Objectives

• Return to the academic environment.
  • Brush off the rust.
  • Build up confidence.
  • Keep up with the reading.
  • Keep up with the problems.
  • Mastery of material.
  • Asking questions -- those that contribute to class understanding.
  • Searching for links and context.
  • Providing feedback.
• Basic quantitative skills - necessary.
  • Taken for granted in other courses. STAT/OPIM/FINANCE
  • Provides a language for reasoning, problem formulation and problem solving.
  • Facilitates making useful approximations to reality (MODELING).
  • Product differentiation.
• Pass math proficiency exam.