Summer Orientation Sessions
Monday, June 2nd
Friday, June 6th
Optional overnight stay on Friday, June 6
Monday, June 9th
Monday, June 16th
Friday, June 20th
Optional overnight stay on Friday, June 20
Monday, June 23rd
Friday, June 27th
Friday, August 15th*
Overnight stay on Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16
*Please note this session is reserved for students accepted after June 1 or from states other than MO, IA, IL, KS or NE. Please contact the Office of Admission at 660-785-4114 upon receiving your student pre-orientation packet if you are unable to attend an orientation session in June and do not fit the stated parameters or students pre-approved to register for this final orientation session.
Mathematics Requirements at Truman
Math in the Essential Skills portion of the Liberal Studies Program
The Essential Skills of mathematics provide a basis for a lifetime learning through the acquisition and improvement of competencies and quantities reasoning. These skills, combined with the other Essential Skills, promote growth and academic success. These Essential Skills are introduced early in a student's career and reinforced throughout the Truman curriculum. All students must fulfill the mathematical Essential Skills requirement for graduation through one of the four methods listed below:
1. Completion by coursework at Truman (MATH 156/MATH157 or MATH 186)
2. Completion by transfer of equivalent coursework for college credit.
3. Completion of the Math Mode of Inquiry (See below.)
4. Completion by passing mathematical Essential Skills proficiency exam. Note: This is not the Pre-Orientation Math Placement Exam.
Mathematical Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program
The various modes of inquiry allow a student to understand how different disciplines approach subjects with their unique perspectives. Upon completion of the Mathematical Mode of Inquiry, a student should:
1. Be able to study assumptions critically, reason logically, and arrive at mathematically sound conclusions
2. Have an understanding of the role mathematics has played throughout history and how it has been used to illuminate important questions in a variety of disciplines.
3. Be able to translate problems in physical and social environments into mathematical language, to reason mathematically about problems, and to interpret the results of their reasoning.
4. Understand how mathematics develops by abstracting from specific contexts a general theory which has applications in many different settings
5. Have an in-depth exposure to a branch of mathematics, such as calculus, which builds upon the skills learned to fulfill the Essential Skills requirement in mathematics.
To learn more about the courses that can fulfill the mathematics requirements in the Liberal Studies Program, click here.