Course Overview
This course covers those topics in technical mathematics that are important for success in the Forest and Natural Areas Management field. Topics include measurement accuracy and precision; unit conversions; ratios, proportions, and percentages; right and oblique trigonometry; mensuration including applications of geometry; linear functions and graphs; logarithms and exponents. Applications related to the Forest and Natural Areas Management field will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Determine the accuracy and precision of measured values in problems, and use this information in appropriately rounding off calculated results.
- Perform unit conversions with and between the SI and Imperial units of measurement.
- Use ratios, proportions, and percentages to solve scale, mixture and dilution, and change problems.
- Use right triangle trigonometric ratios to solve typical problems of slope and horizontal distances (including slopes in percent units), latitudes and departures (using compass bearings), tree heights, etc.
- Apply Sine and Cosine Laws to determine angles and distances in oblique triangles, and relate these results back to standard measurement systems of slope and bearing measurements.
- Apply a variety of geometrical models to approximate the areas and volumes of physical objects, including cylinders, cones and regular solids.
- Determine and graph linear functions to solve relevant problems.
- Use logarithms to solve for exponents in exponential applications.
Effective as of Fall 2015
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