PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
ABINGTON COLLEGE
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

MATH 17

Catalog Description:  FINITE MATHEMATICS (3: 3: 0).  Introduction to Logic,  Sets, Probability

Prerequisite: Two units of high school mathematics.

Text: Topics in Contemporary Mathematics 8th Edition, Bello/Britton, 
D.C. Heath and Company.

TOPICS

CHAPTER 2  SETS
   2.1	Sets:  A Problem Solving Tool
   2.2	Set Operations
   2.3	Venn Diagrams
   2.4	The Number of Elements in a Set: A Problem-Solving Tool
   2.5	Infinite Sets

CHAPTER 3  LOGIC
   3.1	Statements
   3.2	Truth Tables: A Problem Solving Tool
   3.3	The Conditional and the Biconditional
   3.4	Variations of the Conditional
   3.5	(OPTIONAL) Euler Diagrams
   3.6	Truth Tables and Validity of Arguments

CHAPTER 10  COUNTING TECHNIQUES
   10.1	The Sequential Counting Principle
   10.2	Permutations
   10.3	Combinations
   10.4	Miscellaneous Counting Methods

CHAPTER 11  PROBABILITY
   11.1	Sample Spaces and Probability
   11.2	Counting Techniques and Probability
   11.3	Computation of Probabilities
   11.4	Conditional Probabilities
   11.5	Independent Events
   11.6	Odds and Mathematical Expects

CHAPTER 12  STATISTICS
   12.1	Sampling and Frequency Distributions
   12.2	Measures of Central Tendency
   12.3	Measures of Dispersion
   12.4	(OPTIONAL) The Normal Distribution: A Problem Solving Tool

The Mathematics Department requires that the instructor must adhere to the syllabus. (8/23/04)