Non-Majors

Overview

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers mathematics and statistics courses that meet the General Education and major requirements for all undergraduate students pursuing majors in other disciplines, including those outside the College of Science and Mathematics. Below you will find information regarding these courses.

Regardless of your major it is highly recommended that you register for and take the required math and statistics courses by the time you reach 90 credit hours (135 credit hours for transfer students) so that you have the requirements fulfilled in time for your graduation.

Unless you have non-developmental math transfer credits you will need to take the math placement test before registering for your math course(s). Click on the 'Placement' button in the menu to the left or here for more information and a link to test registration.

If you want to get an idea of the kind of material taught in an undergraduate course, click on the 'Practice Tests' button in the menu to the left or here. This will also provide you with an idea about what you may need to review before taking your math placement test.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics only handles classes titled MTH, MTE or STT. Developmental math (DEV) classes are handled by University College. Please refer any questions about DEV 083 and DEV 095 to your academic advisor.

Math Help for Non-Majors

Non-majors who are having trouble in their math and statistics classes can get assistance from their instructor during office hours, the Student Academic Success Center, Tutoring Services, and the Math Help Room. Information can be found at the Math Help link above or here.

Math Courses

For Liberal Arts, Education and Human Services* Majors

Students pursuing a degree in the liberal or performing arts are required to take MTH 145 Mathematics and The Modern World. Prerequisite: A score of 3 on the Wright State math placement test OR a passing grade in DEV 095.

Course Description: An application of mathematics to modeling real world problems from the behavioral, computational, managerial, and social sciences. Includes such topics as graph theory, linear programming, probability, descriptive and inferential statistics, voting systems, game theory, poulation growth, computer algorithms, and codes and data storage.

Textbook:Using and Understanding Mathematics, 4th edition, Bennett and Briggs. Pearson Educaton, ISBN: 9780321458209 (Companion Website)

Students will also need a calculator with square root and exponent capability, however a graphing calculator is not required.

NOTE: The syllabus for this course is not available on line. Each instructor will make their own syllabus and provide it to students the first day of class.

* Early and Middle Childhood Education Majors see below. Mathematics Education Majors click here. Science Education majors please see your academic advisor.

For Business Majors

Students pursuing a business degree are required to take MTH 128 College Algebra OR MTH 129 Accelerated College Algebra. Prerequisite: A score of 5 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 126 or MTH 127.

Textbook: College Algebra, 5th edition/WSU custom version, Stewart. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978049583755.

A TI-82 or equivalent graphing calculator is required.

A copy of the department syllabus for MTH 128 and MTH 129 is available online here.

For Early and Middle Childhood Education Majors

Students pursing an Early Childhood or Middle Childhood Education major are required to take MTH 143 Quatitative Reasoning. Prerequisite: A score of 3 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 126 or MTH 127.

Requirements for Mathematics Concentration for Elementary and Middle School Pre-Service Teachers

Mathematics Concentration for Middle Childhood Licensure

Course Description: Discovery of fundamental concepts and skills of quantitative reasoning by exploriung real-world data from many disciplines. Data collection, organization, display, analysis, probability simulation, variation and sampling, and expected values. Students work wit happropriate software and graphing calculators.

Textbooks: Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, 4th edition, Bassarear. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978061876836 and Eplorations, 4th edition, Bassarear. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978061876837.

A TI-82 or equivalent graphing calculator is required.

NOTE: The syllabus for this course is not available on line. Each instructor will make their own syllabus and provide it to students the first day of class.

For Engineering and Computer Science Majors

Students pursing an Engineering and Computer Science major are required to take MTH 229 Calculus I and MTH 230 Calculus II.

Course Description: MTH 229 Conic sections, functions, limits, continuity, the derivative, derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric functions, and applications of the derivative. Prerequisite: A score of 7 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 131.

MTH 230 Definite integral, antiderivatives, fundamental theorem of calculus. Derivatives of logarithmic, exponential, and inverse trigonometric functions. L'Hopital's rule. Integration techniques. Applications of the definite integral. Prerequisite: MTH 229

Textbook: Calculus Concepts and Contexts, Stewart, 3rd edition, Stewart. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978049538491 and Eplorations, 4th edition, Bassarear. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978061876837.

A TI-82 or equivalent graphing calculator is required.

A copy of the department syllabi for MTH 229 and MTH 230 is available online here.

For Nursing and Health Majors

Students pursuing a Nursing and Health major are required to take STT 160 Statistical Concepts. Prerequisite: A score of 4 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 126 or MTH 127.

Course Description: An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hyotheses, as well as the basic of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation, and analysis of variance.

Textbooks: Elementary Statistics, 10th edition, Triola. Pearson, ISBN: 978032133183.

Minimum of scientific calculator with statistical mode is required. Demonstrations may be done in class with a TI-82 or TI-83.

A copy of the department syllabus for STT 160 is available online here.

For Science Majors

Students pursuing a science (biology, chemistry, earth and environmental, integrated sciences, neuroscience, cell biology and physiology, physics or psychology) major are required to take either MTH 228 Calculus for Management, Life and Social Sciences, MTH 229 Calculus I and MTH 230 Calculus II, or STT 264 Elementary Statistics I and STT 265 Elementary Statistics II. Which of these courses should be taken is determined by the specific scientific concentration you are pursuing and should be discussed with your academic advisor. Certain disciplines may require additional math courses beyond those listed here.

Course Description: MTH 228 Functions, rates of change, limits, derivatives of algebraic functions, applications including maxima and minima, exponential and logarithmic functions, and indefinite and definite integrals with applications. Not for credit to students with credit for MTH 229 and 230. Prerequisite: A score of 5 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 126 or MTH 127.

Textbook:Calculus for Business, Economics and the Social or Life Sciences, 9th edition, brief version, Hoffmann and Bradley. McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 9780073051918.

A TI-82 or equivalent graphing calculator is required.

A copy of the department syllabi for MTH 229 and MTH 230 is available online here.

Course Description: MTH 230 Definite integral, antiderivatives, fundamental theorem of calculus. Derivatives of logarithmic, exponential, and inverse trigonometric functions. L'Hopital's rule. Integration techniques. Applications of the definite integral. Prerequisite: MTH 229

Textbook: Calculus Concepts and Contexts, Stewart, 3rd edition, Stewart. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978049538491 and Eplorations, 4th edition, Bassarear. Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978061876837.

A TI-82 or equivalent graphing calculator is required.

A copy of the department syllabi for MTH 229 and MTH 230 is available online here.

Course Description: STT 264 Numerical and graphical methods for finding and summarizing important features of data. Principles of designing experiments for collecting data. Introduction to probability. Use of statistical computing package to apply methods and illustrate concepts. Prerequisite: A score of 4 on the Wright State math placement test OR MTH 126 or MTH 127.

Course Description: STT 264 Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing introduction. Applications to means, proportions, two-sample comparisons, contingency tables, linear regression, and analysis of variance. Use of statistical computing package to apply methods to data sets. Prerequisite: STT 264

Textbooks: Statistics, 11th edition, McClave, Sincich and Mendenhall. Pearson, ISBN: 9780132069519.

Minimum of scientific calculator with statistical mode is required. Demonstrations may be done in class with a TI-82 or TI-83.

A copy of the department syllabi for STT 264 and STT 265 is available online here.

Minors

If you have an interest in mathematics or statistics, you may want to consider taking a minor in either discipline. To find out more, click on the 'Minors" button to the left or click here.