MATH 1300 - Introduction to Mathematical and Computational Thinking

4.5 Credits

Students will embrace the visual arts to learn the foundational elements of mathematical and computational thinking. Visual patterns form the basis for explorations in arithmetic and geometric sequences, from which algebraic functions and corresponding functions in computer programs are reasoned.

Prerequisites: Within 2 years, successful completion of MATH 0910 or MCC placement test

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

1. Model 2-D and 3-D objects using algebraic and functional expressions in a programming environment that produces a visual representation of the object.

2. Solve real word problems using linear equations, inequalities, polynomial functions, Boolean logic, simple discrete mathematical reasoning and other ideas.

3. Create and refine proper algebraic/functional statements that produce spatial objects in increasingly efficient ways using parameters.

4. Assess strengths and weaknesses of algebraic expressions and computational and functional reasoning and then correct or simplify such expressions where appropriate.

5. Develop and evaluate single and multivariable functions knowing the relationship between a function’s inputs and the corresponding outputs.

6. Solve and graph linear equations, inequalities, and equations/functions that will generate other 2-D and 3-D figures such as circles, polygons, spheres, and prisms knowing how the order of the algebraic and functional structures will change the outcome of the figure generated.

7. Model one or more of the following modern mathematical ideas using a spatial coding environment: space filling curves, graph theory, fractals, projections of 2-D objects onto 3-D surfaces.

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