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functions. Prerequisite: MTH 210 or permission of instructor. MTH 230 CALCULUS III / 4 credits Vectors and polar coordinates, functions of several variables, partial differentiation, multiple integration, and line integrals. Green’s Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem, and Gauss’ Theorem. Prerequisite: MTH 220 or permission of instructor. MTH 290 FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN MATHEMATICS / 3 credits An introduction to the method of formal proof. Topics include logic, set theory, relations, functions and cardinality. Prerequisite: MTH 210 or permission of instructor. MTH 300 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS / 3 credits Ordinary differential equations and Laplace transforms. Prerequisite: MTH 220. MTH 330 LINEAR ALGEBRA / 3 credits Algebra of finite dimensional linear spaces, linear transformations and matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors. Prerequisites: MTH 220. MTH 360 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS / 3 credits Elementary probability, distribution functions, sampling, and testing statistical hypothesis. Prerequisite: MTH 220. MTH 380 MODERN GEOMETRY / 3 credits A study of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean geometries. Prerequisite: MTH 290. MTH 400 SECONDARY METHODS IN MATHEMATICS / 3 credits To prepare mathematics students for their roles as secondary mathematics teachers. MTH 415 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS / 3 credits Error analysis, interpolation, approximate differentiation, approximate integration, solutions to differential equations, matrix manipulation, and solutions to systems of linear equations. Prerequisites: MTH 300 and CSC 115 or CSC 140. Same as CSC 415. MTH 420 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA I / 3 credits An introduction to the algebraic structure of the integers and groups, including equivalence relations, subgroups, normal subgroups, homomorphisms, Lagrange’s theorem, and Sylow’s theorem. Prerequisite: MTH 290 and MTH 330, or permission of instructor. MTH 421 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II / 3 credits A continuation of MTH 420, including rings, fields, Galois theory, and solvability by radicals. Prerequisite: MTH 420. MTH 440 ADVANCED CALCULUS I / 3 credits The real numbers; sequences, compact sets and the Heine-Borel and Bolzano-Weierstrass theorems; limits; continuous, uniformly continuous, differentiable and integrable functions and the fundamental theorem of calculus; series. Prerequisite: MTH 220 and MTH 290. MTH 441 ADVANCED CALCULUS II / 3 credits A continuation of MTH 440 to multivariate calculus, including sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence and power series; partial derivatives, the Inverse and Implicit

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