2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 26, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MTH 116 - Symmetry & Shape: Introduction to Geometry

1 course unit
An introduction to the geometric concepts underlying elementary mathematics: properties of circles, polygons and polyhedra, measurement systems and indirect measure, scale and proportion, symmetry, congruence, informal Euclidean geometry, geometric constructions, and transformational geometry.  Applications feature mathematical patterns found in art and nature: the golden ratio, Platonic solids, tessellations in the plane, frieze and wallpaper patterns, scale drawings, 3-D drawing, one- and two-point perspective, and viewing point.
Meets general academic requirement RG.



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