Approved Courses in Quantitative Reasoning

Goals & Outcomes

Students should understand quantitative reasoning so they can respond effectively to claims deriving from quantitative arguments.

• Students will understand how real-world problems and social issues can be analyzed using the power and rigor of mathematical and statistical models.
• Students will be able to evaluate representation and inferences that are based on quantitative information.
• Students will be able to interpret mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, and tables, and draw inferences from them.
• Students will be able to estimate and check answers to mathematical problems in order to determine reasonableness, identify alternatives, and select optimal results.
• Students will be able to use arithmetical, algebraic, geometric, and statistical methods to solve problems, but learn to recognize the limitations of mathematics and statistics as well.