Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Nov 22, 2024  
Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

MA 172 - Calculus through Data and Modeling (4 Cr.)

(GCR DAF)(LER-MR)
This course provides an introduction to topics in single and multivariable calculus, and focuses on using calculus to address questions in the natural and social sciences. Students will learn to use the tools of calculus to process, analyze, and interpret data, and to communicate meaningful results, using scientific computing and mathematical modeling. Topics include functions as models of data, differential and integral calculus of functions of one and several variables, differential equations, and estimation techniques. Fall and spring semesters. Brody, Grotheer, Le, Tutinas, Webster.