100 Level courses
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• MATH 100. COLLEGE ALGEBRA FUNDAMENTALS. (5 hours)
  Following a 5-day format, functions and graphs, including linear functions, quadratic and other polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions. Zeros of polynomial functions, systems of equations and inequalities. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: Minimum ACT Math Score of 18, departmental placement exam, or MATH 92 with a grade of C or better. A student may substitute MATH 100 for MATH 105 or MATH 107, but may not receive credit for both.

• MATH 105. COLLEGE ALGEBRA. (3 hours)
  Functions and graphs, including linear functions, quadratic functions, other polynomial functions, exponentials and logarithmic functions. Zeros of polynomial functions, systems of equations and inequalities. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: Satisfactory ACT Math Score, departmental placement exam, or MATH 92 with a grade of C or better. A student may not receive credit for both MATH 105 and MATH 107.

• MATH 107. COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING. (3 hours)
  Elementary models of real world situations and use of technologies. Modeling linear, quadratic, and exponential functions and their graphs, systems of linear equations, algebraic patterns, and proportional reasoning. Graphing calculator required. Fa. Sp. Su. Prereq: Satisfactory ACT Math Score, departmental placement exam, or MATH 92 with a grade of C or better. A student may not receivet credit for both MATH 105 and MATH 107. Restriction: Education majors only.

• MATH 109. PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA. (3 hours)
  Algebra and the study of algebraic functions for students preparing to study calculus. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: Satisfactory ACT math score, departmental placement exam, or MATH 105 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 110. PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY AND FUNCTION THEORY. (3 hours)
  Thorough study of trigonometric functions, vectors, and conic sections for students preparing to study calculus. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: Satisfactory ACT math score, departmental placement exam, or MATH 105 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 117. NUMBER SENSE FOR PK-8 TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  A language-intensive study of the Number Strand as it develops sequentially from grades pre-K through 8. Number sense, natural connections among the big ideas in mathematics, patterns and problem solving, and the use of numbers in familiar, real situations. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: Math 107 with a grade of C or better. Restriction: Education majors only.

200 Level courses
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• MATH 201. DECISION MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Probability, matrices, linear programming, finance, applications to business problems. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 105 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 206. MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE. (3 hours)
  Theory of simple and compound interest, annuities, and related topics. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 105.

• MATH 210. PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Calculator usage, exact and approximate measurement, variation and percent applications, logarithms, geometric calculations, applied trigonometry. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 105.

• MATH 217. GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT FOR PK-8 TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  Applications of measurement and geometry with a focus on understanding and explaining mathematical concepts. Systems of measurement, plane figures, properties of polygons, three dimensional figures, area and perimeter, volume and surface area, geometric patterns, estimation, problem solving, and number concepts integrated within real world situations. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 117 with grade of C or better. Restriction: Education majors only.

• MATH 250. SURVEY OF CALCULUS. (3 hours)
  Emphasis on applications in the biological and social sciences and business. Not equivalent to MATH 270. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 105 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 270. CALCULUS I. (4 hours)
  Definitions, properties, and applications of derivatives and integrals. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 109 and 110 with grades of C or better, or permission of the department.

• MATH 272. HONORS CALCULUS I. (4 hours)
  Prereq: Permission of the department. Fa.

• STAT 214. ELEMENTARY STATISTICS. (3 hours)
  Descriptive statistics, elementary hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, introduction to correlation and regression. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: minimum ACT math score of 27, MATH 100, or MATH 105.

300 Level courses
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• MATH 301. CALCULUS II. (4 hours)
  Integration, applications and modeling, infinite series. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 270 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 302. CALCULUS III. (4 hours)
  Partial derivatives, multiple integrals, vector fields in the plane and in space. Graphing calculator required. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 301 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 309. HONORS CALCULUS II. (4 hours)
  Prereq: Approval of the department. Sp.

• MATH 310. HONORS CALCULUS III. (4 hours)
  Prereq: Approval of the department. Fa.

• MATH 317. PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, AND NUMBER SYSTEMS FOR PK-8 TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  Descriptive statistics, probability, patterns, development of number systems and their properties, and problem solving through real world situations. Understanding and proper use of mathematical language. Prereq: MATH 217 with a grade of C or better. Restriction: Education majors only.

• MATH 320. HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  The historical development of mathematics from ancient times to the present day. Emphasis on topics covered in high school courses. Prereq: MATH 250 or MATH 270 or permission of the department.

• MATH 327. PROPORTIONAL REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR TEACHERS. (3-4 hours)
  Variety of plausible contexts emphasizing the central role of proportional reasoning in the world and within school mathematics; perseverance, modeling skills, and creativity. Prereq: MATH 109 with a grade of C or better and permission of the department or MATH 317 with a grade of C or better. Restriction: Education majors only.

• MATH 350. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. (3 hours)
  Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 301 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 360. FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Logic, relations, functions, classification of infinite sets, cardinal numbers. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 250 or MATH 270 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 362. ELEMENTARY LINEAR ALGEBRA. (3 hours)
  Algebra of n-tuples and matrices. Vector spaces with emphasis on n-tuples. Basis and dimension. Change of coordinates. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Prereq: MATH 250 or MATH 270 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 370-371. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH. (3 ea.)
  Prereq: Approval of department.

• MATH 381. APPLIED DISCRETE MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Propositional logic, elementary combinatorics, recurrence relations, complexity analysis, elementary graph theory. Boolean algebra. Prereq: MATH 301 with grade of C or better.

• STAT 325. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS. (3 hours)
  Counting techniques, discrete and continuous probability distributions with applications, hypothesis testing. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 109 with a grade of C or better.

• STAT 368. ELEMENTARY SURVEY SAMPLING. (3 hours)
  Topics in survey sampling; emphasis on the design and analysis of surveys. Prereq: STAT 214 or STAT 325.

400 Level courses
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To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

• MATH 413(G). PROBLEM SOLVING FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  Non-routine problems from number theory, proportional reasoning, functions, counting techniques, probability, geometry, and linear algebra. Relating these topics to the teaching of secondary mathematics. Prereq: MATH 360 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 414(G). NUMBER THEORY AND ABSTRACT ALGEBRA FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  Equivalence classes, congruence modulo n, divisibility theorems, and the Euclidean algorithm. Introduction to semigroups, abelian groups, rings, and fields. Homomorphisms and isomorphisms. Relating these topics to the teaching of secondary mathematics. Prereq: MATH 360 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 430(G). COLLEGE GEOMETRY. (3 hours)
  Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, presented intuitively and rigorously. Prereq: MATH 360 with a grade of C of better.

• MATH 435(G). INTRODUCTION TO TOPOLOGY. (3 hours)
  Topological spaces and properties. Prereq: MATH 360 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 440(G). VECTOR ANALYSIS. (3 hours)
  Vector algebra, vector calculus, applications in physics and engineering. Fa. Prereq: MATH 302 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 450(G). MATHEMATICAL MODELING. (3 hours)
  Development of mathematical models arising in various areas of application in the physical, biological, and social sciences. Prereq: MATH 350 with a grade of C or better and working knowledge of FORTRAN.

• MATH 451(G). BIOMATHEMATICS I. (3 hours)
  Development and analysis of discrete-time models in biology. Prereq: MATH 301 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 452(G). BIOMATHEMATICS II. (3 hours)
  Development and analysis of continuous-time models in biology. Prereq: MATH 350 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 455(G). NUMERICAL ANALYSIS. (3 hours)
  Computer applications for the solution of systems of equations, polynomial approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical solution of differential equations. Prereq: MATH 350 with grade of C or better and working knowledge of a computer language or mathematical software.

• MATH 462(G). LINEAR ALGEBRA. (3 hours)
  Matrix arithmetic, determinants, linear systems, real vector spaces and linear transformations. Fa, Sp. Prereq: MATH 360 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 463(G). ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY. (3 hours)
  Prereq: MATH 360 with a grade of C or better or permission of instructor.

• MATH 465(G)-466(G). MODERN ALGEBRA I,II. (3 hours each)
  Introduction to abstract algebraic systems. Prereq: MATH 360 with a grade of C or better or permission of instructor.

• MATH 470(G). TOPICS FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS. (3 hours)
  May be repeated for credit as content varies. Not to be applied toward a degree in mathematics. Restr: Permission of instructor.

• MATH 475(G). COMPLEX VARIABLES. (3 hours)
  Theory of functions of a complex variable with applications in physics and engineering. Prereq: MATH 302 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 481(G). COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Algebraic structures, disjunctive normal forms, binomial and multinomial coefficients, generating functions, partitions of integers. Polya's enumeration formula and applications. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 302 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 483(G). APPLIED GRAPH THEORY. (3 hours)
  Paths, circuits and connectivity, coloring of maps and graphs. Graph traversal algorithms, directed graphs. Network algorithms, spanning trees, pruning analysis with applications. Fa, Sp, Su. Prereq: MATH 301 with a grade of C or better and permission of the department.

• MATH 487(G). COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS. (3 hours)
  Algebraic, symbolic, and numerical computations; modern concepts of visualization; applications towards calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, data analysis, numerical analysis, and special functions. Prereq: MATH 350 with a grade of C or better.

• MATH 491(G). DISCRETE AND INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS. (3 hours)
  Discrete and integral transforms with applications. Sp. Prereq: MATH 350 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 493(G)-494(G). ADVANCED CALCULUS I,II. (3 hours each)
  Rigorous study of the theory of calculus. Fa, Sp. Prereq: MATH 302 and MATH 360 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 495(G). ADVANCED MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS and SCIENTISTS. (3 hours)
  Systems of first order differential equations, partial differential equations, Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville systems, Helmholtz equation, Green's functions, applications in engineering and sciences. Prereq: MATH 350 with grade of C or better.

• MATH 497(G)-498(G). SPECIAL PROJECTS I,II. (3 hours each)
  Special and individual study projects. Prereq: Approval of the department.

• STAT 417(G). BIOMETRY. (3 hours)
  Statistical applications in the biological and health sciences. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, prediction, survey design and analysis, use of statistical software packages. Prereq: STAT 214 with a grade of C or better. Fa, Sp.

• STAT 425(G)-426(G). BASIC THEORY OF STATISTICS I,II. (3 hours each)
  Probability distributions, random variables, moments, sampling theory, estimation, hypothesis testing. Prereq: MATH 302.

• STAT 427(G). STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RESEARCHERS I. (3 hours)
  Applications course useful to researchers in all fields. Probability distributions, measurements of precision and accuracy, control charts, tests of significance, confidence intervals, analysis of variance, use of statistical software packages. Fa, Sp. Prereq: MATH 109.

• STAT 428(G). STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RESEARCHERS II. (3 hours)
  Multiple correlation and regression, design and analysis of experiments, problems from behavioral sciences, biological sciences, and engineering. Prereq: STAT 417 or STAT 427.

• STAT 440(G). APPLIED NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS. (3 hours)
  Inferential methods where assumptions for parametric tests are questionable. Topics include tests for randomness, goodness of fit, location, spread and correlation. Applications stressed. Prereq: STAT 214 or equivalent.

• STAT 450(G). QUALITY CONTROL. (3 hours)
  Construction and analysis of control charts for variables and attributes, acceptance sampling, tolerances. Prereq: STAT 325 with a grade of C or better.

• STAT 454(G). OPERATIONS RESEARCH. (3 hours)
  Deterministic and probabilistic models of operations research, including linear programming, queuing, and inventory models. Prereq: MATH 250 or MATH 270, and STAT 325.

• STAT 480(G). SEMINAR IN STATISTICS. (3 hours)
  Topics of special interest not covered in detail in other courses. Prereq: Approval of instructor.

• STAT 497(G)-498(G). SPECIAL PROJECTS I,II. (3 hours each)
  Special and individual study projects. Prereq: Approval of the department.