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BU203 - Principles of Accounting

A sound basic knowledge of accounting terms, concepts, and procedures is stressed in this course. It offers a practical background in accounting for students embarking on business careers covering the full accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship service business. A full accounting cycle for merchandising firms, as well as the impact of microcomputers and their effect on the accounting work environment is also provided.

Credits: 3

MA107 - Logical Reasoning and Decision Making

Prerequisite: High School Regents mathematics or MA099

This course introduces students to both informal and formal logic; and students will use the developed logic to evaluate decisions for given situations. Topics include: informal logical games, logical fallacies, truth tables, logical equivalence, and sentential logic with proofs, categorical logic, probability, expected value, and decision making.

Cross listed with PH107. Credit will not be granted for both MA107 and PH107

Credits: 3


MA110 - College Algebra

Prerequisite: High School Regents mathematics or MA099.

A pre-calculus level algebra course. Topics include solving system of equations that contain either two or three variables, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing monomials and polynomials; factoring polynomials, simplifying rational expressions and solving linear equations and inequity expressions that contain absolute values.

Credits: 3


MA111 - College Algebra and Statistics with Business Applications

Prerequisites: High School Regents mathematics or MA099.

This course provides students foundations in algebra and statistics as preparation for the demands of quantitative reasoning in the field of business. Topics on algebra include:  function, linear, quadratic, radicals, exponential, logarithmic, and inverse functions. Topics on statistics include: measures of central tendency, measures of variations, and measures of positions, counting principles, probability, expected value and regressions.  Applications to business and finance problems are a focus.

Credits: 3


MA120 - Statistics I

Prerequisite: high school Regents mathematics

An introduction to Statistics with modern applications to Sociology, Business, Economics, Ecology, Health Science and Psychology. Topics include descriptive statistics, central tendency, percentile rank, Z-Scores, probability, probability distribution, correlation and regression analysis.

Credits: 3


MA200 - Statistical Methods

Prerequisites: College algebra

This introductory statistics course focuses on several topics: population and samples; data organization and representation; measure of central tendency, variation, and position; basic probability and probability distribution; normal distribution; confidence interval; hypothesis testing of one population: z-test and t-test; type I and type II errors; linear regression; and non-parametric statistics. Statistics applications are drawn from several disciplines such as sociology, business economics ecology, health science, and psychology. This course uses a graphing calculator and computer statistical software.

Credits: 3


QUEL - Quantitative Analysis Elective