Romblon State University

Institute of Information Technology

Odiongan, Romblon

Outcome-based Education Syllabus

Sem 1, S.Y. 2018-2019

COURSE TITLE : MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

DESCRIPTION :

This course deals with nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimension, and application of
mathematical tools in daily life.
The course begins with an introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns (in nature and the environment)
and as an application od inductive and deductive reasoning. By exploring these topics, students are encouraged to go beyond the
typical understanding of mathematics as merely a set of formulas but as a source of aesthetics in patterns of nature, for example and a
rich language in itself (and of science) governed by logic and reasoning.
The course then proceeds to survey ways in which mathematics provides a tool for understanding and dealing with various aspects
of present day living, such as managing personal finances, making social choices, appreciating geometric designs, understanding codes
used in data transmission and security, and dividing limited resources fairly. These aspecs will provide opportunities for actually doing
mathematics in the broad range of exercises that bring out the various dimensions of mathematics as a way of knowing and test the
students understanding and capacity (CMO No. 20, series of 2013).

COURSE CODE : GE 4
CREDIT UNITS : 3 Units
PREREQUISITIES : None
LINK TO PROGRAM OUTCOMES : IT01, IT02, IT03, IT10, IT13
COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Discuss and argue about the nature of mathematics, what it is, how it is expressed, represented and used.
2. Use different types of reasoning to justify statements and arguments made about mathematics and mathematical concepts
3. Discuss the language and symbols of mathematics.

Values
1. Appreciate the nature and uses of mathematics in everyday life.
2. Affirm honesty and integrity in the application of mathematics to various human endeavors

Skills
1. Use a variety of statistical tools to process and manage numerical data.
2. Analyze codes and coding schemes used for identification, privacy, and security purposes.
3. Use mathematics in other areas such as finance, voting and medicine, business, environment, arts and design and
recreation.

COURSE OUTLINE
Teaching / Learning
Week Course Outcomes Topics Assessment
Activities

I. Mathematics in our
World

Articulate the importance of
mathematics in one’s life
1-2
Argue about the nature of
mathematics, what it is, how it
is expressed, represented and
used.
 Mathematics helps Discussion Short responses/ essay writing at
organized patterns and Pair-sharing or Small group the end of the class to one
regularities in the world sharing question.
Video Watching
 What new ideas about
mathematics did you learn?

Express appreciation for
mathematics as human
endeavor
Identify patterns in nature and
regularities in the world.
Acknowledgement that
mathematics is a useful
language
3-5
Discuss the language, symbols
and conventions of mathematics
Perform operations on
mathematical expressions
correctly
 Mathematics helps  What is the most useful about
predict the behavior of mathematics for humankind?
nature and phenomena
in the world
 Mathematics helps
control nature and
occurrences in the
world for our own ends
 Mathematics has
numerous applications
in the world making it
indispensable.
II. Mathematical
Language and Symbols
 Characteristics of
mathematical language, Individual or small group
precise, concise, exercises including games.
powerful Quiz
Whole class discussion
 Expression vs. of comparison between
Sentence the English language and
Mathematical language.
 Convention in the
mathematical language
  Four basic concepts:
sets, functions,
relations, binary
operations.

 Elementary logic:
Connectives,
quantifiers, negation,
variable

III. Problem Solving and

Reasoning

Write clear and logical proofs  Inductive and Deductive Whole class discussions of One take-home problem set
Reasoning key problems and Quiz on proving using deductive
Solve problems involving solutions. and inductive reasoning.
patterns and recreational  Intuition, proof, and Small-group problem
problems following Polya’s four certainty solving
6-9 steps Reading and Writing
 Polya’s 4- steps in Proofs
Use different types of reasoning Problem Solving
to justify statements and
arguments made about  Problem Solving
mathematics and mathematical Strategies
concept.
 Mathematical Problems
Involving Pattern
  Recreational Problems
using Mathematics

9 MIDTERM

IV. Data Management

Use a variety of Statistical tools  Data Gathering and Lectures

Quiz
to process and manage Organizing Data, Class discussion
Problem Set
10 - 11 numerical data Representing Data Pseudo proposal defense
Project Proposal for a quantitative
using graphs and chart
study
Advocate the use of Statistical
data in making important  Measures of Central
decision. Tendency: Mean,
Median, Mode,
Weighted Mean

V. Codes

 Binary Codes Lectures Quizzes

Use coding to encode and Written Exercises Long Test
12- 13 decode different types of  Integers in Computers
information for identification,
privacy and security purposes
 Logic and Computer
Addition
 VI. The Mathematics of
Finance

 Simple and Compound

Use mathematical concept and Lectures Problem Set
Interest
14-15 tools in other areas such as Written Exercises Quizzes
finance.  Credit Cards and
Consumer Loans

 Home Ownership

VII. Logic

 Logic Statement and

Use mathematical concept and Quantifiers Lectures Problem Set
16-18 tools in other areas such as logic Written Exercises Quizzes
 Truth Tables and
Tautologies

 Conditional,
Biconditional and
Related Statements

 Symbolic Arguments

 Arguments
18 FINALS
SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES

Required for Student

Adam, John A. Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World
Adam, John A. A Mathematical Nature Walk
Aufmann, R. et al. Mathematical Excursions (Chaps. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 13) 3 rd Ed (International Edition).
COMAP Inc. For all practical purposes, Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics (2nd ed.)
Fisher, Carol Burns. The Language of Mathematics (from One Mathematical Cat, Please! By Carol Burns Fisher)

Required for Teacher

Jamison R. E. (2000) Learning the language of mathematics. Language and Learning across the Discipline, 4(1). 45-54

Recommended Reading
Averbach and Chein. Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics
Akiyama and Ruiz A Day’s Adventure in Math Wonderland

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by: Noted by:

MITCHEL F. TADIA PROF. SARAH JANE F. FALLARIA ENGR. JULIE F. FALLARIA ELVIN F. GAAC, Ph. D.
Lecturer, IIT Chairman, BSIT Director, IIT Vice President for Academic Affairs