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192 MATHEMATICS
112
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS
5.0 Units
MATH 112 is a one semester course in calcu-
lus for business, management, and social
science majors. Topics in this course include:
techniques of differentiating, maximum-
minimum problems, curve sketching, deriva-
tives and applications of exponential and
logarithmic functions, techniques of inte-
gration, and simple differential equations.
Lecture 5 hours. Prerequisite: Placement is
based on academic background or satisfac-
tory completion of MATH 101, 120, 220B, 118,
90, 90+, or 90EF. Recommended Preparation:
MATH 100. Course Typically Offered: Fall/
Spring/Summer. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC,
USC. (C-ID MATH 140)
112+
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS WITH
SUPPORT
5.5 Units
MATH 112+ is a one-semester course in
calculus for business, management, and
social science majors. This course has a
built-in support lab component. Topics in this
course include: techniques of differentiat-
ing; maximum-minimum problems; curve
sketching; derivatives and applications of
exponential and logarithmic functions; tech-
niques of integration; and simple differential
equations. Lecture 5 hours/Laboratory 2.5
hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based on
academic background or satisfactory comple-
tion of MATH 101, 120, 220B, 118, 90, 90+, or
90EF. Recommended Preparation: MATH
100. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC
133
FINITE MATHEMATICS
3.0 Units
MATH 133 is a one-semester course in
mathematics for business, management, and
social science majors. Topics in this course
include systems of equations, matrices,
probability with an introduction to statistics, decision making. Support topics include:
Markov chains, and game theory. Lecture 3
hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based on
academic background or satisfactory comple-
tion of MATH 101, 120, 118, 131, 130, 220B, 90, tative and categorical data, modeling bivari-
90+, 30, 30+, 90EF, or 30E. Transfer Credit:
CSU, UC, USC
2 0 2 0 – 2 0 2 1 C ATA L O G • G L E N DA L E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E
135
LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS
3.0 Units
MATH 135 is a one-semester course designed
for liberal arts majors. Topics in this course
include probability, statistical inference,
voting systems and how to measure power,
game theory, and apportionment. Lecture 3
hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based on
academic background or satisfactory comple-
tion of MATH 101, 120, 118, 130, 131, 220B, 30,
30+, 30E, 90, 90+, or 90EF. Course Typically
Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU,
UC, USC
136
STATISTICS
4.0 Units
MATH 136 is a one-semester course designed
for students whose major requires a course
in statistics. Topics in this course include: the
nature of statistical methods, types of data,
introductory probability, sampling theory,
experimental design, confidence intervals,
hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and
decision making. Emphasis will be placed
on the application of statistical concepts to
real world data, development of statistical
reasoning, and the interpretation of results.
Lecture 4 hours. Prerequisite: Placement is
based on academic background or satisfac-
tory completion of MATH 101, 120, 118, 130,
131, 220B, 30, 30+, 30E, 90, 90+, or 90EF. Course
Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/
Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID
MATH 110)
136+
STATISTICS WITH SUPPORT
4.5 Units
MATH 136+ is a one-semester introductory
statistics course with a built-in support lab
component. Topics in this course include: the
nature of statistical methods, types of data,
introductory probability, sampling theory,
experimental design, confidence intervals,
hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and
curve plotting, linear equations and inequali-
ties, radicals, functions, descriptive statistics, measurement, triangle congruence and simi-
graphical and numerical statistics for quanti-
ate data with linear functions, introductory
set theory. Emphasis will be placed on the
application of statistical concepts to real
world data, development of statistical reason-
ing, and the interpretation of results. Lecture
4 hours/Laboratory 2 hours. Prerequisite:
Placement is based on academic background
or satisfactory completion of Mathematics
101, 120, 220B, 130, 131, 118, 30, 30+, 30E, 90,
90+, or 90EF. Course Typically Offered: Fall/
Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC
136H
HONORS STATISTICS
4.0 Units
MATH 136H is a one-semester course
designed for students whose major requires
a course in statistics. Topics in this course
include the nature of statistical methods,
types of data, introductory probability,
sampling theory, experimental design,
confidence intervals, hypothesis testing,
regression analysis, and decision making.
Emphasis is placed on the application
of statistical concepts to real world data,
development of statistical reasoning, and the
interpretation of results. The honors section
of this course features more in depth theory
and one or more projects related to the topics
of the course. Lecture 4 hours. Prerequisite:
Placement is based on academic background
or satisfactory completion of MATH 101, 120,
118, 130, 131, 220B, 30, 30+, 30E, 90, 90+, or
90EF. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC
138
MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY
TEACHERS I
3.0 Units
MATH 138 is designed for prospective
elementary school teachers. Topics in this
course include: problem-solving techniques,
set operations, functions, number theory,
ratio, proportion, and percent. Lecture 3
hours. Prerequisite: Placement is based on
academic background or satisfactory comple-
tion of MATH 101, 120, 118, 130, 131, 220B, 30,
30+, 30E, 90, 90+, or 90EF. Course Typically
Offered: Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC.
(C-ID MATH 120)
139
MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY
TEACHERS II
3.0 Units
MATH 139 is a continuation of MATH 138.
It is a second-semester course designed for
prospective elementary teachers. Topics
include: statistics, probability, and geometry.
Geometry topics include: geometric shapes,
larity, coordinate plane, and transformations.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: MATH 138.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC