Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012
UDM Academic PoliciesCourse DescriptionsList of All ProgramsFaculty


MTH 1010 Algebra
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
UAS 0950 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Sets and real numbers; algebra of polynomials; algebra of rational expressions; exponents and radicals; linear equations and inequalities; systems of linear equations; quadratic equations.
300

MTH 1020 Algebra A
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
UAS 0950 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
Corequisites: MTH 1030 MTH 1040


Linear equations and applications; systems of linear equations; linear functions in the rectangular coordinate system. The combination of MTH 1020 + MTH 1030 + MTH 1040 is equivalent to MTH 1010.
100

MTH 1030 Algebra B
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May be taken concurrently)
Corequisites: MTH 1040


Algebra of polynomials; algebra of rational expressions; solving polynomial and rational equations; ratio and proportion; literal equations. The combination of MTH 102 + MTH 103 + MTH 104 is equivalent to MTH 101.
100

MTH 1040 Algebra C
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May be taken concurrently)


Rational exponents; radical expressions; solving equations containing radical expressions; quadratic equations; applications of quadratic equations.
100

MTH 1090 Engineering Math
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


This course introduces high school students to the basic concepts behind right triangle and circle based trigonometry. Topics covered include angles, right triangle trigonometry formulas, law of sines and cosines, applications of triangle-based trigonometry, circle trigonometry formulas, the relationship between right triangle and circle trigonometry, the unit circle, circumference, reference angles.
200

MTH 1100 Applications in Statistics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


A special course for high school students providing an introduction to statistics along with applications. Through a combination of lectures and problem solving sessions, the student will be exposed to the topics of central measures - mode, mean, and standard deviation - as well as with topics in confidence levels.
200

MTH 1110 Mathematical Analysis I
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Equations and inequalities; graphs and functions; polynomials and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic; systems of equations and inequalities; matrices and determinants; conic sections.
300

MTH 1120 Mathematical Analysis II
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1110 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Pre-calculus topics; derivatives and integrals; applications; techniques of integration.
300

MTH 1400 Elementary Functions
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Study of functions, including polynomials; rational, algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. Computer laboratory included.
300

MTH 1410 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1400 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Functions; limits and continuity; derivatives and integrals of polynomial, rational and trigonometric functions. Computer laboratory included.
400

MTH 1420 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Topics in analytic geometry, differentiation and integration of exponential, logarithmic and inverse trigonometric functions; sequences and series. Computer laboratory included.
400

MTH 2140 Basic Statistics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Statistical analysis for business and social science applications; descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; estimation; hypothesis testing; regression analysis.
300

MTH 2410 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Plane curves; polar coordinates; vectors in two and three dimensions; analytic geometry in the three dimensions; vector valued functions; partial derivatives and multiple integrals.
400

MTH 2760 Discrete Structures
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Sets; functions and proof techniques; logic and logic circuits; relations; combinatorics; some graph theory; application to Computer Science.
300

MTH 3050 Mathematics of Finance
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1120 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)


Measurement of interest; nominal and effective interest; force of interest; present value factor; annuities; amortization schedules and sinking funds; reinvestment rates; bonds and other securities.
300

MTH 3060 Mathematical Thinking
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
MTH 2760 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Students will learn how to form plausible conjectures. Students will be introduced to various techniques of proofs such as direct proof, proof by contrapositive, proof by induction, etc. Applications of these techniques on set theory, analysis, conmbinatories group theory, and functions and relations will be discussed.
300

MTH 3270 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Introductory probability theory; elements of sampling and descriptive statistics; sampling distributions; computer laboratory using a statistical software package.
200

MTH 3720 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Linear dependence; linear differential equations and applications; systems of linear differential equations; series solutions.
400

MTH 4020 Linear Algebra with Applications
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Vector spaces, matrices, systems of linear equations, determinants, inner products, linear transformations, similar matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix.
300

MTH 4050 Introduction to Modern Algebra I
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2760 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
MTH 4020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Sets and mappings, an axiomatic approach to the number system, groups, rings, ideals, fields, isomorphism theorems, induction, permutations.
300

MTH 4060 Introduction to Modern Algebra II
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4050 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Euclidean domains, polynomial rings, field extension, finite fields, finite groups, p-groups, the Sylow theorems, introduction to Galois theory.
300

MTH 4150 Theory of Numbers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Divisibility, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, number theoretic functions, Diophantine equations, prime number theorems, recent developments in number theory.
300

MTH 4230 Probability
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Probability theory based on the Kolmogorov axioms, combinatorics, independence, random variables, expectation, probability distributions, Chebyshev's inequality, central limit theorem.
300

MTH 4270 Applied Probability and Statistics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Introductory probability theory; elements of sampling and descriptive statistics; sampling distributions; estimations and hypothesis testing; regression and correlation analysis; computer laboratory using a statistical software package.
300

MTH 4280 Analysis of Variance
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4270 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Completely randomized design; randomized complete block design; complete factorial designs; split-plot designs; analysis of covariance; multivariate regression; covariance and correlation; introduction to distribution-free methods.
300

MTH 4350 Modern Analysis I
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2760 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
MTH 3060 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Techniques of mathematical proofs chosen from real numbers, sets, functions, point set theory, theory of limits, continuity, differentiation, Riemann integral, and infinite series.
300

MTH 4360 Modern Analysis II
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4350 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Infinite series, sequences of functions, differentiation of functions of several variables, maxima and minima, function spaces, norms, operator theory.
300

MTH 4370 Complex Variables
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Analytic functions; complex integration; application of Cauchy's theorem; conformal mapping; applications.
300

MTH 4510 Techniques of Advanced Calculus
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 2410 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
MTH 3720 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Real vector spaces, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, boundary value theorems, series solution about singular points, Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials.
300

MTH 4520 Nonlinear Differential Equations
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4510 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Boundary value problems, asymtotic solutions, autonomous systems, systems of equations, applications.
300

MTH 4530 Linear Partial Differential Equations
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4510 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


First- and second-order equations, initial and boundary value problems, integral transforms, Green's function, perturbations, variational and asymtotic methods.
300

MTH 4550 Operations Research
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Linear programming, project scheduling, dynamic programming, integer programming, queuing theory.
300

MTH 4570 Regression Modeling
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


A study of mathematical modeling concepts utilizing qualitative and quantitative variables and applied regression analysis. The practical interaction of mathematics, basic statistics, and regression analysis is developed and applied to a real world setting.
300

MTH 4580 Applied Analysis
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 3720 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Optimization concepts, maxima and minima for functions of one and several variables, calculus of variations using direct and indirect methods.
300

MTH 4590 Model Building
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Introduction to the ideas of a mathematical model and model building, linear programming models, game-theoretic models, regression analysis models. Applications in business, ecology, psychology, sociology, and political science.
300

MTH 4600 Graph Theory
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Trees, connectivity, coverings, planarity, colorability, networks and digraphs
300

MTH 4610 Transformational Geometry
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Transformations of the Euclidean, affine and projective planes. Classification of these transformations by groups and their invariant properties.
300

MTH 4620 The Projective Plane
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


An axiomatic development of the projective plane, models of the projective plane, analytic plane geometry.
300

MTH 4660 Introduction to Topology
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1420 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Topics to be chosen from metric spaces, topological spaces, compactness, product spaces, the Tychonoff theorem, rubber sheet geometry, Euler's formula, the Four-Color Problem, the Jordan curve theorem, topological properties of figures.
300

MTH 4690 Mathematics Seminar
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Students will prepare and present paper(s) related to their primary area of interest. This course should be taken by mathematics majors in their final year of study.
300

MTH 4770 Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics I
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


(Credit applies only in undergraduate or graduate programs in mathematics education.) Sets, logic, mathematical systems, systems of numeration, natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers.
300

MTH 4780 Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics II
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 4770 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


(Credit applies only in undergraduate or graduate programs in mathematics education.) Foundations of algebra, metric and nonmetric geometry, probability and statistics.
300

MTH 4800 Analysis for Teachers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of D, May not be taken concurrently)


(Credit applies only in undergraduate or graduate programs in mathematics education.) Topics chosen from algebra and trigonometry, including roots of polynomial equations, root approximation techniques, the factor theorem, the remainder theorem, Descartes' rule of signs, trigonometric functions, law of sines, law of cosines, complex numbers.
300

MTH 4810 Modern Algebra for Teachers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1400 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Structure of a mathematical system, groups, fields, ordered fields including important models (namely the real number system).
300

MTH 4820 Linear Algebra for Teachers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Matrices, vectors, mathematical systems, determinants, inverse of a matrix system of linear equations, matrix solutions, linear inequalities, linear programming
300

MTH 4830 Fundamental Concepts of Geometry
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Intuitive geometry; axiomatic geometry including treatment of lines, planes, congruence, measures, parallelism and similarity; non-Euclidean geometries.
300

MTH 4840 History of Mathematics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. A historical development of mathematics from primitive origins to the Twentieth Century concentrating on numeration systems, arithmetic methods. Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, number theory, theory of equations, and the origins of Calculus.
300

MTH 4850 Probability and Statistics for Teachers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Organization and presentation of data, frequency distributions, measures of centrality and dispersion, percentiles and standard scores, sampling theory and distributions, tests of hypotheses and confidence intervals, correlation.
300

MTH 4860 Higher Arithmetic for Teachers
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1010 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1020 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1030 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently) AND
MTH 1040 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)
OR
MTH 1100 (May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Divisibility, prime numbers, congruences, quadratic reciprocity law.
300

MTH 4870 Finite Mathematics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours

Prerequisites:
MTH 1400 (Minimum Grade of C, May not be taken concurrently)


Credit only applies in mathematics education. Topics selected from combinatorial analysis, probability, stochastic processes and Markov chains, theory of games.
300

MTH 4900 Topics in Advanced Mathematics
Credit HoursRecitation/Lecture HoursStudio HoursClinical HoursLab Hours


Course may be repeated for additional credit. Content of the course varies according to the needs or desires of the students.
100

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