Criteria for the Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Graduation Requirement
For Transfer Degrees:
Effective January 2014, the Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA) has the following specific requirements for Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills:
1. Five (5) credits of college level mathematics (a course with a Mathematics prefix numbered 100 or above) that furnishes the quantitative skills required in the commonly recognized educational transfer pathways toward a baccalaureate degree. Accepted courses in these pathways are: Precalculus or higher, Mathematics for Elementary Education, Business Precalculus/Finite Mathematics, Statistics, and Math in Society; or
2. Five (5) credits of a symbolic logic course that focuses on (a) sentence logic with proofs and (b) predicate logic with quantifiers and proofs and/or Aristotelian logic with Venn Diagrams.
To qualify for QSR, college level math and logic courses must require intermediate algebra course work (high school or college) with a grade of 2.0 or higher as a prerequisite.
For Professional Technical Degrees:
The primary aim of a course that satisfies the Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning graduation requirement should be to develop quantitative reasoning or its application. Each proposal (the MCO and the QSR Course Application) must clearly demonstrate that course content, student activities, and assessment methods are designed to develop quantitative reasoning abilities and skills in the students.
In order for a course to qualify to meet the Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Graduation Requirement for a Professional Technical Degree:
· Students must demonstrate learning in each of the 3 main areas of the Quantitative Reasoning General Education Outcome (Headings I, II, and III – see attached).
· A majority of the course outcomes in the MCO must be meaningfully associated with Quantitative Reasoning Outcomes.
Approved:
Curriculum Committee 11-2-06
Faculty Senate 2-14-07
Revised:
Faculty Senate 12-4-13
Curriculum Committee 12-5-13
SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
QUANTITATIVE/SYMBOLIC REASONING (QSR)
COURSE APPLICATION
(FOR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL DEGREES)
Division______Course Name/Number ______
Course Title ______Credits______
Submitted by______
1. Describe how the students in this course will demonstrate learning in each of the three main areas of the Quantitative Reasoning Outcome (see attached).
2. Describe examples of quantitative/mathematical work that would be required of students in this course. How would completing these assignments help students meet the course outcomes?
Signature of Instructor______Date______
Signature of Division Dean ______Date______
For reference, here is the relevant portion of Shoreline Community College’s General Education Outcomes.
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Students will demonstrate college-level skills and knowledge in applying the principles of mathematics and logic.
I. Perform basic arithmetical and algebraic computations
A. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
B. Estimate answers.
C. Use equations to find unknowns.
D. Express quantitative results using appropriate units of measurement.
E. Use size and orders of magnitude appropriately.
II. Use and manipulate quantitative information to draw conclusions.
A. Reduce information to symbolic form.
B. Draw conclusions based on symbolic manipulation.
C. Choose appropriate mathematical/logical techniques to organize and
analyze information using equations, tables or graphs.
D. Move between written, symbolic, numeric, visual and graphic forms during analysis.
E. Assess reasonableness of quantitative conclusions.
F. Use quantitative techniques to validate conclusions.
G. Construct abstract models of actual events that can predict outcomes.
III. Communicate clearly using quantitative information.
A. Express quantitative conclusions in written, symbolic, numeric and graphic form.
B. Assess which forms communicate most clearly to a given audience.