MATH 113 Quantitative Reasoning
This course is an introduction to how one can view the world quantitatively. Students gain experience in solving problems in a variety of areas in the natural and social sciences. The focus is on the reasoning involved in solving these problems as opposed to particular mathematical content. Some of the questions that will be addressed include the following: What can one do with mathematics? What tools should be used when? How does one pull the key information out of a difficult problem? How similar are the approaches to seemingly very different problems?