MATH 004: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
University of California, Riverside
5 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; additional lecture, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): MATH 003 or MATH 004L, may be taken concurrently; the Mathematics Department determines the study program pathway based upon the score on the Mathematics Advisory Examination; or a score of 2 on the AP Calculus AB Exam; not open to students in the Bourns College of Engineering or the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences or to students majoring in Economics or Business Economics. Covers functions and their graphs including linear and polynomial functions, zeroes, and inverse functions as well as exponential and logarithmic functions and their inverses. Also includes counting including elementary probability. Involves applications to business and social sciences. Credit is awarded for one of the following MATH 004, MATH 005A, MATH 006A, or MATH 006B.
Average GPA: 2.11
Grade distribution records: 8,262 students across 33 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 189 | 2.3% |
| A | 693 | 8.4% |
| A- | 528 | 6.4% |
| B+ | 679 | 8.2% |
| B | 870 | 10.5% |
| B- | 690 | 8.4% |
| C+ | 714 | 8.6% |
| C | 772 | 9.3% |
| C- | 397 | 4.8% |
| D+ | 222 | 2.7% |
| D | 464 | 5.6% |
| D- | 129 | 1.6% |
| F | 1,650 | 20.0% |
| NP | 87 | 1.1% |
| S | 31 | 0.4% |
| W | 147 | 1.8% |
Based on 8,262 student grade records across 33 terms and 9 professors.
Instructors
- Michael Curtis 3,343 students, Average GPA 2.13
- Kevin Costello 443 students, Average GPA 2.24
- Bradley Burdick 219 students, Average GPA 2.57
- James Alcala 169 students, Average GPA 2.09
- Christina Vasilakopoulou 108 students, Average GPA 2.90
- Benjamin Russell 104 students, Average GPA 3.13
- Anthony Muljat 102 students, Average GPA 2.51
- Fnu Ishan 102 students, Average GPA 2.88
- Henry Tucker 99 students, Average GPA 2.80