2009 Course Catalog

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Introductory Calculus, Part I (MATH 0090)

Program: Summer Session Credit

An intensive course in calculus of one variable including limits, differentiation, maxima and minima, the chain rule, rational functions, trigonometric functions, and exponential... (more »)

7 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Introductory Calculus, Part II (MATH 0100)

Program: Summer Session Credit

A continuation of the material of MATH 0090 including further development of integration, inverse trigonometric and logarithmic functions, techniques of integrations, and applications.... (more »)

7 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Fundamentals for Calculus: Functions and Equations (MA904-1B)

Program: Pre-College

This course is for students who desire additional preparation for calculus or pre-calculus. Many students find calculus courses difficult to comprehend because they do not have... (more »)

1 Week
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

An Introduction to Game Theory (EC905-3A)

Program: Pre-College

The award-winning film “A Beautiful Mind” introduced many people to the life of the Nobel Prize winning economist John Nash, but what about the theory that won him... (more »)

3 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Cryptography (MA906-3A)

Program: Pre-College

This course will cover the history of cryptography from ancient times to the present day. We begin by discussing the simple Caesar-shift cipher and go on to more sophisticated... (more »)

3 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Theory of Relativity (PH902-1D)

Program: Pre-College

Einstein's theory of relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics.

It is deeply counterintuitive, yet beautiful and ingenious. Special relativity reformulates how... (more »)

1 Week
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Number Theory: An Introduction to Higher Mathematics (MA903-3B)

Program: Pre-College

The whole numbers are the foundation of all of mathematics. Everything we count, everything we measure, everything we quantify depends on them. They have been studied intensely... (more »)

3 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Mathematical Forms in Architecture (MATH 0580)

Program: Summer Session Credit

The last decade has seen the emergence of a new architecture. Advances in building technology have resulted in structures with complex geometric forms that would not have been... (more »)

7 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31