REQUIRED COURSE: ___Yes ___No General Education Course

CREDITS: (a) Number 4

Variable credit Explanation:

Will course be repeatable for credit: ___Yes ___No

Grading systems permitted: X A-F ___P/F ___Credit/No Credit Exceptions:_____

Course Level: X Elementary

___ Intermediate

___ Intermediate/Advanced

___ Advanced

CROSSLISTING DEPARTMENTS (attach supporting letters):

SCHEDULING PLAN: X Each semester

___ Annually

___ Biennially

Occasionally

STARTING WITH:

___ Fall, X Spring, ___ Summer:

2016/2017 Academic Year

IS THIS A "SPECIAL TOPICS" COURSE? ___Yes ___No

EXPLANATION OF NEED FOR THE SPECIFIC COURSE: Incoming students who are not required to take MAT115 (College Algebra) currently only have the option of taking MAT 111 (Contemporary Mathematics) to meet their general education requirement. For some majors, statistics is a more appropriate general education math course than MAT 111. The Council on Postsecondary Education has requested that all public universities/colleges in the state of Kentucky offer a general education statistics pathway for students not in the college algebra pathway. For some majors, this course could be a more appropriate general education requirement than college algebra. This course will provide the math department a direct transfer of credits for transferring students from other postsecondary institutions, who have successfully completed a statistics course as their general education math requirement.