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Courses & Advising

Courses & Advising

Math 1150 Foundations Seminars

The MATH 1150 Math Foundations Seminars offer challenging and interesting mathematical topics with a computer science component that requires only high school mathematics. The seminar topics vary with each class and they are designed for all students.

Winter 2013

MATH 1150 - Math Foundations Seminar
Title: TBD
Section 1, CRN 2642, 24 students
Meets MW (10-11:50AM) in JGH 205
Instructor: TBD


MATH 1150 - Math Foundations Seminar
Title: 2, Infinity, and Beyond
Section 2, CRN 2643, 15 students
Meets TR (12-1:50PM) in JGH 219
Instructor: John Griesmer

This course will explore several of the great ideas that have shaped modern mathematics and, in turn, our world. We will tackle such questions as "What does it mean to be infinite?" and "What does the 4th dimension look like?". In studying these topics, not only will we gain an appreciation and understanding of how mathematics has shaped the modern world, we will also develop and exercise the analytical thinking skills that are essential to success in all fields. Topics will be chose from the big ideas of number, infinity, geometry, chaos & fractals, and possible others. By the end, students will have developed a new perspective on mathematics and the way it is used in the world.

MATH 1150 - Math Foundations Seminar
Title: Cryptography
Section 3, CRN 3323, 15 students,
Meets MW (10-11:50AM) in JGH 219
Instructor: Ray Curran

This course is an introduction to the mathematics of code making and code breaking, using software. This is a laptop course.

 

Previously offered seminars

  • 2, Infinity & Beyond (Carney, Ormes)
  • Cryptography (Arias, Curran, Vojtechovsky)
  • Games and Logic (Galatos)
  • Graph Theory (Zenk)
  • Graph Theory in the Real World (Locke, Reiber)
  • Great Ideas in Mathematics (Trujillo)
  • Heart of Mathematics (Pula)
  • Logic and Games (Galatos)
  • Mathematical Art (Gudder)
  • Mathematics for Decision Making (Ormes)
  • Mathematics in Art and Music (Dobrinen)
  • Mathematics of Chance (Latremoliere)
  • Mathematics of Chance and Gambling (Arias)
  • Mathematics of Gambling (Arias, Gudder, Hagler)
  • Mathematics of Games (Pavlov)
  • Mathematics of Politics (Hagler)
  • Mathematics of Voting (Hagler)
  • Models of Computing (Ball)
  • Non-Classical Logics (Galatos)
  • Patterns and Symmetry (Ormes)
  • Perspectives in Art (Dobrinen)
  • Pi: The Story of a Number (Kinyon)
  • The Geometry of the Universe (Latremoliere)
  • Thinking Machines (Ball)