Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes for the R1 and R2 Designations

Because Math 127 presupposes basic math skills, it carries the designation for the Basic Math Skills requirement (R1). In addition, the course satisfies the following objectives of the Analytic Reasoning requirement (R2):

• Advance a student’s formal or mathematical reasoning skills beyond the level of basic competence:  In learning Applied Calculus in Math 127, students will think critically about the overarching idea of rates of change.  Students will advance their mathematical literacy and analyzing skills by learning to construct new methods of both estimating and computing rates of change more accurately and efficiently.
• Increase the student’s sophistication as a consumer of numerical information:  Students will connect the ideas of rates of change and cumulative change to various disciplines by analyzing and solving problems in both real life and theoretical applications.
• Indicate the limits of formal, numerical, quantitative, or analytical reasoning and discuss the potential for the abuse of numerical arguments:  Students will learn methods of both estimating and computing rates of change and cumulative change.  Students will analyze when it is appropriate to use an estimation, as well as the accuracy and efficiency of their estimations.