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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MA 110 Calculus for Decision Making (3 CR)
Designed specifically for the Business major. Includes study of limits; differentiation of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; integration; and applications of calculus.
Prerequisite: MA 109 or placement by Mathematics department.

MA 131 Statistics for Decision Making (3 CR)
Emphasizes the use of computer software. Descriptive statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals, correlation and hypothesis testing are studied.
Prerequisite: One college level math course or placement by Mathematics department. 

MA 133 Business Statistics (3 CR)
Introduces statistics to Business majors. Problem-oriented course discussing the use of statistics, frequency distribution, probability sampling, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, linear regression analysis and graphic representation of statistical data using Excel.
Prerequisite: MA 109, MA 110 or MA 140.

MA 140 Precalculus (4 CR)
Addresses the algebra of functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and trigonometric functions. Includes analytical trigonometry.
Prerequisite: C or better in MA 006 or placement by Mathematics department.

MA 151 Calculus I (4 CR)
Explores limits and approximation, differential and integral calculus of the elementary algebraic and trigonometric functions, applications of differentiation, integration and area.
Prerequisite: MA 140 or placement by Mathematics department.


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