AN ANALYSIS OF THE MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS NECESSARY FOR THE COLLEGE PHYSICAL SCIENCE COURSE.

The article presents an analysis of the mathematical concepts necessary for the college physical science course in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the physical science course at Western Michigan University to determine the mathematical concepts with which the student must be familiar in order to understand the physical concepts involved in the course material. According to the author the outline of the workbook prepared by the physical science staff at the university constitutes the outline of the material to be studied and includes wealth of questions and exercises.