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MATH 115 - Mathematics for Health Sciences

3 Credit(s)
This course intertwines mathematics and the health sciences field.  Students will learn the necessary skills to succeed in the health sciences workplace.  Topics begin with a review of basic arithmetic and foundational math skills, then progress through simplifying and solving algebraic expressions and equations, respectively.  This course covers statistical measures of central tendency: mean, median, mode and range.  Problems related to the health care field include oral, parenteral, and intravenous dosage calculations and dosage calculations based on weight.  Additionally, students will learn percent strength solutions, how to read medication labels, syringes, IV bags, and graphs, and use ratios and proportions to convert units in drug calculations. 

Corequisite(s): Satisfactory math placement or MATH 115S .


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