Mathematics
ing, speaking, and reading activities. Multiple strategies and materials will be developed in the coursework for teaching these skills to at-risk students, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, and highly mobile students as well as intellectually gifted students and students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Reflections from practicum experiences will be utilized along with instructional practices. Learning Outcome: Analytical Reading. Prerequisites: EDUC 200 and SPED 101. Offered every year.
Mathematics is an essential tool used in most areas of study. In addition to the major and minor in mathematics, we offer a variety of courses to meet the needs of other disciplines. The mathematics major is designed to meet the needs of students who wish to a) pursue graduate study in the mathematical sciences, b) find mathematics-related employment in business or industry, c) teach mathematics at the secondary level, or d) acquire mathematical tools for use in the physical, social, or life sciences. The Computer Science Concentration described below gives the student majoring in mathematics the chance to add a solid computing component to the program. Students are also offered an opportunity to minor in mathematics or to design an independent program of study by combining mathematics and any other approved program of study. The required courses for a minor are listed in this section. The curriculum of the mathematics program is designed to help develop and maintain critical thinking, analytical reading, and public speaking skills. Service-learning and community involvement are important components of the curriculum and should be encouraged at every opportunity.
Humanities
HUMA 222-223. CULTURAL AND LITERARY HERITAGE OF THE WEST I and II. These courses focus on ideas central to the Western Tradition from its beginnings through contemporary times. By critically examining the art, literature, science, and philosophy in context of the general history of each period (I: early, Greek, Roman, Middle Ages; II: Renaissance, Age of Enlightenment, Contemporary), patterns emerge that help explain our cultural and creative impulses in an historical context. Comprehensive history and art texts, as well as representative fictional and non-fictional authors of note from each period, will provide students with a reasonably all-inclusive overview of Western Tradition. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 and ENGL 111. Learning Outcome: Analytical Reading.
Mathematics Major The following four courses: MATH 104 Calculus I MATH 204 Calculus II MATH 300 Elementary Differential Equations MATH 304 Calculus III One of the following science sequences: (a) CISC 105, CISC 110, CISC 210 (b) CHEM 101-102 General Chemistry I and II (c) PHYS 101-102 General Physics I and II and any other six of the following: MATH 103 Trigonometry MATH 111 Finite Mathematics MATH 205 Geometry MATH 215 Statistics MATH 301 Abstract Algebra MATH 320 Discrete Mathematics MATH 350 Linear Algebra MATH 360 Numerical Analysis MATH 405 Complex Analysis MATH 410 Partial Differential Equations MATH 415 Differential Equations II MATH 450 Independent Study TOTAL: 48 or 52 semester hours Requirements for teaching licensure in Tennessee may include: MATH 111, 205, and 215, National Teacher’s Exam (NTE) Math specialty exams (code 10061, minimum score of 136; code 20065, minimum score of 125), and student teaching; see EDUCATION section of the catalog for details.
Journalism Please see ENGLISH for Journalism Studies.
Mathematics Minor MATH 104 Calculus I MATH 204 Calculus II Any other MATH course numbered higher than 102 not to include MATH 425, Mathematics Applications in the Real World. 85