Quantitative Reasoning Foundation

To fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning Foundation, students will take one three or four-credit course chosen from core-designated courses that meet one of the course options listed below.

Why Quantitativ​e Reasoning?

​Quantitative reasoning (QR) skills are essential in the modern world. Every professional career demands some ability to understand presentations of quantitative data, analyze them and draw reasonable conclusions, and utilize such data in making arguments. A comprehensive liberal arts education must improve students’ appreciation of the value of quantitative approaches to understanding and modes of thought. This requirement offers students the flexibility of acquiring QR in a variety of ways most suitable to their academic objectives.

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Core Foundation & Profiency

Department

CSC 120 (Applied Data Analytics) [Effective Spring 2018] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Computer Science
CSC 340 (Numerical Methods) [Effective Spring 2018] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Computer Science
ENG 377 (ST: Computational Literary Studies) [Effective Spring 2024] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
English
MTH 107 (Mathematics for Business Analysis I) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 108 (Mathematics for Business Analysis II) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 109 (Calculus I) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 110 (Calculus II) [Effective Fall 2013] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 117 (Discrete Mathematics) [Effective Fall 2014] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 131 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry I) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 132 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry II) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
MTH 217 (Introduction to Statistics) [Effective Summer 2014] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Mathematics
PSC 102 (Empirical Political Analysis) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Political Science
PSC 302 (Research Methods in Political Science) [Effective Fall 2018] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Political Science
PSY 202 (Research Design and Statistical Analysis II) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Psychology
PSY 260 and 260L (Methods and Statistics in Psychology) [Effective Fall 2021] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Psychology
SOC 209 (Social Research Methods) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Sociology
SOC 336 (Social Statistics) [Effective Fall 2012] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Sociology
SWK 368 (Social Work Research) [Effective Fall 2014] Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement
Social Work