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MATH 115 - Mathematics for Health Sciences

This course intertwines mathematics and the health sciences field. Students will learn the necessary skills to succeed in the health sciences workplace. Students will demonstrate competency in measurement and conversion; dosages; scientific notation; the ability to read and interpret medication labels, graphs, abbreviations, and medical orders; ratios and proportions; the ability to convert between standard and metric measurement, as well as fraction to decimal and decimal to fraction; the ability to solve word problems; the ability to solve statistic problems, including but not limited to mean, median, mode, range, central tendency, standard deviation, and normal distribution; and the ability to create and interpret graphs. This course can be taken as a standalone math core requirement. However, if satisfactory placement test scores in numerical skills are not met, students will be required to enroll in MATH 115S - Supplemental Arithmetic Skills  in conjunction with MATH 115 for additional scaffolding and support.

Pre/Corequisite(s): Satisfactory numerical placement scores or MATH 115S .


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