1953-1955 Academic Catalog

MATHEMATICS so H1GH ScHooL ALGEBRA For students who have n.ot presented high school credit in algebra. Includes signed and literal numbers, fractions, factoring, graphs, simultaneous equa– tions, quadratic equations. ( Tutorial fee of $5 ) . 60 HIGH S CHOOL PLANE GEOMETRY For students who have not presented hi gh school credit in plane geome try. In– cludes congruent triangles, p erpendiculars, paralle ls, areas, circles, loci, simi– lar polygons, proportionals. Prerequisite: M ath SO or equiv alent. ( Tutorial fee of $5. ) 120 COLLEGE ALGEBRA Fundamental operations, graphs, de te rmina nts imaginary numbe rs, irra– tional numbers, logarithms, progressions, variations. Prerequisite: M a th SO or equivalent. Four hours credit. 130 PLANE TRIGONOMETRY N a tural and iogarithmi c tri gonomet ric functions; the ir use in the solution of the triangle. Pre requisite : M ath 120 and M ath 60 or equiva lent. Three hours credit. 140 COLLEGE GEOMETRY 11.pplication of Euclidia n methods to the solution of problems involving plane fi gures. H om othetic re lations, inverse re:ations, special properties of t riangles, Eule r line, nine point circle, Mique l p oint, harmonic division. Pre – requisites : M a th 60, and Math 120 or con current with Math 120. Three hours credit. 150 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY R ectilinear and polar coordinates in their application t o the straight line circle, para bola, el lipse, and hype rbola. T a ngents, norma ls, and curve trac– ing. Translati on and rotation of axes. Prerequisites: Math 120 and 130. F our hours credit. 211 DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS D e rivatives, rates, velocity, accele ration, maxima and mi11ima, points of in– flection, cu rve tracing, curvature, series, paramet ric equ a tion s. Pre requisite: Math 150. F our hours credit. 212 INTEGRAL CALCULUS Single and d ouble integration areas, lengths of curves, surfaces, volumes. Prerequisite : Math 211 ( Math 2 10 recommended.) Four hours credit. 3 10 METHODS IN MATHEMATICS Methods in teaching mathematics in junior and senior high schools. Includes higher arithmetic, elementary and advanced algebra, plane and solid geom– etry, and plane trigonometry. Prerequisite : a minor in mathematics. Two hours credit. - 57-