29 courses with the subject MA, 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.
MA 112Intermediate Algebra3
A preparatory course for MA 151. Topics include properties of real numbers, equations, inequalities, exponents, polynomials, and graphing. Offered every fall.
A course for non-science majors, providing an introductory survey of many sub-disciplines of mathematics. The course conveys the power of mathematics by introducing a variety of mathematical constructions and ideas, reinforced with applications. Offered every fall and spring.
This course explores algebraic and transcendental functions, mathematics of finance, systems of linear equations, matrices, Markov chains, and forecasting, systems of linear inequalities and linear programming. Further topics may be selected from introductory probability theory, game theory, or graph theory. Applications in the managerial and social sciences will be addressed throughout the course. Offered every fall and spring.
Topics include: a review of basic concepts; linear and quadratic equations; functions and their properties; and quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic graphs. Offered every fall and spring.
MA 112 or equivalent demonstration of pre-algebraic skills This course explores the essential concepts and skills of algebra for further study in business, science, and other fields.
MA 152Trigonometry and Precalculus3
Topics include the trigonometric functions and their inverse functions, as well as trigonometric identities, equations, and polar coordinates and vectors. Offered every fall and spring.
MA 201 or equivalent This course explores methods of integration and applications of integrals, indeterminate forms and improper integrals, infinite series and power series.
MA 202 or equivalent This course explores topics from multivariable calculus such as vectors and vector functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.
MA 208Statistics3
Study areas include data analyses, descriptive statistics, probability, statistical inference, and hypothesis testing that have applications to biology, business, economics, and social sciences.
MA 145, MA 151 or equivalent, or demonstration of algebraic skills This course is a non-calculus-based introduction to statistics.
MA 210Mathematics for Econ and Finance3
The calculus will be applied in the different contexts like those of demand and supply analysis, finance, solving a firm’s profit maximization problem, and calculating the deadweight loss of taxation.
MA 145, MA 151 or equivalent, or demonstration of algebraic skills This course covers applications of both, differential and integral, one-variable and multi-variable calculus to economics and finance.
MA 201 Topics include combinatorics, graph theory, algorithms, mathematical induction, functions, and set theory.
MA 235History of Mathematics3
The course is an overview of the development of mathematical thought. The content includes a description of some critical historical mathematical junctures, such as the creation of classical Greek mathematics and the development of calculus. Also included are biographical descriptions of notable mathematicians such as Fermat, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, and Gauss, and the impact of their discoveries. Development of specific ideas, such as the Pythagorean Theorem, the real number theory, and calculus will also be covered. Offered on demand.
Permission of the instructor The purpose of the course is to practice for the Actuarial Exam P using the fundamental probability tools for quantitatively assessing risk.
MA 304Statistics for Business & Economics3
Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, analysis of data, discrete and continuous random variables, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. Excel will be used. Offered every semester.
MA 202;MA 208 The course covers probability, probability distributions and densities, mathematical expectation, functions of random variable, sampling distributions, decision theory, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and correlation.
MA 222 This course explores systems of linear equations and matrices; determinants; vectors and vector spaces; linear transformations; eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and canonical forms.
MA 201 and MA 202 This course covers the analysis of ordinary differential equations and solutions to their basic forms with special emphasis placed on application.
MA 203 or equivalent This course covers the theory and applications of derivatives, integrals (mostly multiple or improper), and advanced treatment of infinite series.
MA 340Numerical Analysis3
The course covers numerical methods of solving nonlinear equations and linear systems; iterative methods; polynomial interpolation; numerical differentiation and integration; nonlinear optimization; approximation methods. Elective.
Ths course covers topics in combinatorial analysis, axioms of probability, conditional probability, random variables, jointly distributed random variables, expectation, and limit theorems.
The course is designed to introduce partial differential equations (PDEs). Topics include first order PDEs, second order linear PDEs like the heat and wave equation as well as Laplace's equations, Fourier series and techniques for solving standard boundary value equations, the method of separation of variables, Fourier transformations for solving PDEs on infinite domains. Elective.
MA 222 and MA 311 This course covers congruence in Integer sets, modular arithmetic, and arithmetic in the field of polynomials, as well as the basic algebraic structures: groups; rings; fields; ideals, homomorphisms, and isomorphisms of algebraic structures.
MA 222 or equivalent This course covers axiomatic systems of certain finite geometries, Euclidean geometry, non-Euclidean geometries such as hyperbolic and elliptic, and geometric transformations of the Euclidean plane.
MA 203 or equivalent This course covers introduction to: real numbers; basic set theory; topology; limits and continuity; derivatives; and Riemann-Stieltjes integrals.
This is a capstone course for the Mathematics major program. Classroom discussions will involve selected advanced mathematical topics. Offered every fall.
MA 490 Students will be trained to read research literature and conduct their own original research, which will culminate in a formal paper and an oral presentation.
MA 490 Students will be trained to read research literature and conduct their own original research, which will culminate in a formal paper and an oral presentation.
