METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
REQUEST FOR GENERAL STUDIES DESIGNATION (2012-13)
QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
Please review the Course Selection Criteria for this category for assistance in completing this
form, particularly as it relates to the percentages associated with each Student Learning
Outcome.
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Banner enforced prerequisite(s) and/or corequisite(s):
Recommended maximum enrollment per section:
A. Course content and Student Learning Outcomes
Describe the specific ways in which this course addresses each of these Student Learning
Outcomes, providing students opportunities to develop the skills and/or acquire the knowledge.
Include reference to readings, discussions, lectures, and other pedagogical tools which will be
used.
1. Demonstrate effective use of technologies appropriate to the task and discipline (10%)
8. Apply mathematical techniques to the analysis of quantitative problems (90%)
9. Communicate the mathematical process and results in text, graphics, and symbols (90%)
B. Assessment of Student Learning
Identify and describe at least one specific form of assessing student achievement of each Student
Learning Outcome which will be a regular part of the course. Examples include specified test
questions, specified problem sets, written paper prompts and scoring guide or rubric, projects
with assignment sheet and scoring guide or rubric, etc. Include attachments as applicable. A
single piece of student work may be used to assess student achievement of more than one
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Student Learning Outcome. Grading in courses on QL must focus overwhelmingly on
measuring students’ development of QL skills and knowledge.
1. Demonstrate effective use of technologies appropriate to the task and discipline
8. Apply mathematical techniques to the analysis of quantitative problems
9. Communicate the mathematical process and results in text, graphics, and symbols
C. Conformance with Course Selection Guidelines
Briefly describe how the course meets the course section guidelines.
 The course has sufficient breadth to be of benefit to students not majoring in the discipline.
Students must be able to transfer mathematical and analytical skills to other disciplines and
real-world situations.
o Courses submitted must provide detailed documentation that the transferability is
assessed in a substantial and significant manner.
 The Courses in Quantitative Literacy must have substantial breadth in their mathematical
techniques. QL designated courses must provide students with at least two different collegelevel mathematical techniques and/or concepts each week (on average) that can be applied to
the analysis of quantitative problems, as measured by the second SLO above. For example, in
a fifteen week course, a typical week in a Quantitative Literacy course might include Scatter
Plots and Correlation.
o Courses being submitted must include a list of 25 - 30 different college-level
mathematical techniques.
 Course must require students to communicate and articulate mathematical solutions in
writing, using graphs and algebraically manipulate symbols and formulas in the analysis of
problems. Students must be able to use formulas and symbolic solutions in various methods
of presentation.
 QL designated courses must spend at least 80% of the content/time on QL skills and
knowledge.
 The course must have a basic mathematics prerequisite, as measured by the current Metro
State minimum performance-standard score on the mathematics assessment placement test*.
This prerequisite must be in the course syllabus, and the departmental enforcement policy
must be described.
*For Fall 2010, this score is a 72 on the Accuplacer Elementary Algebra Exam or the
equivalent.
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Approvals:
Department Curriculum Committee / Date
Department Chair or Program Director / Date
School Curriculum Committee / Date
Dean or Associate Dean / Date
Chair, General Studies Committee / Date
Associate Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs / Date