SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES I Complete List of Arts and Sciences Courses I Graduate School I Admissions

Department of Mathematics

Phone: (632) 524-7686 local 279

Philosophy

The mathematics department makes an earnest effort to equip women with knowledge and skills that will enable them to a dynamic environment of business, science and technology.

Mission and Vision

The Mathematics Department devotes itself to prepare women to acquire the following competency skills:

Problem Solving

n Ability to question, to investigate and to explore solutions to mathematical problems
n   Ability to stick with a problem to find a solution
n   Ability to understand that there may be different ways to arrive at an answer
n   Ability to consider many different answers to a problem.
n   Ability to apply math to everyday situations and use it successfully

Reasoning Ability

n   Ability to think logically
n   Ability to see similarities and differences about things and to make choices based on those
     differences
n   Ability to research and analyze situations
n   Ability to present decision alternatives and assess proposed solutions

Communication

n   Ability to use words, numbers, and mathematical symbols to explain situation
n   Ability to talk about how one arrived at an answer
n   Ability to listen to others ways of thinking
n   Ability to use pictures/graphs to explain collected quantitative data
n   Ability to write about Math, not just give an answer
n   Ability to read and understand Mathematical articles

Technology

n   Demonstrate the ability to use appropriately technology to support learning activities
n   Understand the role of technologies in supporting mathematical processes
n   Understand the fundamentals of  logic formulation and computer programming
n   Demonstrate the ability to use mathematical and statistical software packages to solve
     mathematical and statistical problems

Values and Attitudes

n   Manifest behavior grounded on Benedictine tradition of “Ora et Labora” by demonstrating
     social responsibility and Benedictine values like listening, humility, honesty (intellectual)
     stewardship, excellence, and order
n   Demonstrate scientific values and attitudes like: acceptance of failure, openness,
     patience, perseverance and acceptance of others views
n   Recognize issues in their own community
n   Respect varying viewpoints or diverging interest

Service Subjects

College Algebra (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: None

A basic course that prepares the freshwomen to feel the power of mathematics in solving the practical problems of society.  The students will be actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences which will focus on the following topics; real number system, laws of exponents, operations on algebraic expressions, factoring, and operations on fractions, linear and quadratic equations, system of equations, relations and functions, and applications of these topics.

Statistics I for AB students and Business Statistics for Commerce students (3 units)
Pre-requisite: College Algebra

Business Statistics/Statistics I is an applied course dealing with descriptive and introduction to inferential statistics. It also covers the analysis and interpretation of research survey results both manually and with the use of a computer software like Microsoft Excel.

Behavioral Statistics for Psychology students (3 units)
Pre-requisite:  Statistics I/Business Statistics

A course that aims to educate students on how to make inferences about a population based on samples and to teach them how to identify the appropriate test statistic for a given set of data. This course emphasizes the importance of inferential statistics not only to behavioral sciences and business but to other fields as well. It also provides the students the knowledge that they will need in handling the statistical treatment of any research paper that they will be writing.

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