MATH 124 — Critical Mathematics
This course focuses on using mathematics to explore issues of social, political, and economic justice. This course is designed to fulfill general education requirements. It is not designed as a prerequisite for any other college mathematics course. This course focuses on mathematical reasoning applied to the lived experiences of the learners and their communities. At least four topics are to be studied, the multicultural history of mathematics, plus at least three of the following: geometry of neighborhood mapping; unit analysis, ratios, and the disproportion of opportunity; financial mathematics and the distribution of capital; statistics, data, correlations and contradictions; and the probability of injustice. Technology and mathematical modeling are an integral part of this course. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.