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MATH 1105: Applied Mathematics for Health Sciences 1
Effective date
September 2016
Department
UT Math
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
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.
Credits
2.5
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Perform arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on integer and rational numbers, and convert numbers between fractions and decimals without a calculator.
- Use order of operations to simplify expressions, perform rounding and express numbers in scientific notation.
- Compare ratios, identify proportions, calculate percentages and use ratios, proportions and percentages to solve problems.
- Graphically present and interpret data in the form of frequency tables, line graphs and bar graphs.
- Calculate and demonstrate an understanding of the measures of Central Tendency, percentiles, standard deviation, the normal curve, and z-scores.
- Convert between and within metric and Imperial measurement systems.
- Solve measurement problems involving both metric and Imperial units of length, temperature, time, area, volume and mass.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
Challenge exam or other method of assessment may be possible.
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 48
Total Hours: 48
Total Hours: 48
Instructional Strategies
The course uses a combination of lectures, demonstrations, group work, class discussion and software demonstrations.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
D
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
30 |
|
|
Quizzes/Tests |
40 |
Four tests worth 10% each |
|
Final Exam |
30 |
|
Course topics
- 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
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.