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The table below shows just one of many possible ways of satisfying
degree requirements. However, course scheduling and degree requirements
change periodically.
Thus, students enrolled in this degree program should expect to modify
this table in consultation with their faculty advisor.
Fall Quarter, Freshman Year
| Calculus I [MTH 229] |
5 |
| Computer Programming I [CS 141] |
4 |
| Freshman Composition [ENG 101] 1 |
4 |
| Western World: Ancient and
Medieval Eras [HST 101] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
16 |
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Winter Quarter, Freshman Year
| Calculus II [MTH 230] |
5 |
| Computer Programming II [CS 142] |
4 |
| Freshman Composition [ENG 102] 1 |
4 |
| Western World in Transition:
14th-18th Centuries
[HST 102] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
16 |
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Spring Quarter, Freshman Year
| Calculus III [MTH 231] |
5 |
| Great Books of the Western
World [ENG 204, PHL 204, or REL 204] 1 |
3 |
| Psychology: the Science of
Behavior [PSY 105] 1 |
4 |
| Modern Western World: 19th-20th Centuries
[HST 103] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Fall Quarter, Sophomore Year
| Calculus IV [MTH 232] |
5 |
| General Physics/General Physics
Lab [PHY 240/200] |
5 |
| Fine and Performing Arts
in Western Culture [ART 214, MUS 214, or TH 214] 1 |
3 |
| Social Institutions and Processes:
Social Life [SOC 200] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
16 |
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Winter Quarter, Sophomore Year
| Differential Equations [MTH 233] |
5 |
| General Physics/General Physics
Lab [PHY 242/202] |
5 |
| Non-Western World -- Comparative
Studies (select one of five available courses) 1 |
3 |
| Social Institutions and Processes:
Political Life [PLS 200] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
16 |
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Spring Quarter, Sophomore Year
| Linear Algebra [MTH 255] |
3 |
| General Physics/General Physics
Lab [PHY 244/204] |
6 |
| Non-Western World -- Regional
Studies (select one of five available courses) 1 |
3 |
| Social Institutions and Processes:
Economic Life [EC 200] 1 |
3 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Fall Quarter, Junior Year
| Advanced Linear Algebra [MTH 355] |
3 |
| Introduction to Mathematical
Proof [MTH 280] |
3 |
| Mathematics elective |
3 |
| Electives |
6 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Winter Quarter, Junior Year
| Introduction to Modern Algebra
I [MTH 451] |
3 |
| Mathematics electives |
6 |
| Electives |
6 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Spring Quarter, Junior Year
| Introduction to Modern Algebra
II [MTH 452] |
3 |
| Mathematics elective |
3 |
| Electives |
9 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Fall Quarter, Senior Year
| Real Variables I [MTH 431] |
3 |
| Mathematics elective |
3 |
| Electives |
9 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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Winter Quarter, Senior Year
| Real
Variables II [MTH 432] |
3 |
| Mathematics elective |
3 |
| Electives |
8 |
| Total credit hours ... |
14 |
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Spring Quarter, Senior Year
| Real Variables III [MTH 433] |
3 |
| Undergraduate Mathematics
Seminar [MTH 492] |
3 |
| Mathematics elective |
3 |
| Electives |
6 |
| Total credit hours ... |
15 |
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| Grand Total: 183 Credit Hours |
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is a "General Education" course, required of all undergraduates.
In a few cases, alternatives are available.
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Undergraduate
Programs in Mathematics and Statistics including
syllabi
Undergraduate
Math/Stat Advisors
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Phan Loi
Associate Professor [email]
(937) 775-3829
105 MM
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Ph.D. 1988 Penn State University
Research field: Operator algebras |
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K.T. Arasu
Professor [email]
(937) 775-3828
230 MM
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Ph.D. 1983 Ohio State University
Research field: Combinatorics |
An Overview
The
Pure Mathematics Concentration is Wright State University's standard college
mathematics program. It should be selected by students who wish to study
mathematics per se, rather than statistics, computing, or applications
of mathematics. It is also the program of choice for those who intend to
pursue mathematics (or closely related disciplines) at the graduate level.
Students who wish to prepare for entry into the job market can do so in
this program by wisely choosing the many electives.
Modern
mathematics has several major branches. The three most commonly studied
by undergraduate mathematics majors are algebra, geometry and
topology, and analysis. Well-prepared freshmen will have sampled
parts of the first two of these in high school algebra, geometry, and
trigonometry. In college, mathematics majors encounter the beginning
topic in the third branch, analysis, in their calculus classes.
The core
courses in the Pure Mathematics Concentration for the junior and senior
years are two year-long sequences in algebra and analysis.
Several characteristics distinguish these and other advanced courses
from more elementary ones. Generally speaking, computation becomes
less important and logical reasoning becomes more important. Ideas and
objects
(e.g., number, set, function, matrix) are discussed in a deeper, more
precise way. Careful justification, in the form of deductive proof,
is given for the facts, or theorems, which are presented. The reliance
upon
deductive proof as the basis of truth and the tendency toward abstraction
are two fundamental characteristics of present-day mathematics. Students
in the Pure Mathematics Concentration will be thoroughly exposed to
both during their junior and senior years.
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