Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Project (CIP)
Approved by the NCCCS Curriculum Review Committee November 2013
In order to assist in meeting these goals, the Math CIP participants developed the following
revised, new and archived curriculum courses, which were approved by the Curriculum Review
Committee on November 7, 2014. The courses were approved with an effective term of Fall of
2014, which will allow colleges to begin implementation as early as Fall of 2014, with a mandated
implementation by Fall of 2015.
Summary Actions:
 Revised fourteen mathematics curriculum courses
 Archived thirty mathematics curriculum courses
 Created two new mathematics curriculum courses
.
Math CIP Revised, Archived and New Courses
( Effective Term Fall 2014)
Course #
MAT 143
New Course Title
Quantitative Literacy
New Courses
Summary of New Courses
Title: Quantitative Literacy
Prerequisites: DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 040, DMA 050,
and DRE 098
Hours: Class 2, Lab 2, Credit 3
New course description
New Student Learning Outcomes
Title: Statistical Methods I
Prerequisites: DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 040, DMA 050,
and DRE 098
Hours: Class 3, Lab 2, Credit 4
New course description
New Student Learning Outcomes
MAT 152
Statistical Methods I
Course #
Current Course
Title
MAT 110
Mathematical
Measurement
MAT 121
Algebra/Trigonometry I
MAT 122
Algebra/Trigonometry
II
MAT 141
Mathematical Concepts
I
Revise prerequisites to: MAT 121 or MAT 171 or
(DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030 and DMA 040)
MAT 167
Discrete Mathematics
Revise prerequisites to: MAT 121 or MAT 171
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revised Courses
Summary of Revision
Revise title to: Mathematical Measurement and Literacy
Revise prerequisites to: DMA 010, DMA 020, and DMA 030
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise prerequisites to: DMA 010, DMA 020, DMA 030, DMA 040,
DMA 050, and DMA 060;
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise prerequisite to: MAT 121
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
MAT 171
Precalculus Algebra
MAT 172
Precalculus
Trigonometry
MAT 252
Statistics II
MAT 263
Brief Calculus
MAT 271
Calculus I
MAT 272
Calculus II
MAT 273
Calculus III
MAT 280
Linear Algebra
MAT 285
Differential Equations
Revise prerequisites to: MAT 121 or (DMA 010, DMA 020,DMA 030,
DMA 040, DMA 050, DMA 060, DMA 070, and DMA 080)
Revise course hours: Class 3, Lab 2, Credit 4
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise course hours: Class 3, Lab 2, Credit 4
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise title to: Statistical Methods II
Revise prerequisites to: (MAT 152 and MAT 121) or (MAT 152 and
MAT 171)
Revise course hours: Class 3, Lab 2, Credit 4
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise prerequisites to MAT 171
Revise course hours: Class 3, Lab 2, Credit 4
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise prerequisites to: MAT 172
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise course hours: Class 2, Lab 2, Credit 3
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Revise course hours: Class 2, Lab 2, Credit 3
Revise course description
Add Student Learning Outcomes
Archived Courses
Course #
Current Course
Title
MAT 101
Applied Mathematics I
Replace with MAT 110, which has a requested revision and will provide an
AAS degree level course
MAT 102
Applied Mathematics II
Historic system-wide low enrollment and archiving MAT 101
Reason for Archiving
Replaced by MAT 110 (revised course) or MAT 143 (new course) which
will allow non-STEM AAS programs to choose either an applied course
with only DMA 010-030 pre-requisites or Quantitative Literacy course that
is transferable.
Historic system-wide low enrollment and proposed revision to MAT 121 to
include geometry
MAT 115
Mathematical Models
MAT 120
Geometry and
Trigonometry
MAT 140
Survey of Mathematics
Replaced by MAT 143 (new course) which has uniform Student Learning
Objectives
MAT 145
Analytical Math
Duplicates material in MAT 167
MAT 151
Statistics I
Replaced by MAT 152 (new course) which combines concepts of
MAT 151 and 155
MAT 155
Statistical Analysis
Replaced by MAT 152 (new course) which combines concepts of
MAT 151 and 155.
MAT 161
College Algebra
Duplicates material in MAT 171
MAT 162
College Trigonometry
Duplicates material in MAT 172
MAT 165
Finite Mathematics
Duplicates material in MAT 167
MAT 175
Precalculus
Duplicates material in MAT 171 and MAT 172
MAT 210
Logic
Very low system-wide enrollment. Duplicates some material in MAT 167
All MAT
Lab (A)
Courses
MAT – 140A, 141A,
142A, 145A, 151A,
155A, 161A,, 162A,
165A, 167A, 171A,
172A, 175A, 210A,
223A, 252A, and 263A
When necessary, labs have been embedded in courses. This promotes
consistency.