1948-1949 Academic Catalog

ing field in high school mathematics. In addition to the entrance prerequisites above, the Bachel"r of Science degree requires College Algebra, Trigonometry, and six hours of Analytic Geometry. 1 High School Algebra (No College Credit) For students who have not had high school algebra. Includes signed and literal numbers, fractions, factoring, graphs,. simul taneous equations, quadratic equations. Five hour,s per week, one semester. 2 High School Plane Geometry (No College Credit) For students who have not had high school plane geometry. Includes congruent triangl es, perpendiculars, parall els, a reas , cirrl ':'s, loci, similgtr triangles and polygons, proportionals. Prerequisite: Math 1 or equivalent. Five hours per week one semester. 3 Solid Geometry For students who have not had high school solid geometry. In– cludes lines and planes in space; dihedral and polyhedral angles; prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, spheres, general polyhedrons; surface areas and volumes. Elective. Prerequisites: Math 1 and 2, or equivalent. Two hours credit, firsj; semester. 5 College Algebra Fundamental operations, graphs, determinants, imaginary num– bers, irrational numbers, logarithms! progressions, variations. Elec– tive. Prerequisite: Math 1 or equivalent. Three hours credit, first semester. 6 Plane Trigonometry Natural and logarithmic tri.~onometric functions; their relation to the solution of the triangle; and similar problems. Elective. Pre– requisites: Math 2 or equivalent, and Math _5. Three hours credit, second semester. 7 Plane Analytic Geometry Rectilinear and polar coordinates in their application to the straight line and the circle. Elective. Prerequisites: Math 5 and 6. Three hours credit, first semester. 8 Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry Rectilinear and polar coordinates in their application to the conic sections; translation and rotation of axes; plane, lines, curves, and surfaces in solid geometry. Elective. Prerequisites: Math 3 or equivalent and Math 7. Thr~e hours credit, second semester. 9 Differential Calculus Derivatives, rates, velocity, acceleration, maxima and minima, curvature, series. Elective. Prerequisite: Math 8. Four hours credit, first semester. 10 Integral Calculus Sin~le and double integration, areas, lengths of curves, sur– faces volumes. Elective. Prerequisite: Math 9. Four hours credit, second semester. 11 College Geometry Application of Euclidian methods to the solutions of problems involving plane figures. Elective. Prerequisites: Math 2 or equiva– lent and Math 5. Three hours credit, one semester. 39