1940-1941 Academic Catalog

52 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 25. LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION Open to ~hose wishing to major or minor in Latin. Two to four hours, according to needs. 26. LATIN LITERATURE A survey of Latin literature in translation. No knowledge of Latin required One semester, two hours. 27. MYTHOLOGY A comprehensive study in general mythology. Emphasis is placed upon Roman and Greek Mythology. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 5. ALGEBRA MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR MILLER Fundamental operations, permutations, combinations, com– plex num,bers and determinants. Elective. Prerequisite, 1 unit high school Algebra. Three hours a week, one semester. 6. TRIGONOMETRY Trigonometric functions and logorithms in their relation to the solution of the triangle and similar problems. Elective. Prerequisite, 1 unit high school algebra, 1 unit high school plane geometry. Three hours a week, one semester. 7. PLANE ANALYTICS Rectilinear coordinates with their application to the conic sections. Translation of the origin in the plane. Elective. Prerequisite Mathematics 5 and 6 except in the case of pre– engineering students who should take 5 and 7 simultane- ously in the freshman year. · . 8. PLANE AND SOLID ANALYTICS Rectilinear and polar coordinates with their· application to conic .sections. Rotation of the axes: The point, plane, line and surfaces of rotation, in space. Elective. Prerequisite Mathematics 5-6-7 except in the · case of pre-engineering students who should take 6 and 8 simultaneously· in the freshman year. 9. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS The derivative and its applications to physical problems. Elective. Prerequisite Mathematics 8. Four hours a week one semester. 10. INTEGRAL CALCULUS The integral and its simpler applications. Elective. Prerequisite Mathematics 9. Four hours per week one semester. 11. COLLEGE GEOMETRY