MATH 155: Reality Math
Instructor Dot Sulock
Course Description- In this class, students will the have opportunity to investigate math in the real world. Reality Math will teach students real-world skills using real-world examples like oil, climate change, exercise and nutrition labels, credit cards, nuclear weapons, false positives, education lotteries, March Madness upsets, etc.
Required Textbooks- none. There is no book so there will be no textbook cost. The units will be handed out or downloaded from Moodle.
LS 179: Arguments, Thinkertoys & Nudges
Instructor Brian Butler
Course Description- In
this course we will investigate various ways to think about proper
thinking. First, we will investigate traditional ideas about careful
argumentation. We will look at argument form, and learn to identify
the most often found mistakes in argument. Second, we will look at
thinking tools that are designed to help us creatively solve
problems. Finally, we will look at the idea of "nudges" and various
ways that people might use and misuse mental shortcuts in daily
thought. The underlying aim of the course is to clarify some aspects
of thought and to be clearer on what good thinking looks like.
Required Textbooks-
Anthony Westen. A Rulebook
for Arguments, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2009.
Michael Michalko. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking
Techniques, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2006.
Thaler, Richard H. and Sunstein, Cass R. Nudges: Improving
Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, New Haven, Yale
University Press, 2008.