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530. Introduction to Applied Mathematics. S.
Credit Hours:
variable hours
Course Level:
500
Prerequisites:
MATH 251. (Designed especially for secondary school mathematics teachers; others admitted with departmental approval obtained before registration.)
Catalog Description:
Problem solving and construction of mathematical models in the social, life, and physical sciences. Examples illustrating the origins and use of secondary school mathematics in solving real world problems.
533. Modern Algebra for Teachers 1.
Credit Hours:
3
Course Level:
500
Prerequisites:
MATH 251. (Designed especially for secondary school mathematics teachers. Others admitted with departmental approval obtained prior to registration.)
Catalog Description:
Introduction to algebraic structures; groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. Development and properties of the rational and real number systems.
534. Modern Algebra For Teachers 2.
Credit Hours:
3
Course Level:
500
Prerequisites:
MATH 341 or MATH 533. Further investigation of algebraic structures begun in MATH 533.
Catalog Description:
(Emphasis on topics helpful to secondary-school mathematics teachers.) Topics include Sylow theory, Jordan-Holder Theorem, rings and quotations, field extensions, Galois theory, and solution by radicals.
535. Foundations of Geometry. S.
Credit Hours:
3
Course Level:
500
Prerequisites:
MATH 251 (Designed especially for secondary mathematics teachers; others admitted with departmental approval obtained before registration.)
Catalog Description:
Incidence geometrics with models; order for lines and planes; separation by angles and by triangles; congruence; introduction to Euclidean geometry.
536. Transformation Geometry. S.
Credit Hours:
3
Course Level:
500
Prerequisites:
MATH 341 or MATH 533. (Designed especially for secondary-school mathematics teachers; others admitted with departmental approval obtained before registration.)
Catalog Description:
A modern approach to geometry based on transformations in a vector space setting. The course unifies the development of geometry with the methods of modern algebra.