Mathematics (MAT) Courses
MAT 1015C INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA COREQUISITE (1)
Focuses on the foundational skills, concepts, and communication needed to be successful in MAT 1015 Intermediate Algebra. Provides appropriate support in arithmetic, algebra, technology, and study skills in an interactive setting. Can only be taken in conjunction with MAT 1015.
Corequisite: MAT 1015
Prerequisite: (1) appropriate mathematics placement score or (2) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1015 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA (3)
Preparation for MAT 1050, MAT 1060, MAT 1100, and MAT 2060. Reviews main topics from high school coursework with a focus on solving equations and problem solving. Additional concepts include algebraic operations, factoring, linear equations, graphs, exponents, radicals, rational expressions, and applications.
Corequisite: MAT 1015 based on mathematics placement score
Prerequisite: (1) appropriate mathematics placement score or (2) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1050 COLLEGE ALGEBRA (3)
Linear and quadratic equations/inequalities, equations with radicals, equations/inequalities with absolute values, applications, functions, graphing, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of linear equations.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1060 TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS FOR EDUCATORS I (3)
This course is designed to acquaint prospective PK-8, vocational, and special education teachers with the structure of the real numbers system and its subsystems, properties, operations, and algorithms. Topics include problem solving, logic, number theory, mathematical operations over natural, integer, and rational numbers, and algebraic expressions. Students are required to earn a final grade of C or better. Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
This course is to be taken by Elementary Education and Middle Grade Mathematics Majors.
Offered: as needed in the spring semester
MAT 1100 FINITE MATHEMATICS (3)
Functions, lines, sets, systems of equations, inequalities, matrices, linear programming, mathematics of finance, probability, and statistics. A graphing calculator is required.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1125 INTEGERATED PRECALCULUS I – ALGEBRA (4)
Review of basic concepts of algebra, linear equations in one variable, quadratics equations, rational equations, equations involving radicals, equations with rational exponents, equations in quadratic form, inequalities, equations, and inequalities involving absolute values, graphs and functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and applications. Credit is not allowed for both MAT 1125 and MAT 1130. Generally, for STEM majors or those pursuing programs requiring Calculus.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1130 PRE-CALCULUS I – ALGEBRA (3)
Linear equations in one variable, quadratics equations, rational equations, equations involving radicals, equations with rational exponents, equations in quadratic form, inequalities, equations and inequalities involving absolute values, graphs and functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and applications. Credit is not allowed for both MAT 1125 and MAT 1130.
Prerequisites: (1) appropriate mathematics placement score or (2) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 1140 PRE-CALCULUS II – TRIGONOMETRY (3)
Trigonometric functions, identities, conditional equations, inverse relations, DeMoivre’s theorem, polar coordinates, applications, and conic sections.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1125 with a grade of C- or better or MAT 1130 with a grade of C- or better or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 2060 TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS FOR EDUCATORS II (3)
A course designed to introduce problem-solving skills and heuristic instruction to prospective PK-8, vocational, and special education teachers. Topics include probability, statistics, geometry, and measurement. Students are required to earn a final grade of C or better.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.
This course is to be taken by Elementary Education and Middle Grade Mathematics Majors.
Offered: as needed in the fall semester.
MAT 2200 APPLIED STATISTICS (3)
Concepts of data collection, sampling, and experimental design. Descriptive and graphical analysis and, probability concepts and expectations, normal and binomial distributions, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, tests for means/proportions of two independent groups, one factor analysis of variance, and understanding relationships among variables: correlation and simple linear regression.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1050, MAT 1100, or higher or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 2410 CALCULUS I (4)
Limits, derivatives, including sines and cosines, applications of the derivative, including maxima and minima, and curve sketching, definite integrals, fundamental theorem of calculus, and applications of integrals.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1140 with a grade of C- or better or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 2420 CALCULUS II (4)
Techniques and applications of integration, sequences, series, power series, Taylor’s Theorem, parametric and polar equations.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2410 with a grade of C- or better or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: fall and spring
MAT 2500 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I (3)
Logic, sets, functions, algorithms, integers, matrices, and mathematical reasoning-methods of proof. Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1125 or MAT 1130 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: fall
MAT 2510 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II (3)
Elementary and advanced counting techniques, relations, graphs and digraphs, trees, Boolean algebra, and machines.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2500 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: spring
MAT 2600 TRANSITION TO ABSTRACT MATHEMATICS (3)
Preparatory course for upper-level mathematics courses. Topics include logic and proofs, set theory, relations, functions, and cardinality.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2500 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed in the spring semester
MAT 3040 CALCULUS III (4)
Vectors, vector algebra, and vector functions. Differentiation and Integration of functions of several variables, multiple integration, parameterization of curves and surfaces, Green’s Theorem, Gauss’ Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2420 with a grade of C- or better or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: fall
MAT 3050 THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS (3)
Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times, major theorems of mathematics, problems of different periods, and the context in which mathematics developed.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 2420 and 2500 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed
MAT 3120 LINEAR ALGEBRA (3)
Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, linear independence, linear transformations, similarity of matrices, and eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix.
Prerequisite: MAT 2410 or permission of the instructor
Offered: spring
MAT 3140 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS (3)
Error analysis, interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, solutions of linear and non-linear systems of equations, and ordinary differential equations.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2410, MAT 3120, and knowledge of a high-level language or (2) permission of the instructor.
Cross-listed: CSC 3140 and EGR 3140
Offered: as needed
MAT 3150 MODERN COLLEGE GEOMETRY (3)
Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry. Useful to prospective secondary school mathematics teachers. Prerequisites: (1) MAT 2410 and 2500 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed
MAT 3160 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA (3)
Groups, homomorphisms, Cayley’s Theorem, cosets, Lagrange’s Theorem, normal subgroups, factor groups, rings, integral domains, ideals and factor rings.
Prerequisites: MAT 2420 and 2600 or permission of the instructor.
Offered: as needed in the fall semester
MAT 3200 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (3)
Probability and statistics, including probability distributions, random variables, stochastic processes, estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 2200, 2410 and 2500 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed
MAT 3300 OPERATIONS RESEARCH (3)
Broad overview of modeling operation research systems. . Topics discussed include network models, dynamic programming, Markov chains, queuing models, and inventory theory.
Prerequisite: none
Corequisite: (1) MAT 2410 or higher or (2) permission of the instructor
Cross-listed: ISE 3300
Offered: fall
MAT 3845 TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (3)
Facilitates students’ understanding of how to promote mathematical literacy focusing on instructional strategies for promoting mathematics literacy with adaptations for diverse and exceptional learners. Topics include error analysis, pedagogy of text structures (e.g., proofs, logic tables, and matrices); teaching mathematical writing; statistical techniques for analyzing student learning; and survey of research in mathematics education. This course requires 5 hours working in 6-12th grade mathematics classroom. If enrolled in 2510, 2420, 3420, no additional hours will be required. Students are required to earn a final grade of C or better. This course is to be taken by Education Majors and does not fulfill the general core requirement in Mathematics or the Elective requirement in Mathematics.
Cross-listed with EDU 3845
Offered: as needed
MAT 3920 SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS I (2)
This is the first course in a two-course capstone sequence on problem-solving and communicating in mathematics. Students will study different strategies to solve various problems, explore mathematical ideas with the instructor, and present these ideas to the faculty and students. Initial research explorations will occur.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 3040 or (2) permission of the instructor
Corequisite: MAT 3120
Offered: fall
MAT 4110 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (3)
Ordinary differential equations of the first and second order with applications in geometry and physics.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 2420 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: spring
MAT 4120 THEORY OF COMPUTABILITY (3)
The concept of effective computability, Turing machines, primitive recursive functions, Godel numbering, universal Turing machines, and undecidable predicates.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 2510 and CSC 3250 or (2) permission of the instructor
Cross-listed: CSC 4120
Offered: as needed
MAT 4140 ADVANCED CALCULUS I (3)
Sets, functions, real numbers, limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, and sequences of functions. Prerequisite: (1) MAT 3040 and MAT 2600 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed in the spring semester
MAT 4145 METHODS OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE MIDDLE/SECONDARY SCHOOL (3)
A combination of lecture and laboratory using materials and procedures appropriate for the teaching of middle/secondary school mathematics. For teachers of secondary school mathematics. Students are required to earn a final grade of C or better.
This course is to be taken by Education Majors and does not fulfill the general core requirement in Mathematics or the Elective requirement in Mathematics.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1140 or (2) permission of the instructor
Cross-listed with EDU 4145
Offered: as needed
MAT 4150 ADVANCED CALCULUS II (3)
Fourier series; vector functions and their derivatives; line and surface integrals; multivariable calculus; implicit function theorem, and the theories of Gauss, Stokes, and Green.
Prerequisite: (1) MAT 4140 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: as needed
MAT 4850 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-4)
Advanced students study logic and foundations, algebra, analysis, geometry, topology, or applied mathematics.
Prerequisite: permission of the department chair
Offered: as needed
MAT 4920 SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS II (2)
This is the second course in a two-course capstone sequence on problem-solving and communicating in mathematics. Students will study different strategies to solve various problems, explore mathematical ideas with the instructor, and present these ideas to the faculty and students. Final research presentations based on initial research will occur.
Prerequisites: (1) MAT 3920 or (2) permission of the instructor
Offered: spring
MAT 4990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MATHEMATICS (1-4)
An opportunity for a well-qualified, upper-division student to engage in special research in his/her major.
Prerequisite: Requires approval by the faculty advisor, the supervising professor, the department chair, and the college dean before approval by Provost. Credits to be determined.
Offered: as needed