and Abuses of Percentages
3B. Putting Numbers in Perspective
3D. Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond
3E. How Numbers Can Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More
4. Managing Money
4A. Taking Control of Your Finances
4B. The Power of Compounding
4C. Savings Plans and Investments
4D. Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages
4E. Income Taxes
III. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
5. Statistical Reasoning
5C. Statistical Tables and Graphs
5D. Graphics in the Media
5E. Correlation and Causality
7. Probability: Living With The Odds
7A. Fundamentals of Probability
7B. Combining Probabilities
7C. The Law of Large Numbers
7D. Assessing Risk
IV. MODELING
8. Exponential Astonishment
8A. Growth: Linear vs. Exponential
8B. Doubling Time and Half-Life
8C. Real Population Growth
12. Mathematics and Politics
12A. Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule?
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Course Objectives: 1) Increase/improve your quantitative literacy. 2) Provide you with an opportunity to experience mathematics as an intellectual exercise and a way of thinking. 3) Provide you with an opportunity to appreciate the visual and intellectual beauty of mathematics.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:
1. Apply the language and notation of sets.
2. Determine the validity of an argument or statement and provide mathematical evidence.
3. Solve problems in mathematics of finance.
4. Demonstrate fundamental probability/counting techniques and apply those techniques to solve problems.
5. Interpret and analyze various representations of data.
6. Demonstrate the ability to choose and analyze mathematical models to solve problems from real-world settings, including, but not limited to, personal finance, health literacy, and civic engagement.
7. Understand that mathematics is an evolving discipline, interrelated with human culture, and understand its connections to other disciplines.
General Education Competencies:
2) Critical Thinking – gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and applying information is covered in SLOs 1, 2, and 3.
5) Quantitative and Empirical Reasoning – applying mathematical, logical, and scientific principles and methods is covered in SLOs 1, 2, and 3.
7) Written, Oral and Visual Communication – communicating effectively adapting to purpose, structure, audience and medium is covered in SLOs 2 and 4.
Office Hours
T Th 10:25 AM - 12:15 PM Online
NOTEM W 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM Highland Campus HLC 4 Bldg 4000, Room 2310.57
NOTE In-PersonPublished: 07/20/2023 12:58:22