2020-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Italian |
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ITAL 204 - Intermediate Italian II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course continues the study of grammar, pronunciation, aural-oral comprehension and composition, with graded readings.
Prerequisite(s) ITAL 203 or three or four years of levels of Italian in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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Japanese |
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JPNS 101 - Elementary Japanese I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course covers grammar, pronunciation, and aural-oral comprehension.
Prerequisite(s) No previous Japanese study or one year or level of Japanese in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JPNS 102 - Elementary Japanese II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a continuation of JPNS 101 .
Prerequisite(s) JPNS 101 or one to two years or levels of Japanese in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JPNS 105 - Intensive Elementary Japanese
6 Credits
6 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is intensive course covering the material of JPNS 101 -JPNS 102 in one semester.
Prerequisite(s) No previous Japanese study or one year or level of Japanese in high school. ().
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JPNS 203 - Intermediate Japanese I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course provides a review of grammar, pronunciation and composition, with graded readings. It also provides further development of aural-oral proficiency.
Prerequisite(s) JPNS 102 or two to three years or levels of Japanese in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JPNS 204 - Intermediate Japanese II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course is a continuation of JPNS 203 .
Prerequisite(s) JPNS 203 or three to four years or levels of Japanese in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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JPNS 206 - Intensive Intermediate Japanese
6 Credits
6 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is an intensive course covering the material of JPNS 203 -JPNS 204 in one semester.
Prerequisite(s) JPNS 102 or two to three years or levels of Japanese in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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Latin |
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LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a course designed to give a foundation in the grammar and an elementary reading knowledge of the Latin language.
Prerequisite(s) No previous Latin study or one year or level of Latin in high school.
Offered (FALL)
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LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a continuation of LATN 101 .
Prerequisite(s) LATN 101 or one to two years or levels of Latin in high school.
Offered (SPRING)
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LATN 203 - Intermediate Latin I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
Latin 203 is a continuation of LATN 102 and presupposes knowledge of the material covered in both LATN 101 and LATN 102 . It is a course that, along with LATN 204 , covers the rest of the grammar of the Latin language plus reading and translation exercises preparatory to the study of Latin language literature.
Prerequisite(s) LATN 102 or two or three years or levels of Latin in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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LATN 204 - Intermediate Latin II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
Latin 204 is a continuation of LATN 203 and presupposes knowledge of the material covered in LATN 101 , LATN 102 and LATN 203 . It covers the remainder of Latin grammar plus practice exercises and some reading of Latin writings.
Prerequisite(s) LATN 203 or three to four years or levels of Latin in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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Latin America Studies |
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LACS 200 - Introduction to Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course introduces students to Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean societies, cultures, and histories through a multi-disciplinary and multi-national approach.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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Management |
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MGMT 324 - Organizational Behavior
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the principles of management and organizational behavior, focusing on the behavior of individuals and groups and how such behavior contributes to organizational effectiveness. Topics include managerial functions and roles, perception, learning, motivation, personality, attitudes and values, team dynamics, leadership, influence and power, communication, conflict, and organizational strategy, structure, change, ethics and culture.
Prerequisite(s) Junior standing in the GSBM.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 329 - Human Resource Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines principles and practices involved in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring and developing employees. Separations, transfers, promotions, EEO considerations, privacy and affirmative action are considered.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 324 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 330 - Compensation and Benefits Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an advanced examination of compensation theory, practice, and benefit programs. Readings, cases, exercises, simulations, projects, and a paper are used to develop competence in compensation management and benefits such as health care, dental, legal rights, child care, educational payments, profit sharing, sick leave, and other employee and managerial incentives.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 329 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 355 - Evidence-based Management
3 Credits
In this course you will learn how to apply the principles of evidence-based management to solve problems. You will use evidence-based management principles (use multiple sources of information, critically appraise the information) and processes (ask, acquire, appraise, aggregate, apply, assess) to address managerial challenges. You will: ask critical questions about problems/solutions; acquire evidence (from practitioners, scientific literature, organizations, stakeholders); appraise the evidence; aggregate evidence from multiple sources using Bayes Rule; apply tools lie the PICOC (population, intervention, comparison, outcomes, and context) method to determine if evidence is relevant; assess type of decision, outcomes, reliability and validity of assessment, and unintended consequences; and develop recommendations to address’s management issues. This is the foundational course for the Evidence-Based Management Certificate.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 365 - Maximizing Team Effectiveness
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
In this course you will learn how to be a more effective team member, team leader, and team manager. You will practice applying/implementing an evidence-based approach (ask, acquire, appraise, aggregate, apply, assess) to developing and maintaining high performing teams including: team composition (diversity, personality), team processes and activities, team interventions (team building, teamwork training, debriefing sessions, group goal setting), socio-affective states (intra-team trust, psychological safety, social cohesion), moderators of team effectiveness (interdependence, virtuality, temporality, authority, size, turnover, reflexivity, identification), and cognitive states (cognitive consensus, information sharing, transactive memory system). This is an Evidence-Based Management Cerfificate track.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 375 - Change Management
3 Credits
In this course you will learn how to plan, implement, and effectively manage change in organizations using an evidence-based approach (ask, acquire, appraise, aggregate, apply, assess). You will use change management (CM) concepts (e.g., relationship to strategic management, types of change, relationship to project management, organizational and individual change, CM roles and responsibilities, organizational alignment and CM) and processes (i.e., evaluate change impact and organizational readiness, formulate the CM strategy, develop the CM plan, execute the CM plan, complete the CM effort) to: 1] increase organizational readiness, flexibility and adaptability, 2] increase stakeholder engagement, morale, and preparedness for change, 3] minimize any productivity/performance declines during change, 4] accelerate performance during and after change, 5] minimize the learning curve, 6] increase the likelihood of benefits realization, and 7] optimize long-term sustainability of the future state. This is a course in the Evidence-Based Management Certificate track.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 355 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 395 - Leadership
3 Credits
In this course you will develop your leadership skills and use an evidence-based management approach (ask, acquire, appraise, aggregate, apply, assess) to be a more effective leader. You will assess and develop your leadership skills, including: communication, influencing, conflict management, delegation, and decision-making skills. Using an evidence-based management approach, principles, and concepts (i.e., bases of power, leadership styles, followership styles, situational leadership, leader-member exchange, etc.), you will develop competencies in: 1) motivating and engaging employees, 2) managing performance, 3) using appropriate situational judgment, 4) setting and reaching goals/goal setting, 5) creating a positive, inclusive culture, and 6) using managerial courage. This is a course in the Evidence-Based Management Certificate track.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MGMT 420 - Labor-Management Relations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the concepts, policies, programs, and practices of labor organizations and management groups working together, along with community, agency, and neutrals, to resolve work-place conflicts, minimize labor market and employment adjustments, and enhance organizational performance, productivity, and survivability. Readings, projects, cases and a research-oriented paper are expected.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 329 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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MGMT 421 - Training and Development
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a senior level course that applies the management fundamentals to improve supervisory, managerial, and executive effectiveness. Texts, readings, and projects are designed to enhance managerial skills of planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating well beyond basic principles of management. Cases, simulations, and workshop-oriented management training exercises build on other management and business courses to improve managerial performance and prospects for upward mobility. Focus is on training to be a better manager and improving fast-track entry into middle and upper management in corporations, and entrepreneurial enterprises.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 329 completed with a grade of “C” or higher and Senior standing in the GSBM required to register. This is a course with “Honors” designation.
Offered (FALL)
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MGMT 425 - Staffing and Performance Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an advanced examination of the body of theory and practices involved in recruiting, selecting and placing employees as well as techniques and processes involved in measuring and managing the performance contribution of employees. Readings, cases, exercises, simulations, internal or external projects, or a term paper are used to develop an understanding of how systematic staffing and performance management practices serve as means to attract, develop and retain high performing employees to build a sustainable competitive advantage for the organization.
Prerequisite(s) MGMT 329 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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MGMT 465 - Issues in Human Resource Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an in-depth investigation of selected current trends and issues of importance in HR and industrial relations. It is an integrative, case-oriented approach to the study of problems and policy in HR and industrial relations. Simulation exercises and case analysis are used in addition to lecture and student presentations.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing in the GSBM required to register. This is a course with “Honors” designation.
Offered (SPRING)
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Marketing |
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MKTG 331 - Principles of Marketing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Marketing forms the foundation of all successful business and non-business transactions. This course introduces the student to the concepts and applications of marketing in society and in the firm and presents an overview of the marketing mix, global marketing, and careers in marketing.
Prerequisite(s) Junior standing in the GSBM
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 333 - Marketing in a Digital Environment
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces the student to the principles and practices of electronic marketing. It explores strategies and techniques unique to electronic marketing in pricing, product, promotion and distribution as well as integrating e-marketing with business processes. Topics covered include the unique issues pertaining to consumer behavior, ethics and public policy in electronic marketing.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 141 and MKTG 331 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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MKTG 335 - Consumer Behavior
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses the marketing concept on customer orientation, wants, needs, and desires so that organizational resources can be used to deliver need-satisfying products and services. It introduces explanatory and predictive models concerning buyers, marketing policy and strategy.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 336 - Retail Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines principles and methods of management as applied for retail problem solving at the managerial level. Includes analysis of location, organization, personnel, inventory control, buying functions, selling and profitability planning and management.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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MKTG 337 - Marketing Channels Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Marketing channels are the most enduring aspect of marketing strategy. The strategic management of marketing channels involves the design and operation of a distribution network to pro- vide ongoing contact with targeted customers, as well as logistics, which focuses on providing product/service availability at the appropriate times and places in the marketing channel.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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MKTG 338 - Professional Selling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a detailed examination of the process and steps in effective selling. It examines the contemporary salesperson’s responsibilities of prospecting, making sales calls and presentations, closing sales, ensuring customer satisfaction. It covers sales pro- motion and territory management.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 340 - Global Marketing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an analysis and examination of key concepts, environmental and strategic issues involved in entering international markets and conducting marketing operations across national borders. Attention will be focused upon the identification and evaluation of market opportunities, modification of marketing strategies and programs in response to different market needs and constraints, and coordinating strategies in world markets.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 345 - Services Marketing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides a framework for understanding the key issues of services marketing. It focuses on how services differ from goods and how this influences the way the former are marketed. Particular attention is paid to the role of quality in delivering services to meet and exceed customer expectations. Topics covered include the following: blueprinting, role of physical evidence, customer satisfaction, service delivery, promotion, pricing, locating facilities, and consumer decision- making.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher. This is a course with “Honors” designation.
Offered (FALL)
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MKTG 346 - Social Marketing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides coverage of marketing activities related to social causes, ideas, and behaviors. These activities are typically carried out by non-profit organizations involved in such areas as education, health care, religion, and philanthropy. The focus of marketing in these areas is to encourage, promote and sustain desirable social behaviors and ideas and to foster community and volunteer support.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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MKTG 419 - Product Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Product management involves managing the entire marketing operation of a product from its inception to final customer distribution. This course focuses on both strategic issues, such as product development, positioning, and branding, as well as tactical aspects, such as researching customer needs, managing the product commercialization process, organizing promotions, and sales tracking.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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MKTG 420 - Marketing Research Systems
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Students learn the salient features of a total marketing research and information system that encompasses internal reports, marketing intelligence, marketing research and analytical marketing.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 331 and INSS 141 , and INSS 220 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MKTG 431 - Advertising and Marketing Communications
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course emphasizes an understanding and application of the principles of marketing communications from a managerial perspective. It will focus on advertising, sales promotion, and public relations with special attention to the economic, sociological and psychological aspects of behavior.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 335 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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MKTG 465 - Special Topics in Marketing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
An advanced course in marketing devoted to the exploration of new developments in marketing theory and practice and investigation of marketing problems and issues.
Prerequisite(s) Senior standing in the GSBM required to register. This is a course with “Honors” designation.
Offered (FALL)
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MKTG 495 - Strategic Marketing Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a capstone course with a “big picture,” environmental focus that examines major managerial problems in marketing. Cases, computer simulations, and literature on strategic marketing management are utilized to enhanced student competence with the principles and processes of strategic market planning, and the development, implementation, and control of marketing plans and programs.
Prerequisite(s) MKTG 335 and MKTG 420 completed with grades of “C” or higher and Senior standing in the GSBM required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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Mathematics |
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MATH 106 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a beginning algebra course. Topics include numbers, algebraic expressions, polynomials, exponents, radicals, linear equations and quadratic equations. This course does not count towards graduation. Freshman studies sections meet five hours.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 107 - The Number Systems
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a concept-building course. It studies the structure of the following number systems: the counting numbers, the whole numbers, the integers, the fractions and the rational numbers, i.e. the meanings of the various types of numbers and of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and less than, together with their interrelationships; and methods for transmitting the concepts to children. This course is restricted to elementary education majors, unless departmental permission is given.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 108 - Geometry and Measurement
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a concept-building course. Topics discussed include: parallelism, perpendicularity, congruence, basic ruler-and-compass constructions, basic geometric transformations, similarity and proportion, and an introduction to geometric proof. Other topics include: linear, area, volume and angular measurement; approximation, precision and accuracy; and the derivation of certain formulas for area and volume; and methods for transmitting these concepts to children.
Prerequisite(s) This course is restricted to elementary education majors or Department Chair permission required to register.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 109 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
A course designed to help students develop an understanding of the role of mathematics in modern society. It also provides practice in the application of elementary mathematical skills and concepts to real life problems. Topics to be discussed include sets, logic, numbers, algebra, geometry, statistics, and consumer mathematics. Optional topics are probability and computers.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 110 - Algebra, Functions, and Analytic Geometry
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a concept-building course. Topics discussed include: algebra as an abstraction from arithmetic; equations and functions and their relationships and differences; inequalities; the Cartesian coordinate system as a link between algebra and geometry; the linkage between certain geometric objects and their algebraic counterparts; and a basic introduction to exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. Course sections for education majors will introduce students to methods for transmitting these concepts to children. Course sections for architecture and business majors will introduce students to architectural and business applications. This course is restricted to architecture, business, and elementary education majors unless departmental permission is given.
Prerequisite(s) This course is restricted to architecture, business and elementary education majors unless departmental permission is given.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 112 - Honors Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This course is designed to help honors students develop an understanding of the role of mathematics in modern society. It also provides practice in the application of elementary mathematical skills and concepts to real-life problems. Topics to be discussed include sets and logic, numbers, algebra, geometry, statistics, and consumer mathematics. Other topics include probability and computers. Students may not receive credit for both MATH 109 and MATH 112.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 113 - Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This is the first half of a unified course in algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry. Topics to be discussed include: fundamentals of algebra, functions and graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, analytic geometry, and introduction to the conic sections.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 114 - Introduction to Mathematical Analysis II
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of MATH 113 . Topics discussed include: analytic geometry, systems of equations and inequalities, coordinate geometry in the plane, conic sections, polar coordinates and parametric equations, sequences and series, and limits and continuity.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 . Students must pass MATH 113 with a grade of C or better.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 118 - Finite Mathematics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: statement calculus, set operations, counting principles, probability, statistics, matrices, systems of linear equations and inequalities, and linear programming with applications involving optimization utilizing the simplex method.
Offered (FALL)
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MATH 120 - An Introduction to Probability and Decision Making
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a first course in probability theory and should be of interest to students with little mathematical background. The course is intended to expose majors in psychology, sociology, biology, chemistry, physics, business administration, political science as well as mathematics to sound decision making in their respective fields.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 130 - Introduction to Actuarial Science
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to Actuarial Science from the point of view of practicing life insurance, casualty insurance and interaction with professionals; theory of interest; applications of calculators and computers to problems involving interest theory; guidance on program and curriculum requirements.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or departmental permission required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 141 - Precalculus
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
A course designed to cover the following topics: review of algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry; equations and inequalities; sequences and series; functions and relations including algebraic, logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric functions; analytic geometry including conic sections and parametric equations.
Prerequisite(s) Departmental Chair permission required in order to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 201 - Calculus for Non-Science Majors
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course discusses the basic concepts of calculus including functions, limits, continuity, and techniques of differentiation, with applications to the managerial, life, and social sciences. Topics include also an introduction to the techniques of integration with applications, and a basic introduction to multivariable calculus.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 110 or MATH 113 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 205 - Probability, Statistics and Discrete Mathematics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is an introductory course in probability and statistics. Topics include: basic counting techniques, basic probability and statistics, basic logic, set theory and an introduction to algorithms.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 110 completed with a grade of “C” or higher. This course is restricted to elementary education majors otherwise departmental permission is required to register.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 215 - Foundations for Advanced Mathematics I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Basic logic, axiomatic treatment of sets, construction of the real number system from the Zermelo-Frankel axioms of set theory.
Prerequisite(s) Departmental Chair permission is required to register
Offered (FALL)
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MATH 216 - Foundations for Advanced Mathematics II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Topics to be discussed include graph theory, techniques for proving algorithm and program correctness, formal languages and formal machines, complexity of algorithms, coding theory, Boolean algebra and logic networks.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 215 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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MATH 241 - Calculus I
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
Topics to be discussed include limits and continuity of real functions of one variable; differentiation and anti- differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; the chain rule, the Rolle’s Theorem, and the Mean Value Theorem; applications of differentiation to various problems including optimization problems and curve sketching; and an introduction to definite and indefinite integrals.
Prerequisite(s) ENGR 101 or MATH 114 or MATH 141 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 242 - Calculus II
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This course is the continuation of MATH 241 and is designed to cover the following topics: definite integrals and their applications, fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of integration, approximate integration, and improper integrals. Integrals yielding inverse trigonometric functions, infinite sequences and series, and other topics are also discussed.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 241 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or departmental permission required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 243 - Calculus III
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
Topics to be discussed include partial differentiation, directional derivatives, gradients and line integrals, multiple integrals, applications, Green’s Theorem and Stokes’ Theorem.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 298 - Honors Seminar I
1 Credits
1 hours per week.
This course is designed to introduce the honors student to deductive reasoning. The seminar will feature a mix of outside speakers, faculty speakers and student presentations. These talks and presentations will highlight the use of deductive reasoning in mathematics. The student will write a paper that illustrates the use of deductive reasoning in an elementary setting.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 299 - Honors Seminar II
1 Credits
1 hours per week.
This course is designed as a continuation of MATH 298 ; therefore it continues the process of introducing the student to deductive reasoning. The seminar will feature a mix of outside speakers, faculty speakers and student presentations. These talks and presentations will highlight the use of deductive reasoning in mathematics. The student will write a paper that illustrates the use of deductive reasoning in an elementary setting and will be required to give an oral presentation to the class in MATH 298 when both seminar courses are offered in the same semester.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 300 - Independent Study in Mathematics I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Under this heading, a student may agree to a course with a particular faculty member on a topic not covered in the regular curriculum. The arrangements must be made with the faculty member and approved by the Department Chair before the student registers for the course.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 312 - Linear Algebra I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: a study of linear transformations and matrices, vector spaces, eigenvalues and canonical forms and other topics as time permits.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 241 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 313 - Linear Algebra II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a follow-up course to MATH 312 . Special topics, applied and abstract, are studied. These topics include Hermitian Matrices, Quadratic Forms, Positive Definite Matrices, Canonical Forms, and other applications as time permits.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 312 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 322 - Solid Analytic Geometry
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to use matrix theory and vector algebra to discuss the following topics: lines, planes and transformation of coordinates in space; quadric surfaces, the general equation of the second degree, and properties of quadrics.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 331 - Applied Probability and Statistics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a first course in statistics with emphasis on applications in engineering and the sciences, including the role of statistics in quality control, descriptive statistics, basic probability, discrete and continuous probability models, sampling distributions, drawing inferences from population samples via estimation and significance tests, brief exposure to regression and analysis of variance. Students are required to complete computer projects using statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 333 - Applied Regression, Correlation, and Time Series Analysis
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course represents a study of relationships among variables, including linear regression with one or more variables, methods of estimating parameters and testing hypothesis, selection of independent variables, time series, and other topics. Students are required to complete computer projects using statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 334 - Applied Analysis of Variance
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover a study of relation between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. It will study quantitative or qualitative attributes of data without requiring assumption about the nature of the statistical relation. The course will emphasize single and multifactor models analysis, analysis of factor effects, implementation of models, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance. Students are required to complete computer projects using statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 337 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course emphasizes an applied study of many of the popular nonparametric tests that do not require the knowledge of the population in question. It emphasizes procedures that utilize data from a single sample, or two or more independent and related samples. The course will also cover Chi-square tests of independence, homogeneity, goodness-of-fit, rank correlation, and other measures of association, including exposure to loglinear-logit analysis of categorical data. Students are required to complete computer projects using statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 339 - Survey Sampling Techniques
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will cover methods of designing and interpreting survey investigations with emphasis on simple random, stratified, systematic, cluster and double sampling from populations to determine uncertainties. In addition, it will cover construction of sample frames, sampling for estimating proportions, means and variances, sample size determination, computer scoring, and analysis of questionnaire data. Students are required to complete computer projects using statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 340 - Introduction to Differential Equations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a first course dealing with methods of solving ordinary differential equations (ODE) with modeling applications. The following topics are included: first order ordinary differential equations, second and higher order linear ordinary differential equations, (homogeneous and non- homogeneous), Laplace Transforms, systems of linear ordinary differential equations.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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MATH 341 - Advanced Calculus I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course discusses in a rigorous manner the following topics: topology of the real line, sequences of real numbers, theory of limits and continuity, theory of differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, infinite series.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 216 and MATH 242 completed with grades of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 342 - Advanced Calculus II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of MATH 341 . The following topics will be covered: sequences of functions, improper integrals, and functions of several variables.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 341 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 343 - Complex Variables
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed as a study of functions of a complex variable. Topics are: elementary functions, analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, harmonic functions, contour integral, Cauchy-Goursat Theorem, Cauchy integral formula, Maximum modulus theorem, poles and residues, Laurent series, conformal mapping.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 341 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 345 - Mathematics for Insurance and Investment
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: theory of life insurance, life annuities, premiums, financial derivatives and related fields, with emphasis on applications of current insurance and investment principles, exposure to health, disability, long-term care and property/casualty insurance, presentations by speakers and stock market labs.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 331 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 346 - Financial Mathematics
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
This course provides an understanding of financial mathematics and financial economics as well as their applications to real world business situations and risk management. Provides preparation for the Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society (SOA/ CAS) Actuarial Exam FM/2.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 352 - Numerical Analysis
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: methods of deriving numerical results for mathematical procedures with attention given to the precision of the results. Computer programming techniques will also be included.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 361 - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of formulation, analysis, and simulation of mathematical models. Deterministic, dynamic, and stochastic models will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 363 - Actuarial and Stochastic Modeling I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course develops mathematical models for analyzing fluctuations in stock market indices, interest rates, weekly insurance claims, inventory levels, and many other random phenomena. It is restricted to systems that can be modeled as discrete time Markov Chains.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 312 and MATH 331 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 364 - Actuarial and Stochastic Modeling II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals with continuous time Markov chains. These chains are used to model the behavior of queuing systems like waiting lines at bank teller windows, restaurants, and telephone call centers. The course also develops continuous time models for analyzing other random fluctuations. In particular, it develops the Black-Scholes model for pricing stock options, and the stochastic calculus used for pricing insurance premiums and annuity products.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 363 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Departmetal permission required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 371 - History of Mathematics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Topics include the origins of the concepts of numbers, algebra, geometry, applied arithmetic. The contributions of famous 19th and 20th century mathematicians will also be discussed.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 390 - Special Topics in Mathematics I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Under this heading, courses on topics and applications not covered in the regular curriculum or that span several areas of mathematics will be offered.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 400 - Independent Study in Mathematics II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Under this heading, a student may agree to a course with a particular faculty member on a topic not covered in the regular curriculum. The arrangements must be made with the faculty member and approved by the department chair before the student registers for the course.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 401 - Groups and Geometry
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to group theory, geometry of complex numbers, symmetries of the plane and two-dimensional crystallographic groups. These topics demonstrate the unity of mathematics and help students develop proof techniques.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 243 and MATH 312 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 413 - Algebraic Structures I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: elementary theory of groups, rings, integral domains, fields and ideals. An introduction to polynomials and matrices over a field will be considered.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 215 or MATH 312 completed with a grade of “C” or hihger or Departmental permission required to register
Offered (FALL)
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MATH 414 - Algebraic Structures II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
A continuation of MATH 413 . Topics drawn from Galois theory, Sylow theory, finite abelian groups, and applications.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 413 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 415 - Introduction to Differential Geometry
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals with differential geometry of curves and surfaces, curvature and geodesics and an introduction to n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. Multivariable calculus is used to study geometry. This central subject in modern mathematics underlies Einstein’s relativity theory and modern string theory in physics.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 243 and MATH 312 and MATH 340 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 419 - Combinatorics and Graph Theory
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
General enumeration methods, difference equations, and generating functions. Elements of graph theory including transport networks, matching theory, and graph algorithms.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 215 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 421 - Higher Geometry
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces the student to projective, advanced Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries and is designed to cover the following topics: transformation theory, projective theory of conics, Desargues’ Theorem, duality, projective, parabolic, hyperbolic, and elliptic geometries.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher or Instructor permission required to register
Offered (SPRING)
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MATH 425 - Introduction to Number Theory
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Divisibility and primes, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, arithmetic functions, and arithmetic in quadratic fields.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 431 - Mathematical Theory of Statistics I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following: general probability, Bayes’ Theorem, discrete and continuous random variables, mathematical expectation, moments and moment generating functions, density functions for single and multiple random variables, marginal and conditional probability distributions, some particular distributions, sampling theory and the Central Limit Theorem.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 432 - Mathematical Theory of Statistics II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of MATH 431 . It is designed to cover the following: normal correlation and regression, theory of estimation with emphasis on uniformly minimum un- biased estimators and the maximum likelihood method, theory of hypothesis testing with emphasis on Nyman- Pearson Lemma and the likelihood ratio tests, power function, deriving distributions of one and two random variables, small sample distributions with emphasis on the chi-square, t and F distributions.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 431 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 433 - Problem Solving Techniques and Applications in Probability
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
The purpose of this course is to teach techniques for problem solving in probability theory, which are relevant to the actuarial sciences. Materials from MATH 331 , MATH 337 , MATH 431 as well as past Actuarial Exam 1/P exams will be reviewed. These materials will be used to help students acquire a better understanding of what is required of them in the business and actuarial profession. This course is open to all students and highly recommended for all Actuarial Science majors and Mathematics majors (with a concentration in Actuarial Science).
Prerequisite(s) MATH 242 and MATH 331 and MATH 337 and MATH 431 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) MATH 432
Offered (SPRING)
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MATH 435 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Modern statistical techniques useful for doing research by experimentation, with emphasis on design of experiments via randomized block designs, nested and partially nested designs, repeated measures designs, latin square designs, factorial designs, fractional factorial designs, response surface methodology. Computer projects via statistical software systems.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 432 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 436 - Quality Control
4 Credits
4 hours per week.
Statistical process control, including principles of control charts, control charts for attributes and variables, and special control charts; process capability studies; methods for quality improvement; acceptance sampling, including single, double, sequential and multiple attribute sampling plans, and sampling plans by variables; reliability, life testing and exposure to industrial experimentation. Computer projects via statistical software systems
Prerequisite(s) MATH 432 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 440 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Initial value problems of wave and heat equations, Fourier series and transforms, initial and boundary problems of wave and heat equations, eigenfunction expansions, energy estimates, boundary value problems of Laplace equations, Green functions, variation of calculus, classification of linear second order PDE.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 243 and MATH 312 and MATH 340 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 450 - Senior Seminar
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Under the direction of a faculty member, the student must write an acceptable mathematics paper. In addition, an oral presentation based on the paper must be made to a departmental audience.
Prerequisite(s) Must be senior standing in the Mathematics Major or Departmental permission required to register.
Offered (SPRING AND AS NEEDED)
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MATH 451 - Honors Conference Course
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed for seniors in the Honors Program and others admitted by the chairperson and is devoted to one or more topics in advanced mathematics. Much of this work is done through independent study with timely conferences with the instructor.
Prerequisite(s) Must be senior standing in the Mathematics Major or Departmental permission required to register.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 452 - Honors Conference Course
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to expose seniors to research in Mathematics. Students will work on research projects with a designated mentor, and present their findings at local and national conferences.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 451 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 461 - Operations Research I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Linear programming including the simplex method. Transportation, assignment, and trans-shipment problems. Network problems, sensitivity analysis, and a brief introduction to dynamic programming.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 312 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 462 - Operations Research II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Integer programming, game theory, dynamic programming. Introduction to nonlinear programming.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 461 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 479 - Point Set Topology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to cover the following topics: point set theory of the line and plane, topological spaces and properties, mappings.
Prerequisite(s) MATH 341 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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MATH 490 - Special Topics in Mathematics II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Under this heading, courses on topics and applications not covered in the regular curriculum or that span several areas of mathematics will be offered.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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