Mathematics Courses
MATH 101 Intermediate Algebra
Properties of the real numbers; solving linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; polynomials; fractional expressions and equations; exponents, powers and roots; systems of linear equations.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 094 or Math Placement of Math 101 or greater.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 104 Elementary Functions: Algebra and Trigonometry
The real number system; inequalities; functions and their inverses; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions; complex numbers; polynomial and rational functions; systems of equations.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 101 or transfer cse Math 004 or Math Placement of Math 104 or greater.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 201 Calculus for the Management and Social Sciences
Basic concepts and techniques of differential and integral calculus; Applications in the fields of accounting, economics, finance and management.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 101 or transfer cse Math 004 or Math Placement of Math 104 or greater.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 202 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
Differential and integral calculus of the elementary functions with associated analytic geometry; transcendental functions; techniques of integration; application; sequences and series.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 104 or Math Placement of Math 202 or greater.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 203 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
Differential and integral calculus of the elementary functions with associated analytic geometry; transcendental functions; techniques of integration; application; sequences and series.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 202.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 209 Multivariate Calculus
Real-valued functions of several variables; tangent and normal lines; chain rule for partial derivatives; extrema; least squares method; higher-ordered derivatives; integration; polar and cylindrical coordinates; spherical coordinates; vector fields; line integrals; physical applications.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 203.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 260 Introductory Statistics
Descriptive and inferential statistics; frequency distributions; graphical techniques; measure of central tendency and of dispersion; probability regression correlation, analysis of count data, analysis of variance. Credit will not be granted for both Math 260 and (Bus Adm 215 or Comm Sci 205).
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 101 or Math Placement of Math 101/260 or greater. Credit will not be granted for both Math 260 and (Bus Adm 215 or Comm Sci 205).
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 281 Conceptual Foundations of Elementary Mathematics I
Foundations of mathematics, particularly those concepts common to the mathematics curriculum of elementary schools. Explores the processes of abstraction, symbolic representation, notational manipulation and modeling in all arithmetic contexts; examines non-arithmetic topics such as geometry, probability, statistics, algebra, and programming concepts.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 101 or Math Placement of Math 104 or greater.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 282 Conceptual Foundations of Elementary Mathematics II
Foundations of mathematics, particularly those concepts common to the mathematics curriculum of elementary schools. Explores the processes of abstraction, symbolic representation, notational manipulation and modeling in all arithmetic contexts; examines non-arithmetic topics such as geometry, probability, statistics, algebra, and programming concepts. May not be taken on a pass/no credit basis.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: Math 101 or Math Placement of Math 104 or greater.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 285 Geometry
A thorough and rigorous treatment of elementary Euclidean Geometry from an advanced perspective. Modern developments in Euclidean Geometry: sensed magnitudes, cross-ratio, transformations, and an introduction to non-Euclidean Geometry.
Periodicity: Spring Even
Requirements: P: Math 104 or Math Placement of Math 202 or greater.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 305 Ordinary Differential Equations
Solutions and applications of first and higher order linear differential equations; the meanings of existence and uniqueness theorems; nonlinear differential equations; modeling physical and biological systems.
Periodicity: Spring
Requirements: P: Math 203.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 314 Proofs in Number Theory and Topology
This course deals with the construction of detailed proofs of mathematical theorems within the context of the fertile fields of Number Theory and Topology.
Periodicity: Spring
Requirements: P: Math 202; REC: Math 203.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 320 Linear Algebra I
Matrices and vector space concepts. Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vectors in two-and three-space, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors; positive-definite matrices, normal forms, the principal axis theorem, applications.
Periodicity: Fall
Requirements: P: Math 203.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 321 Linear Algebra II
Matrices and vector space concepts. Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vectors in two-and three-space, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors; positive-definite matrices, normal forms, the principal axis theorem, applications.
Periodicity: Spring
Requirements: P: Math 320.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 323 Analysis I
A course in the basic ideas of classical real analysis. Sets, functions, real numbers, limits, Euclidean space, topology of Euclidean space, continuity and uniform continuity, uniform convergence, and function spaces and their applications.
Periodicity: Fall
Requirements: P: Math 209 and 314.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 324 Analysis II
Differentiable mappings, the inverse and implicit function theorems and related topics, integration on Euclidean space, Fubini's theorem and the change of variables formula, and Fourier Analysis.
Periodicity: Spring
Requirements: P: Math 323.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 328 Introduction to Algebraic Structures
Groups, rings, and fields as organizing ideas. Basic structure theorems. Applications.
Periodicity: Fall
Requirements: P: Math 314 and 320.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 355 Applied Mathematical Optimization
Analytical and numerical optimization techniques; linear, nonlinear, integer, and dynamic programming. Techniques applied to problems of water, forest, air and solid-waste management.
Periodicity: Fall Even
Requirements: P: Math 320 or conc enr.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 360 Theory of Probability
Probability as a mathematical system, with applications; basic probability theory; combinatorial analysis; distribution functions and probability laws; mean and variance of a probability law; expectation related probability laws; random variables.
Periodicity: Fall Even
Requirements: P: Math 209.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 361 Mathematical Statistics
Sample moments and their distributions; tests of hypotheses; point and interval estimation; regression and linear hypotheses; nonparametric methods; sequential methods.
Periodicity: Spring Odd
Requirements: P: Math 320 and 360.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 385 Foundations of Geometry
Intuitive and deductive introductions to Euclidean, affine, hyperbolic, spherical, elliptic and projective geometries.
Periodicity: Spring
Requirements: P: Math 314.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 410 Complex Analysis
Algebra and geometry of complex numbers; analytic functions, elementary transformations, integration, Taylor and Laurent series, contour integration, residues, conformal mapping.
Periodicity: Fall Even
Requirements: P: Math 209.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 425 Dynamical Systems
Fundamental concepts and techniques of discrete and continuous dynamical systems; asymptotic behavior, structural stability, elementary bifurcations, strange attractors, fractals, chaos. Applications to physical and biological systems.
Periodicity: Spring Even
Requirements: P: Math 209 and 320; and 305 or conc enr.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 430 Design of Experiments
Statistical theory and practice underlying the design of scientific experiments, and methods of analysis. Replication, randomization, error, linear models, least squares, crossed and nested models, blocking, factorial experiments, Latin squares, confounding, incomplete blocks, split-plots.
Periodicity: Spring Even
Requirements: P: Math 202; and Math 260 or Bus Adm 215.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 431 Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Principles and practice in the analysis of multivariate data. Correlation, partial correlation, principle components, factor analysis discriminate functions, canonical correlation, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling. Emphasis on computer analysis of actual data.
Periodicity: Spring Odd
Requirements: P: Math 202 and 320; and Math 260 or Bus Adm 215.
Credits: 4 min, 4 max
MATH 450 Theory of Algorithms
Design, analysis and comparison of algorithms; divide and conquer techniques, greedy method, dynamic programming and graph searching. Applications to profit maximization with constraints, graph coloring, traveling salesman problem and others.
Periodicity: Fall Odd
Requirements: P: Comp Sci 257 and 242 and Math 202, all with at least a C grade.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 467 Applied Regression Analysis
Techniques for fitting linear regression models are developed and applied to data. Topics include simple linear regression, multivariate regression, curvilinear regression and linearizable models.
Writing Emphasis: Yes
Periodicity: Fall
Requirements: P: Math 260 or Bus Adm 215; and Math 202 and 320; REC: knowledge of Excel.
Credits: 3 min, 3 max
MATH 497 Internship
Supervised practical experience in an organization or activity appropriate to a student's career and educational interests. Internships are supervised by faculty members and require periodic student/faculty meetings.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: jr st.
Credits: 1 min, 12 max
MATH 498 Independent Study
Independent study is offered on an individual basis at the student's request and consists of a program of learning activities planned in consultation with a faculty member. A student wishing to study or conduct research in an area not represented in available scheduled courses should develop a preliminary proposal and seek the sponsorship of a faculty member. The student's advisor can direct him or her to instructors with appropriate interests. A written report or equivalent is required for evaluation, and a short title describing the program must be sent early inthe semester to the registrar for entry on the student's transcript.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Requirements: P: fr or so st with cum gpa > or = 2.50; or jr or sr st with cum gpa > or = 2.00.
Credits: 1 min, 4 max
MATH 94 Elementary Algebra
Intended as a preparation for Math 101. Topics include: properties of real numbers, exponents and polynomials, simplifying variable expressions, linear equations and inequalities, factoring, graphing, and basic quadratic equations. Offered on a pass/no credit, non-degree credit basis only.
Periodicity: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3 min, 3 max