College Credit Course Description: COT 1000

COT 1000 Data Processing Mathematics — 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: COP 1000 and MAT 0024 with a grade of "C" or better or satisfactory score on mathematics placement test. This is a foundation course for computer and information system majors. Topics include binary, octal and hexa-decimal numbers, fixed point storage and arithmetic, the real number system, approximations, accuracy and precision, scientific notation, floating point notation and storage, and logical forms and operation. Computer laboratory exercises will be used to demonstrate the topics and techniques involved. Four contact hours: three lecture hours, one laboratory hour. (CBE)