Quantitative Reasoning

The ability to reason with numbers is an indispensable tool in today's increasingly technological world. By taking courses in the Quantitative Reasoning core category, students sharpen their problem-solving skills, enhance their understanding of formal reasoning, and develop methods for handling quantified or quantifiable data.


Requirement

One first-semester course and one second-semester course chosen from the list below. Students may not register for the second-semester course unless the first-semester course has been completed with a grade of C- or better. A first-semester course is determined by the placement test given prior to the first semester.


Examples:


First-Semester Courses

Mathematics

1011 (formerly C055)
College Mathematics
1031 (formerly C077)
Basic Concepts of Calculus
(fulfills first- and second-semester requirements, but availability to students depends on mathematics placement test results)

Statistics

1001 (formerly C011)
Basic Quantitative Foundations for Business and Economics I
1102 (formerly C012)
Basic Quantitative Foundations for Business and Economics II
(fulfills first- and second-semester requirements, but availability to students depends on mathematics placement test results)


Second-Semester Courses

Computer and Information Sciences

1057 (formerly C071)
Programming in C

Mathematics

1012 (formerly C065)
Elements of Mathematical Thought
1013 (formerly C067)
Elements of Statistics

Statistics

2101 (formerly C021)
Statistical Methods and Concepts