MATH 120 - Intro Computers/App Software

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Cross-Listed With: CISC 120
Prerequisite(s): (There is a Division placement test for a waiver of this course.)
An introduction to computers and computing including the history of computers, the role of computers in a technological society, descriptions of computers and associated hardware, binary and hexadecimal number systems, and the use of a word processor, spreadsheet and database as tools in problem solving. Prospective students who have significant computer experience may take the departmental waiver exam for CISC 120/MATH 120. If the student passes the waiver exam the student is still required to take a MATH or CISC area disciplinary course or any other General Education certified course.