CURRICULUM COMMITTEE NEW COURSE PROPOSAL

ACADEMIC UNIT:Mathematics
DATE PREPARED:October 21, 2016
PRIMARY AUTHOR(S):Karen Heavin
Karen Heavin
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE FACULTY APPROVED: (Committee Chairperson's Signature)Kariba Bight 11/31/16 (Date)
CHAIRPERSON/DEAN APPROVED: (Chairperson's/Dean Signature)Tarsha Big Dust 11/31/16 (Date)

1. NEW COURSE NUMBER: MAT 200

2. NEW COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Statistical Reasoning and Analysis

3. CAPSULE STATEMENT OF COURSE CONTENT FOR CATALOG:

Prerequisite: Appropriate scores on ACT, SAT, COMPASS and KYOTE College Readiness. MAT200 is a 4-credit hour course consisting of three hours of regular classroom contact taught by Mathematics Faculty and a 1 hour career application laboratory. The career application laboratory curriculum will be collaboratively designed by faculty and external business partners to provide career applications and experiences in the design, interpretation and usage of statistical measures. Topics will include sampling techniques, data measurement and classification, measures of central tendency, representation and communication of statistical information symbolically, visually and numerically, probability, evaluation and assessment of different statistical models such as normal distributions, linear regression, confidence intervals and one sample hypothesis testing. This course will serve as a general education mathematics requirement for students whose intended major does not require them to complete College Algebra. This course does not serve as prerequisite for any other mathematics course.

4. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE CONTENT FOR COURSE SYLLABUS:

MAT 200 is a four credit hour course consisting of three hours of regular classroom contact taught by Mathematics Faculty and a 1 hour career application laboratory. This course will serve as a general education mathematics requirement for students whose intended major does not require them to complete College Algebra. The career application laboratory curriculum will be collaboratively designed by faculty and external business partners to provide career applications and experiences in the design, interpretation and usage of statistical measures.

Final Faculty Senate Approved Form as of 10/4/89