1941-1942 Academic Catalog

6i DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 25. LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION Open to those 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. MATHEMATICS MR. SHAW, MISS FERGUSON 5. ALGEBRA Fundamental operations, permutations, combinations, com– plex numbers 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. Elect– ive. 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 surface of rotation, in space. Elective. Prere– quisite Mathematics 5-6-7 except in the case of pre-en– gineering students who should take 6 and 8 simultaneously in the freshman year. 9. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS The dfrivative and its application to physical problems. Elective. Prerequisite Mathematics 8. Four hours a week, one semester. 10. INTEGRAL CALCULUS The integral and its simpler applications. Elective. Pre– requisite Mathematics 9. Four hours per week one semester.