Moore, Mafori

DeKalb College

Gwinnett Campus

1301 Atkinson Rd.

Lawrenceville, GA 30243

imoore@dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu



Mathematics for Careers



The text that I am developing is for the General Mathematics course at 

DeKalb College.  This course covers three basic units - Solving equations, 

personal finance, probability & statistics.  It is designed for students 

seeking an Associate in Arts and Science degree in one of our career 

programs - fire science technology or interpreter training. It also serves 

students in our dual degree programs with local technical schools who work 

toward a certificate in their career area then take the additional course 

work at DeKalb to complete an AAS degree.  The technical school career 

areas which are served by this course include Radiologic Technology, 

Physical Therapy Assistant, Respiratory Therapy Technology, Marketing 

Management, Fashion Merchandising, and Hotel/Restaurant Management.



Developing in the MathKit/Toolbook environment, I am attempting to cover 

the basic units while including applications that are specific to some of 

the careers mentioned above.  The level of the mathematics required and 

sought for these students is neither rigorous nor demanding.  I have found 

that the MathKit/Toolbook environment facilitates the graphics based, 

hypertext development mode that is suitable at this level.  



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