CORE 132 ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS FOR A CONTEMPORARY WORLD II

This course is a continuation of the survey experience from CORE 131(Math I). Additional topics emphasized will be logic; graph theory (and how it is used to show connections between objects in a set or analyze/simplify information); calculations involved in personal financial management (annuities, credit, home ownership, stocks/bonds); voting and apportionment in which different ways of determining a winner or use of fairness is discussed; problem-solving strategies; probability. This course can be taken by science and business majors due to the unique nature of topics. Pre- requisite: A grade of C or better in either CORE 131 or College Algebra. This course is offered in the spring semester.