Academic Catalog

Mathematics (M)

M 105  Contemporary Mathematics  (3 Credits)  
This course is designed to meet the general education mathematics requirement for several non-STEM disciplines. Topics include financial math, elementary statistics and probability.
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 111  Technical Mathematics  (3 Credits)  
The course includes fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, formulas and word problems. Topics studied are estimations, metric and U.S. Customary systems, one-variable linear equations, ratios and percentages, developing applied skills for two- and three-dimensional figures, basic trigonometry principles, and plotting two-dimensional coordinates.
M 115  Probability and Linear Math  (3 Credits)  
This course is designed to meet the general education mathematics requirements for a variety of students such as accounting, business, and computer science students while setting a foundation for statistical reasoning. The course covers systems of linear equations and inequalities, matrix algebra, linear programming, and introduction to probability through models and probabilistic reasoning, finance, and logic.
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 120  Math with Health Care Apps  (3 Credits)  
This course will examine the mathematics associated with the Allied Health field. Topics include arithmetic of rational numbers; the metric system; reading drug labels, medicine cups, syringes and intravenous fluid administration bags; apothecary measurement and conversion; dosage calculations; parenteral dosages; basic intravenous administration; basic dosage by weight units, equation solving, and interpretation of graphs. Not a general education core mathematics course.
M 121  College Algebra  (3 Credits)  
This course is the study of polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, and logarithmic equations, inequalities, functions, and related graphs; circular equations and graphs; and systems of linear and non-linear equations and inequalities.
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 132  Number & Opertns K8 Tchrs  (3 Credits)  
The study of number and operations for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. Topics include all subsets of the real number system, arithmetic operations and algorithms, numeration systems, number theory, and problem solving.
M 133  Geom & Measrmt K8 Tchrs  (3 Credits)  
The study of geometry and geometric measurement for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. Topics include symmetric, transformational, and coordinate geometry, Euclidean constructions, congruence and similarity, two-dimensional and three-dimensional measurements, and problem solving.
M 151  Precalculus  (4 Credits)  
This course is primarily for students who intend to take calculus. Topics include problem solving with two and three dimensional geometry, rational functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, law of sines, law of cosines, trigonometric identities and equations, vectors and polar coordinates, extended use of magnitude, circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and sequences and series.
Pre-requisite(s): ) or M 121  
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 171  Calculus I  (4 Credits)  
The subject of this course is single variable calculus. Topics include functions, limits, continuity, differentiation, applications of the derivative, curve sketching, and integration theory.
Pre-requisite(s): M 151 )  
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 172  Calculus II  (4 Credits)  
Topics include transcendental functions, methods of integration, applications of the integral, infinite series and sequences including Taylor’s series, polar coordinates, and parametric equations.
Pre-requisite(s): M 171  
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics  
M 234  Higher Math for K8 Tchrs  (3 Credits)  
This course is the study of algebra, probability and statistics for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. Topics include algebraic representations, proportional reasoning, functions, statistical modeling and inference, and elementary probability theory.
Satisfies the following General Education Core requirements: Mathematics