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2022-2023 Official General Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MAT 115 - Mathematics for General Education


This course is designed to satisfy the SUNY General Education Requirements at the baccalaureate level.  Its purpose is to enhance a student’s quantitative literacy and critical thinking.  The course topics illustrate the relevance of mathematics in society.  Prescribed topics include introductory statistics, modeling with functions, and financial mathematics.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  MAT 091 Mathematical Literacy I or MAT 093 Integrated Arithmetic and Basic Algebra, 4-credit or equivalent

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  1. Investigate and solve problems using financial mathematics.
  2. Create and use graphs of functions to model real-world applications.
  3. Organize and draw conclusions from data sets.