30 courses with the subject MATH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MATH 110Topics In Mathematics Course count1
Consideration of diverse subjects in mathematics. Content varies from semester to semester with specific subject matter for each course announced just prior to enrollment. Designed for non-majors who wish to study mathematics other than calculus. This is the preferred course for students interested in taking just one mathematics course at the College. Students who have taken Math 120, 133, 134, 135, 136 are not eligible to enroll in the class GPA units: 1 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Annually
This course serves two primary purposes. It provides an introduction to mathematical reasoning, logic and proof. It also provides an introduction to a variety of important topics frequently used in mathematics and computer science, including sets, functions, relations, binary operations, combinatorics, graphs, and elementary number theory. GPA units: 1 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MATH 133Calculus 1 with Fundamentals Course count1
A version of Mathematics 135 that is designed for students who with limited exposure to precalculus or who could benefit from additional time in class to study calculus. As with MATH 135, the concepts of limit, continuity, and derivative are developed for algebraic, logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions, and applied to a variety of problems, including extremal problems, curve sketching and related rates, with applications to the natural sciences. Emphasis is placed on a conceptual understanding of calculus, presenting material from symbolic, numerical, and graphical points of view. Students who have taken MATH 135 may not enroll in this class. GPA units: 1.25 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Fall, Spring 2026-2027 Catalog 171
Chemistry majors are required to successfully complete nine chemistry courses with six required labs as described below. Chemistry majors also must take the first semester of physics with lab (PHYS 115 Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves) and Calculus through or
MATH 199F01 — Calculus 1 with Modeling Course count1
This course explores the calculus of real-valued functions of a single variable from a modeling perspective. Emphasis will be placed on working with real-life data and examples from the natural and social sciences. Topics include functions for modeling data, mathematical modeling, limits, the derivative, and applications of the derivative (e.g., optimization). Students will work with data and perform computations using the computer software RStudio. Applications will be drawn from a variety of fields, including biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, economics, climate science, and sociology. GPA units: 1 Common Area: Mathematical Science
This course explores the calculus of real-valued functions of a single variable from a modeling perspective. Emphasis will be placed on working with real-life data and examples from the natural and social sciences. Topics include functions for modeling data, mathematical modeling, limits, the derivative, and applications of the derivative (e.g., optimization). Students will work with data and perform computations using the computer software RStudio. Applications will be drawn from a variety of fields, including biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, economics, climate science, and sociology.
A study of the calculus of functions of several variables. Concerns the theory and applications of differentiation and integration of functions of several variables, vector fields, line integrals, Green's theorem. GPA units: 1.25 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
An introduction to the primary algebraic and analytic structures in abstract mathematics. Emphasis is placed on using the language of sets, equivalence relations and functions, and on developing techniques of proof, including elementary logic and mathematical induction, basic group theory, and limits. GPA units: 1 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Designed to acquaint students with the basic techniques of linear algebra. Topics include matrices, vector spaces, subspaces, linear transformations, bilinear forms, determinants, eigenvalue theory, and the finite dimensional spectral theorem. Applications and additional topics are included as time permits. GPA units: 1 Common Area: Mathematical Science Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Centers on some area of geometry other than differential geometry. Possible topics include Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, the geometry of transformation groups, and the elementary geometry of algebraic curves. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
A first course in the differential geometry of curves and surfaces for students who have completed Mathematics 241 and a semester course in linear algebra. Topics include the Frenet-Serret formulas, smooth surfaces in 3-space, fundamental forms, differentiable manifolds, vector fields, connections and a brief introduction to Riemannian geometry. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Introduction to the role of mathematics as a modeling tool, including the construction, interpretation and application of mathematical models. Applications chosen to illustrate various modeling paradigms such as deterministic, probabilistic, discrete and continuous modeling and may include population dynamics, biomedical applications, stock market analysis, and network and traffic flows. Instructor. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
MATH 241 and MATH 244 or equivalent or permission from
MATH 304Ordinary Differential Equations Course count1
Linear differential equations are studied; basic existence theorems are proved. Separation of variables, Laplace transforms, first- and second- order equation and linear systems, and topics in nonlinear systems are considered. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
The fundamentals of complex analysis. Topics include the complex number system, analytic functions, the Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy's integral theorem, Cauchy's integral formula, Taylor series, Laurent series, the calculus of residues and conformal mapping. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
An in-depth study of the structure of groups. Depending on the instructor, applications to number theory, cryptography, geometry, art, or life sciences are presented. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
A continuation of Mathematics 351 exploring advanced topics, including the study of rings and fields, and applications in modern algebra. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Elementary number theory is concerned with properties of numbers (integers, primes, etc.) as well as patterns and relationships among certain sets of numbers. Topics will include divisibility, congruences, special types of primes, the distribution of primes throughout the integers, number-theoretic functions, quadratic residues, and continued fractions. Further study may include the RSA code, a superior encryption algorithm based on elementary number theory, and a discussion of one of the most famous problems in mathematics - Fermat's Last Theorem - conjectured in 1630 yet unsolved until the 1990s. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
An introduction to the subject that discusses a representative sampling of combinatorial problems and general techniques for solving them, including a selection of counting techniques, techniques for existence questions, and a variety of examples. Examples may include partitions, graphs and trees, tournaments, graph coloring and chromatic polynomials, magic squares, Latin rectangles and squares, and combinatorial block designs. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Topological ideas are introduced through a treatment of metric space topology. After the study of open, closed, compact and connected spaces with emphasis on their behavior under continuous mappings, selected topics from functional analysis are considered. These include lim sup and lim inf, relation of uniform convergence to differentiation and integration and the Stone-Weierstrass approximation theorem. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
A continuation of Mathematics 361 exploring advanced topics, including an introduction to Lebesgue-Stieltjes integration, Hilbert space and other material from linear space theory. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Considers various aspects of topology of surfaces and solids, including orientability, the Euler number, and the fundamental group. One of the goals of the course is the topological classification of surfaces. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
MATH 371Methods of Numerical Analysis Course count1
The numerical solution of problems using computers. Considerable time is devoted to selecting the appropriate algorithm for a given problem and analyzing the resulting numerical errors. Includes such topics as error analysis of computer arithmetic, approximation of functions, solution of equations, numerical integration, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. who have taken MATH 136 and CSCI 131, see instructor for permission . GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years 2026-2027 Catalog 173
MATH 241, and either MATH 244 or PHYS 221. Students
MATH 373Partial Differential Equations Course count1
Provides an understanding of a wide spectrum of phenomena through the use of mathematical ideas, abstractions, and techniques. Topics included are partial differential equations, including the heat and wave equations, Fourier analysis, eigenvalue problems, Green's functions. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
An introduction to the theory of discrete dynamical systems. Topics include iteration of functions, graphical analysis, periodic points, stable sets, chaos, symbolic dynamics, the dynamics of functions of a complex variable and the Mandelbrot set. The major theorems will be studied along with their proofs and the computer will be used as a research tool to do experiments which motivate and illustrate the theory. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Alternate Years
Provides an opportunity for individual and group investigation of topics not covered in ordinary course work. Active participation on the part of the students is normally required. Subject matter varies to suit individual students and is often related to the research activity of the professor. Examples of areas of study: Lie groups, functional analysis, complex analysis, probability theory, commutative algebra, applied mathematics, the classical groups, mathematical logic, automata and formal languages, topics in discrete modeling, and qualitative theory of differential equations. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Annually
An independent reading project for upper division students. Normally this is on a topic that is not covered by the regular course offerings. Permission of the instructor and the department chair is required for this course. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
A project course for upper division students under the direction of a faculty member. Normally the project will provide an introduction to research on a topic that is not covered by the regular course offerings. Course requirements are to be arranged in consultation with the instructor. Permission of the instructor and the department chair is required for this course. GPA units: 1 Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
A large project extending over the course of the fourth year. It can consis of original research or be of an expository nature and is written under the guidance of one or more members of the department. Normally, a student will earn one unit in the spring semester of the fourth year for successful completion of an honors thesis, unless the thesis work is done as part of the student's participation in a departmental seminar. In that case, no extra credit is given above the credit for the seminar itself. For a particularly extensive project, and with the permission of th department chair, a student may earn one unit in each semester of the fourth year for completion of the thesis. GPA units: 0 Typically Offered: Fall
A large project extending over the course of the fourth year. It can consis of original research or be of an expository nature and is written under the guidance of one or more members of the department. Normally, a student will earn one unit in the spring semester of the fourth year for successful completion of an honors thesis, unless the thesis work is done as part of the student's participation in a departmental seminar. In that case, no extra credit is given above the credit for the seminar itself. For a particularly extensive project, and with the permission of th department chair, a student may earn one unit in each semester of the fourth year for completion of the thesis. GPA units: 2 Typically Offered: Spring
