1988-1989 Academic Catalog

148 Science and Mathematics Mathematics Minors The mathematics major provides students with general course background in advanced mathematics. Course requirements involve sixty-one quarter hours including: MATH-281,282,283 Analytical Geometry and Calculus ... 5 MATH-387 Differential Equations ................... 5 Electives from 300 and 400 level courses in mathematics . 25 PHYS-271,272,273 General Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 GSCI-440 Seminar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Students are encouraged to include additional courses in astronomy, physics, or chemistry as electives. Students desiring secondary education certification in mathe- matics must take at least one of the following: CIS-124 Computer Programming-BASIC .............. 3 CIS-221 FORTRAN Programming ................... 4 CIS-420 Programming Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MATH-485 PASCAL ............................. 5 Mathematics Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency .................................... 0-8 Other General Education requirements ............. 70-92 Mathematics major requirements ................... 61 Electives ................................... 39-61 (minimum, not including proficiency) 192 Suggested Four-year Curriculum for a Major in Mathematics First vear: Second year: MAT.H-281,282,283 Calculus .. 15 MATH-387 Diff. Equations ... 5 BEOT-101 Q.T. Survey . . . . . . 5 Mathematics electives ...... 5 BENT-102 N.T. Survey ....•. 5 PHYS-271,272,273 Gen. ENG-110 Eng. Comp. I., .... 5 Phys.. , . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 15 ENG-140 Eng. Comp. JI . . . . . 5 BETH-230 Theo. Survey ..... 5 COM-110 Fund. Speech . . . . . 5 Bible elective ....•...... 3 GSS-100 Found. Soc. Sci ..... 5 HUM-140 Intro. Humanities . , 5 PEF-199 P.A.C.L . . . . . . . . . . I History elective .......... 5 P.E. electives ...... , . . . . 2 Literature elective , . . . . . . . 5 48 48 Third vear: BEPT:340 Bapt. Polity . . . . • . 3 Bible elective . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mathematics electives , .... 10 BI0-100 Prln. Biology . . . . . . . 5 Humanities elective . . . . . . . 5 Soc. science elective . . . . . . . 4 Electives .......... , ... 18 48 Fourth vear: GSCI-440 Seminar . . . . . . . • . I Mathematics electives . . . . . 10 Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 48 The minors in the Department of Science and Mathematics are designed to provide non-majors with additional background in the biological sciences, mathematics, and the physical sciences. Course requirements for the biology minor involve twenty-four quarter hours including: BI0-115 General Zoology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BI0-134 General Botany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Biology electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Course requirements for the chemistry minor involve twenty- four quarter hours including: CHEM-151,152,153 General Chemistry .............. 12 CHEM-254 Quantitative Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHEM-357 Organic Chemistry ...................... 5 Chemistry electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Course requirements for the mathematics minor involve twenty-five quarter hours including: MATH-281,282,283 Analytical Geometry and Calculus .. 15 Mathematics electives (300 or 400 level courses) . . . . . . . 10 Course requirements for the physics minor involve twenty-five quarter hours selected from: PHYS-271,272,273 General Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PHYS-376 Electricity and Magnetism ................. 5 PHYS-378,379 Modern Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 "My education in mathematics at Cedarville helped me develop two important processes that I use every day: analyt– ical thinking and problem solving. Thinking analytically helps me examine ideas at the lowest level ofdetail and still see the big picture. Solving problems involves a step by step analysis ofa situation. Mathematics involves both ofthese." Keith Holt, a 1985 mathematics graduate, works as a sys– tems engineerfor Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Pontiac, Michigan.