QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

MATH 141

Course Description

Develops a habit of mind, competency, and comfort in working with numerical data. Learn to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations, develop the ability to reason mathematically, and make and evaluate logical arguments supported by quantitative evidence. This course is for students who need to satisfy part A of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement and prepare for QR-B courses, but do not want to continue in the calculus sequence.

Prerequisties

MATH 96 or placement into MATH 141 . MATH 118 does not fulfill the requisite

Satisfies

COMPSCI/LIS 102 and PHILOS 210

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.44

13.23% from Historical

Completion Rate

97.18%

1.35% from Historical

A Rate

45.76%

96.41% from Historical

Class Size

177

105.61% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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TRAVIS OLSON

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3.2

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