1912-1913 Academic Catalog

COURSES IN MATIIEMATtCS MATHEMATICS. PROFESSOR LANNING AND Miss FINNEY. 112. ARITHMETIC-A systematic course is given in general and practical principles, with suggestions as to the proper presenta– tion of the subject. The text is White's Complete Arithmetic. Elective in the Teachers' Course. Three hours a week throughout the year. 113. ALGEBRA-This course is for beginners. The text is \Ventworth's Elementary Algebra. Required in the first year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week throughout the year. 114. ALGEBRA-This course is advanced work, beginning with quadratics and completing \,Ventworth's Elementary Algebra. Re– quired in the second year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week, first semester. 115. GEOMETRY-Plane Geometry, gi\·ing work in theorems and original exercises, is begun. The text is \1/entworth's. Required in the second year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week, second semester. 116. GEOMETRv-Pl.:tne Geometry is completed, and Solid Geometry taken up a11d finished. The text is Wentworth's. Re– quired in the third year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week throughout the year. 117. ALGEBR~This is an advanced course in algebra, in which the chief topics are progressions, permutations and combinations, probability, complex numbers, theory of equations, determinants and infinite series. The text is Vv'entworth's. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in mathe– matics. Three hours a week, one semester. An additional confer– ence hour may be required. J18. TRIGONOMETRY-Trigonometric functions arc studied with respect to their relation to the solution of the triangle, both plane and spherical. Practical problems are given; also problems in sur– veying, navigation, and astronomy. The text is \Ventworth's Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the re– quired work in mathematics. Three hours a week, one semester. An additional conference hour may be required. 119. SURVEYING-Much time is given to field work, involving the use of chain, compass, transit, and level. Systematic and ac- 51