The quantitative reasoning requirement is designed to enhance students' capacity...

1. to pose problems that involve quantitative relationships in real-world data by means of numerical, symbolic, and visual representations;
2. to solve problems, deducing consequences, formulating alternatives, and making predictions;
3. to apply appropriate technologies; and
4. to communicate and critique quantitative arguments orally and in writing.

Students may meet this requirement in various ways, but most will do so by taking specially designed courses offered in a range of disciplines across the curriculum. These 100-level courses are designated by the prefix "Q." Besides taking one of these courses, a student may satisfy this requirement by taking Mathematics 115, 124, or 125; by placing into Math 129 or higher on the University's math placement test; or by receiving calculus credit through either Advanced Placement or CLEP test.