Requiring a mathematics or quantitative reasoning course as part of a liberal arts education is not a new concept, but many of the innovative ways that students are able to fulfill this requirement are. Previously students would likely have taken a course covering traditional math content, such as precalculus. The entire course experience was almost certainly reminiscent of the high school classes that, for too many of these students, had felt mechanical and uninspiring. Surely this was not what anyone had envisioned when they included a mandatory math component for graduation.

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