Description of Mathematics

MATHEMATICS

MT121 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
COLLEGE-PREPARATORY MATHEMATICS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: Placement

This course covers whole number operations ,
fractions, decimals, percentages, signed
numbers and order of operations. Credits do
not count towards graduation.

MT123 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT121 or Placement

This course covers graphs and tables , the
number line, laws of exponents , polynomial
operations, linear equations and linear
inequalities, and word problems. Credits do not
count towards graduation.

MT155 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT123 or Placement

This course covers factoring , rational
expressions and equations , functions and their
graphs, system of equations in two variables,
equations of a straight line, word problems,
linear equations with two variables, and
quadratic equations and formulas.

MT156 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
GENERAL EDUCATION MATH
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT155

This course covers sets, operations on sets, Venn
diagrams, symbolic logic , truth tables;
arithmetic in different number bases, especially
binary, octal and hexadecimal; consumer
mathematics, geometry, combinations and
permutations and basic concepts of probability.

MT158 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT155 with “C” grade or higher

This course covers graphing polynomial and
rational functions; synthetic division , solution
of quadratic equations and higher degree
polynomial equations; exponential and
logarithmic functions ; matrix algebra,
determinants and solutions of linear systems of
equations.

MT160 • WINTER/SPRING
ELEMENTARY PLANE TRIGONOMETRY
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT158

Topics include definition of trigonometric
functions; radian and degree measures;
identities, solutions of triangles and
applications; laws of sines and cosines; graphs
of trigonometric functions; inverse
trigonometric functions; multiple and halfangle
identities.

MT170 • FALL/SPRING
FINITE MATHEMATICS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT156

This course covers solutions of systems of linear
equations; solutions of systems of linear
inequalities by graphical and simplex methods;
introduction to matrix algebra; solving linear
programming problems; sets, Venn diagrams and
counting methods; probability and applications.

MT200 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
BUSINESS CALCULUS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT156

An elementary treatment of functions and their
graphs; exponential and logarithmic functions
and introduction to differentiation and
integration with emphasis on business oriented
applications; mathematics of finance including
compound interest, present and future values of
annuities ; and elasticity.

MT201 • FALL/SPRING
CALCULUS I
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT160

A first course in calculus intended primarily for
science and engineering students. Topics
include limits, continuity, derivatives,
techniques of differentiation and applications,
solutions of related rate problems and higherorder
derivatives, and L' Hopital's Rule.

MT202 • FALL/WINTER
CALCULUS II
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT201

Continuation of MT201. Topics include antiderivatives;
the definite integral; the
fundamental theorem of calculus; integration of
logarithmic, exponential, trigonometric and
inverse trigonometric functions; hyperbolic
functions and applications.

MT203 • SPRING
CALCULUS III
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT202

Continuation of MT202. Topics include
techniques of integration, integration of
rational functions, partial fraction methods,
evaluation of improper integrals, infinite series,
differentiation and integration of power series
and Taylor and Mc Lauren series expansion.

MT210 • FALL
ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT203

Introduction to solving first and second-order
linear and non-linear differential equations,
power series methods and applications in the
physical sciences and engineering.

MT221 • FALL/WINTER/SPRING
FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT156

Basic concepts of descriptive statistics; measures
of central tendency: mean, median and mode;
measures of dispersion: standard deviation
variance and range; binomial and normal
distributions; normal approximation to
binomial distributions; and sampling theory.

MT222 • WINTER/SPRING
STATISTICS II
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT221

A continuation of MT221. Hypothesis testing,
confidence intervals, chi- squared and other
common distributions comparing populations,
regression, and correlation, analysis of variance,
experimental design, contingency tables and
goodness-of-fit tests. The emphasis will be on
business and behavioral science applications.

MT301 • FALL
ADVANCED CALCULUS I
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT203

This course covers multiple integral and
applications, differentiation and integration of
vector fields and vector functions, line and
surface integrals, Green's theorem, Stoke's
theorem, divergence and curl and applications

MT302 • WINTER
ADVANCED CALCULUS II
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT301

A continuation of MT301. Topics include
multivariable differentiation, differentials,
extremal problems, Lagrange multipliers, chain
rule, mean value theorem, Taylor series in
multivariate case, implicit and inverse mapping
theorems, Jacobian and Laplace transforms.

MT311 • FALL
ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT203

Introduction to modern algebra. Topics include
elements of axiomatic set theory, group theory,
ring and field theory, permutation groups,
subgroups, cosets and Lagrange's theorem.

MT340 • WINTER
ELEMENTS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITES: MT210 and MT301

Introduction to functions of complex variables ,
Fourier series, Storm-Liouville theory, power
series solutions and Laplace transforms, and
partial differential equations.

MT411 • SPRING
INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS
4 CREDITS
PREREQUISITE: MT301

Topics include Reimann-Stiltjes integral,
measure theory, topological properties ,
sequences, convergence, continuity, Cauchy
sequences, differentiability and integrability.