Kira Hamman, a mathematics instructor at Penn State Mont Alto, will present "Mathematics and Democracy" at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3, in room 320 of the Main Building at Penn State Brandywine.
Mathematics and Democracy is a general education quantitative literacy (QL) course which ties together a variety of QL topics by relating them to the democratic process. Course topics include voting methods, apportionment, voting power, and fair division, and the course has included lectures by a historian, a political scientist, and a judge. Students in the course are encouraged to become more politically aware and to apply the mathematics they learn to a topic that particularly interests them. This presentation covers course development, curriculum, and lessons learned. The presentation is free and open to the public.