Apr 19, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

History

  
  • HI 121 World Civilizations I

    Course Credit: 1
    The first of two surveys of the history of world civilization. Introduces students to major themes and events in world history before 1450 CE. Explores the political, social, economic and cultural developments of major early world societies, along with their interactions. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 122 World Civilizations II

    Course Credit: 1
    The second of two surveys of the history of world civilization. Introduces students to major themes and events in world history from 1450 to the present. Explores the political, social, economic and cultural developments which contributed to the transformation of world societies and the formation of the modern world. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 141 African History

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduces the major themes, issues and events in the history of Africa with a strong emphasis on the African perspective and their place in world history. Fall Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

  
  • HI 150 20th-Century Non-Western History and Geography

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of the non-Western world (Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia) in the 20th century. Political, social, economic, and cultural developments of this often-neglected sphere of world history and geography. Alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

  
  • HI 175 History of Iowa

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of Iowa from earliest indigenous people to present. Development of the state’s social, political, and economic character.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 195 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 211 Rise and Fall of Early Empires

    Course Credit: 1
    Comparative study of pre-modern empires, focusing primarily on non-Western civilizations. May include Han and Tang China, Classical Rome, Mauryan and Gupta India, the Mongols, and the Aztecs. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

  
  • HI 212 Castles and Cathedrals

    Course Credit: 1
    Course travels to England and Wales and introduces students to the remains of medieval British culture in the form of castles, cathedrals, churches, and monasteries. Examines how these structures were built and used. Fee. May Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 212 .

  
  • HI 224 Modern History and Culture of the Middle East

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to Middle Eastern history and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries. Alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

  
  • HI 231 Hollywood History

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the influence of American films on the public perception of European history through consideration of filmmaking requirements as well as historians’ concerns. May Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 240 Historical Methods

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to methods used by historians to examine the past. Techniques of historical research, use of primary evidence, major historiographical approaches, writing history. Fall Term.

  
  • HI 250 Topics in American History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of American history. Offered in rotation with European and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 251 Topics in European History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of European history. Offered in rotation with American and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 252 Topics in Non-Western History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of non-Western history. Offered in rotation with American and European topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 257 The European Union Then and Now

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduces students to the European Union and its place in the global community from the perspectives of history, political science, and economics. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/ Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 260 History of World War II

    Course Credit: 1
    Origins, events, consequences of World War II from a global perspective. Alternate years.

  
  • HI 270 The Greeks and Romans

    Course Credit: 1
    Explores the development of the two chief classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, the Greeks and the Romans. Covers social, religious, political, military and intellectual history. Emphasis on primary sources as well as modern scholarship. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 275 Introduction to Public History

    Course Credit: 1
    Multidisciplinary approaches to history in non-academic settings. Focus on major aspects of public history, including history preservation and site interpretation, archives, museology, oral history, and historical societies.

  
  • HI 282 Women in Early World History

    Course Credit: 1
    Identical with WS 282 . The role of women’s contributions and their relative status in various cultures through primary source reading and research. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

  
  • HI 290 20th-Century Europe

    Course Credit: 1
    Ideologies, trends, events of Europe that shape our time. Survey of European history from 1900 to the present, including causes of two global wars, nationalism, communism, forces for and against integration. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/ Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 295 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 301 Colonial America

    Course Credit: 1
    Discovery, exploration, colonization by various European powers, development of the English colonies, origins and course of the American Revolution, creation of the Constitution.

  
  • HI 302 The American Civil War

    Course Credit: 1
    Causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Fall Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

  
  • HI 305 The American Frontier

    Course Credit: 1
    The 19th-century American frontier with primary focus on trans-Mississippi West. Settlement process, clashes among cultural groups, conflicts over use of resources, adaptation of cultural patterns to new conditions. Fall Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 306 History of American Foreign Relations

    Course Credit: 1
    Identical with PS 306 . Foreign relations from the American Revolution to present. Concepts that guided and influenced American diplomacy. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

  
  • HI 312 Medieval History

    Course Credit: 1
    Political, socioeconomic, cultural development of medieval Europe. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

  
  • HI 318 Hitler’s Germany

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, life in the Third Reich, World War II and the Holocaust, the historical legacy of Hitler. Fall Term.

  
  • HI 320 Investigating Germany’s Past Abroad

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of Germany’s past through on-site investigation of architecture and historical sites as well as personalities and events from the Roman period to the present in Germany. Fee. May Term.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 319 ; instructor approval. Corequisite(s): GM 320 .

  
  • HI 321 Russian History

    Course Credit: 1
    Examination of the Russian past with an emphasis on the 20th century. Fall Term even years.

  
  • HI 343 Colonialism and Culture

    Course Credit: 1
    Investigation of cultural interaction between Westerners and indigenous populations in Africa and Asia, using the colonial setting during the “new” imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fall Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

  
  • HI 350 Topics in American History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of American history. Offered in rotation with European and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 351 Topics in European History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of European history. Offered in rotation with American and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 352 Topics in Non-Western History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of non-Western history. Offered in rotation with American and European topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 371 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ career objectives. Possible off-campus costs. P/D/F only.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, 2.0 cumulative and major GPA, and department approval.

  
  • HI 372 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ career objectives. Possible off-campus costs. P/D/F only.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, 2.0 cumulative and major GPA, and department approval.

  
  • HI 381 Field Experience

    Course Credit: variable
    Supervised exploratory experience outside the classroom. Application of academic learning to practical experience. P/D/F only. Possible off-campus costs.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.

  
  • HI 395 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 399 Supplemental Instruction: History

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend classes for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.

  
  • HI 450 Independent Study

    Course Credit: variable
    Scholarly paper. Instructor supervision.

  
  • HI 461 Historiography

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Historical development of the discipline, philosophical schools of history, values of various approaches, professional ethics, current trends. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Capstone.

    Prerequisite(s): HI 240 .

  
  • HI 462 Honors Research Seminar

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Advanced research seminar that will enable outstanding students to produce an article for submission to a professional journal. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): 3.5 GPA in history or history education. Corequisite(s): HI 461 .

  
  • HI 495 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.


Interdisciplinary Studies

  
  • ID 302 Science and Religion

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of historical and contemporary points of conflict and convergence in science and religion, including cosmology, evolution, human genome project.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 303 Views of Human Nature

    Course Credit: 1
    Analysis of the human condition based on the perspectives of literature, philosophy, religion, psychology, political philosophy, biology.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 304 China in Transition

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to Chinese culture, social life through a visit to the People’s Republic of China, study at a local university, personal interaction with Chinese learning partners. Fee. May Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 304  and third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 305 Humanity and the Environment

    Course Credit: 1
    Impact of humans and their technology on the long-term sustainability of the environment and life on earth. Based on perspectives of science, ethics, economics, sociology.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 306 Issues in Midwestern Agriculture

    Course Credit: 1
    Influence of agricultural technology on the ecological, economic, cultural environment of the Midwest, its people and communities.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 307 The American Landscape

    Course Credit: 1
    Americans’ changing attitudes toward their environment and the impact of those attitudes on the development of American society and on global developments.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 308 Archaeology and the Bible

    Course Credit: 1
    On-site archaeological research in biblical lands, integrating archaeological, historical, cultural, religious perspectives. Fee. May Term.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 307  and third- or fourth-year standing. Corequisite(s): GM 308 .

  
  • ID 309 Problems of War and Peace

    Course Credit: 1
    Interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of modern war, its roots and historical evolution. Issues of ethics and collective choice raised by alternative visions of a more peaceful future.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 310 The Holocaust and Its Significance for Our Time

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of European anti-Semitism, particularly in Germany, its culmination in the World War II Holocaust. Ethical, moral, social, political questions the Holocaust raises today through film, fiction, essay, autobiography, art, music.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 313 Aging in a Changing Society

    Course Credit: 1
    The study of aging, older people, their adaptation to a rapidly-changing world. Biological, social, psychological aspects of aging with an emphasis on ethical issues in health care, social supports, choice available. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 314 The Great War and Modern Memory

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of the seminal event of the 20th century for the West in order to gain insights into human nature and world view, war, construction and uses of the past, impact of science/technology on humanity.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 315 Leadership Theories and Practices

    Course Credit: 1
    Critical reflection on theories of leadership and civic responsibility within the context of different disciplinary backgrounds and their application to community service projects.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 320 The Global Information Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of the complexity of “information,” beyond the Internet, how technology, economics, politics affect information available to a wide range of global citizens. Examination of personal and social information ethics. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 321 Crisis Communication

    Course Credit: 1
    A systematic look at crisis communication. The communicative art surrounding a crisis response, the changes to crisis management in a technological age, the sociological repercussions of crisis recovery. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 322 The Anthropology of the Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago de Compostela

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the scope, relevance, expression surrounding the Medieval epic journeys to Santiago de Compostela through travel from southeastern France through northern Spain. Fee. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 323 Historical Roots of Mathematics and Physics

    Course Credit: 1
    An experience-based study of the historical and cultural underpinnings of 17th to 20th century math and physics. Special attention will be given to the roles of society and politics. The class will visit important historical sites. Fee. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 330 Contemporary Global Issues

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of a contemporary global issue besieging the human condition. Evaluation of the issue, root causes, impact on societal resources, implications for policymaking, practical application of policies that implore change. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 333 Beer and Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Investigation of production and consumption of beer across time, space, discipline to understand its role in society.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 340 History of Western Medicine

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of western medical tradition, beginning with ancient Greeks and concluding with problems of modern medicine. Emphasis on the influence of social, political, religious factors. Fall Term even years.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 345 Food

    Course Credit: 1
    What is the relationship between human beings and food? Through various disciplines we will explore the issues that surround food, its history, production, consumption, place in culture and religion, and symbolism.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 359 Tanzania and the Global AIDS Crisis

    Course Credit: 1
    Study in Tanzania with special focus on the global AIDS crisis. Service-learning opportunities with Maasai villagers. Safaris, cultural encounters. May Term alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 359  and third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 360 Metropolis: Place of Convergence

    Course Credit: 1
    Participation, reflection on urban life and issues from cultural, sociological, political, environmental perspectives. Independent project exploring dimensions of leadership and service related to issues that arise in the urban context. Fee.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing and admission into Wartburg West program.

  
  • ID 361 Early Human Experience

    Course Credit: 1
    Explores biological, social, cognitive and spiritual influences on the human experience from conception through early childhood. Experiential component included. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 370 The Arts in a Western Context: Issues and Ideas

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to various forms of artistic expression and influences on this expression, including technology, censorship, nature, gender, religion. How artists and their work influence the continual maturing of a society.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 373 Contemporary (Ethnic) Culture

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of a contemporary culture as observed and experienced during a full term of immersion in a culture. Examines the culture’s attitudes toward nature, social interactions, world views as expressed in art and life. P/D/F only. Fee.

    Prerequisite(s): Third-or fourth-year standing. Corequisite(s): Participation in a full-term cultural immersion.

  
  • ID 375 Private Lives in Public Forms

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of autobiography as a cultural document that presents individuals and their private consciousness to the public. Use of life stories to probe relationship of the individual to society, impact of historical events on individual development, relationship between personality and professional training, connection between fact and fiction.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 385 Vietnam War

    Course Credit: 1
    Examination of America’s involvement in Vietnam and the consequences.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 395 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • ID 399 Supplemental Instruction: Interdisciplinary

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend classes for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.

  
  • ID 495 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.


Inquiry Studies

  
  • IS 101 Asking Questions, Making Choices

    Course Credit: 1
    Development of critical inquiry and communication skills as students take responsibility for their learning and actions within the context of a Wartburg liberal arts education.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): EN 111  or concurrent enrollment.

    Notes: Must be completed in the first year.
  
  • IS 201 Living in a Diverse World

    Course Credit: 1
    Expansion of critical inquiry and communication abilities as students recognize the challenges and opportunities of living in a diverse world and connect this widened world view to liberal learning.

    Prerequisite(s): IS 101 .

    Notes: Must be completed during the second year.
  
  • IS 399 Supplemental Instruction: Inquiry Studies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend courses for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.


Liberal Studies

  
  • LS 101 Learning Strategies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Developmental course in self-management. Techniques to control emotions, thoughts, behaviors. Application of those strategies to time management, test-taking, information literacy, motivation, critical thinking, reading. Fall Term.

  
  • LS 110 Exploring Careers and Vocation

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Development of an individual career action plan. Utilizing self-assessment instruments to develop an understanding of personal values, interests, skills, and personality, and connecting them to academic and career goals.

  
  • LS 111 Professional Business Career Preparation

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Development of individual career action plan. Includes self-assessment and extension of career communication skills such as résumé and application letter writing, interviewing techniques and related skills. Enrollment priority to declared accounting and business administration majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Second- year standing.

  
  • LS 115 Exploring Elements of Leadership

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to the study of leadership as an academic discipline. Critical evaluation of Wartburg’s leadership definition and exploration of its potential for meeting the college’s commitment to leadership and service.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Social Science.

  
  • LS 195 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • LS 260 Urban Lifestyles

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Readings, group discussions, activities in and around Denver, Colo. Written reflections exploring personal and societal issues that arise in the urban context and students’ own participation in the life of the city. P/D/F only. Fee.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Wartburg West program.

  
  • LS 295 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • LS 315 Youth Leadership Mentoring Seminar

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Read literature, develop skills, and prepare resources to mentor high school students involved in community service projects. P/D/F only. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.

  
  • LS 371 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ academic interests. P/D/F only. Possible off-campus costs.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, GPA of 2.0 and approval by a supervising faculty member and Dean of the Faculty.

  
  • LS 372 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ academic interests. P/D/F only. Possible off-campus costs.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, GPA of 2.0 and approval by a supervising faculty member and Dean of the Faculty.

  
  • LS 395 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • LS 399 Supplemental Instruction: Liberal Studies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend classes for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.

  
  • LS 405 Leadership Portfolio Seminar

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Reflection on leadership education experience at Wartburg and completion of leadership portfolio. P/D/F only.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): LS 115  or WS 150 , ID 315 , or concurrent enrollment.

  
  • LS 450 Independent Study

    Course Credit: variable
    Additional study in consultation with instructor in areas of interest or need.

  
  • LS 495 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.


Mathematics

  
  • MA 90 Intermediate Mathematics

    Course Credit: 0
    May be used to satisfy the Preparatory Competency in mathematics prerequisite for mathematics, computer science, accounting, economics courses. Arithmetic of signed numbers, decimals, percents, fractions, topics from the first year of high school algebra. Counts toward full-time student status but not included in grade point average. Does not fulfill the mathematical reasoning requirement of the Wartburg Plan. Fall Term.

    Prerequisite(s): One year of high school mathematics.

  
  • MA 105 The Mathematics of Games

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration into mathematic aspects of various games of strategy and chance including logic, counting techniques, probability, statistics. Mathematical modeling including gathering data, making conjectures, testing strategies of play. May Term every third year.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency.

  
  • MA 106 Mathematics in Modern Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of contemporary mathematics and its role in modern society. Emphasis on the use of mathematical models in a variety of societal settings. Topics selected to illustrate the essential role mathematics plays in our world, in terms of practicality and inherent interest and beauty.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency.

  
  • MA 107 Finite Mathematics

    Course Credit: 1
    Application of mathematics to problems in business management, social science, natural science. Brief algebra review with applications of linear, exponential, logarithmic functions; mathematics of finance involving simple interest, simple discount, compound interest, ordinary annuities; linear systems, matrices, simplex method of solving linear programming problems.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency.

  
  • MA 110 Structures of Mathematics I

    Course Credit: 1
    Number theory, the rational number system, graphing, measurement, geometry. Designed for prospective elementary school teachers but open to any student satisfying prerequisite. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency.

  
  • MA 111 Structures of Mathematics II

    Course Credit: 1
    Geometry, measurement, probability and statistics. Designed for the prospective elementary school teacher but open of any student satisfying prerequisite. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 110 .

  
  • MA 190 Precalculus

    Course Credit: 1
    For students who wish to study calculus but whose high school mathematics background does not meet prerequisites for calculus. Study and application of algebraic manipulations, functions of various types, solutions of equations and inequalities, trigonometry related to triangles and circular functions. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency; two years of high school algebra recommended.

  
  • MA 195 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • MA 212 Geometry and Measurement

    Course Credit: 1
    For elementary and middle-school teachers. One-, two-, and three-dimensional geometry and corresponding measurement topics, geometric intuition and insight helpful in problem solving. Winter Term odd years.

    Prerequisite(s): One course credit in mathematics, MA 110  recommended.

  
  • MA 214 Statistical Methods

    Course Credit: 1
    Basic terminology, concepts, techniques of describing data and inferring properties of populations (large groups) by using samples (small groups) from those populations. Includes some probability theory and use of calculators and computers to manipulate and analyze data.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Mathematical Reasoning.

    Prerequisite(s): MA 90  competency. MA 190  or MA 107  or two years of high school algebra with at least B grades recommended.

 

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