The course provides the student with the basic math skills necessary to succeed in their post-secondary health care-related education. Students will renew fundamental math skills such as calculations with fractions, decimals, percent, ratio and proportion; order of operations; conversions between units and systems; manipulating algebraic equations; creating and interpreting graphs and basic statistics. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical-thinking and problem-solving skills through application problems related to health sciences.
Prerequisites
Course type
This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.
- Mathematical Essentials: Operations with Integers, Fractions, Order of Operations, Decimals, Percents, Roman Numerals.
- Algebra: Solving Linear Equations, Mixture Problems, Solving Rational Equations, Formulae Manipulation, Ratios and Proportions, Solving Percent Problems, Properties of Exponents, Scientific Notation, Significant Digits, Using the Scientific Calculator.
- Measurement Systems and Conversion Procedures: Basic Dimensional Analysis, Conversions within the Metric System, Conversions between Systems.
- Charts, Tables and Graphs: Collecting Data, Organizing Data Using Frequency Distribution Tables, Reading and Interpreting Tables and Charts, Constructing Charts and Graphs from Tables.
- Introductory Statistics Measures of Central Tendency, The Standard Deviation, The Normal Distribution, The Z Score, Percentiles
Challenge exam or other method of assessment may be possible.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
How to take this course
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.