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2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Management

  
  • MGMT 64300 - Financial Risk Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Provides a foundation for understanding ways in which financial institutions and industrial firms can optimally manage financial risks. Concentrates on various “functional” risk measurement problems related to interest rate risk, default risk, exchange rates, and commodity prices. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 64400 - Venture Capital And Investment Banking


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Examines the process of corporate value creation through financial policy choices. The sequence of topics roughly parallels the life cycle of a typical corporation. Begins by studying the financing of entrepreneurial companies. Then studies the investment banking and capital acquisition process employed for public securities issues. Also examines capital acquisition and reorganization decisions, such as the use of hybrid securities like convertible debt and PIPEs, project financing bankruptcy reorganizations, and equity structurings. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 64500 - Mergers, Acquisitions, And Corporate Control


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Focuses on firms’ internal governance structures and on pressure from the external market for corporate control, including executive compensation, board of directors’ composition, shareholder activism, mergers, and takeovers. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 64900 - Global Marketing Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. A seminar using lecture-discussions, cases, and projects. Designed to cover the global marketing environment, market-entry strategy, global marketing programs, organization and control of global marketing operations, and the future of global marketing. Prerequisite: MGMT 62000 , MGMT 62100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 65000 - Strategic Management I


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Concepts and methods that integrate previous training in functional areas of management. The perspective is that of the general manager charged with directing the total enterprise. Emphasis is given to formulation and implementation of strategy. Prerequisite: MGMT 61000 , MGMT 62000 , Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 65200 - Management Of New And Small Firms


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Examines entrepreneurship with a focus on the start-up process for high growth new ventures. Cases will be used, and students will conduct a feasibility analysis of a new venture concept. Prerequisites: MGMT 61000  and MGMT 62000 . Concurrent Prerequisites: MGMT 65000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 65500 - Competitive Strategy


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Examines how firms obtain and sustain superior returns through the development and implementation of a competitive strategy at the business-unit level. Focus is on strategies that develop and exploit two sources of superior returns: unique value-creating resources (e.g., patents, brand equity, operational capabilities), and powerful positions in markets and supply chains. Participants are expected to be familiar with basic competitive strategy concepts and tools, such as “five-forces analysis”, the value chain, and generic strategies. Presents a more analytical perspective of strategy, drawing from game theory. Prerequisites: MGMT 65000 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 65700 - Manufacturing Strategy And Process Innovation


    Credit Hours: 2.00. In recent years many firms have rediscovered manufacturing and operations as a potential source of strategic advantage. In general, these firms have sought to develop capabilities in operations which provide a sustainable advantage in the marketplace. In addition, successful firms have developed processes for understanding the cross-functional implications of product and process choices. In this course, we will seek to understand the circumstances under which particular operating capabilities are most beneficial and how such capabilities can be developed so that operations can be exploited for competitive advantage. Concurrent Prerequisite: MGMT 61000 , MGMT 65000 , MGMT 66000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 65900 - Strategic Management II


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Further emphasis on understanding how organizations might achieve advantage relative to competitors. Focus is on corporate strategy: the decisions of a multi-business firm. Such decisions include: What range of businesses is appropriate within a single firm? What mode of expansion, e.g. alliance vs. acquisition, is appropriate? How should a firm’s administrative systems and structure be organized across multiple businesses or markets to achieve maximum value? What is needed to foster innovation in the organization? Introduces a variety of analytical frameworks to help students qualitatively and quantitatively appraise corporate-level strategies given a firm’s unique resource profile and the environment in which it competes. Prerequisite: MGMT 60000, 61000, 62000 and 65000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 66000 - Introduction To Operations Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) As goods and services are produced and distributed, they move through a set of inter-related operations or processes in order to match supply with demand. The design of these operations for strategic advantage, investment in improving their efficiency and effectiveness, and controlling these operations to meet performance objectives is the domain of Operations Management. The primary objective of the course is to provide an overview of this important functional area of business. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000 , MGMT 67100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 66100 - Management Of Operating Systems


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. A project course in which students are exposed to a variety of operations problems as they arise in a real world setting. The focus of the course is problem formulation, analysis, and proposal(s) of an implementable scheme for their resolution. Prerequisite: MGMT 66000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 66400 - Supply Chain Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Continues the examination of the linkage between a firm’s product-market strategy and the role of the operations (i.e., production) function initiated in MGMT 66000 . Topics include material requirements planning, production activity control, and just-in-time systems. Prerequisite: MGMT 66000 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 66700 - International Operations Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Emphasizes the role of operations in the making of strategic decisions of where to locate and how to coordinate facilities to optimize the performance of a multinational organization. The impact of trade regulations and foreign exchange risk is considered. Case studies of international manufacturing firms develop and illustrate key concepts. Prerequisite: MGMT 66000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 66900 - Operations Management: Practice And Models


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A manufacturing laboratory course in which computer and visual information systems are applied to a small-scale replica of a manufacturing facility. Applications include material requirements planning, KANBAN systems, detailed scheduling, and simulation. The overriding objective is to experience how these information systems are implemented and used to improve the physical system. Concurrent Prerequisite: MGMT 66400 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 67000 - Business Analytics


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Introduction to quantitative decision procedures under uncertainty. Applications of descriptive statistics, probability models, simulation models, interval estimates, and hypothesis testing to management problems. Managerial-oriented cases are used in instruction. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MGMT 67100 - Quantitative Methods II


    Credit Hours: 2.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central). A continuation of Quantitative Methods I. Applications of regression procedure, forecasting technique, and statistical design of experiment method to management problems. Managerial-oriented cases are used throughout the course. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MGMT 67200 - Advanced Business Analytics


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Quantitative decision procedures under uncertainty applied to business problems. Basic concepts in econometrics and multivariate analysis are studied. Several managerial-oriented case studies are used to illustrate estimation, testing, and regression procedures. Prerequisite: MGMT 67100 , Master’s student standing and Management majors only. Typically offered Summer Spring.
  
  • MGMT 67700 - Seminar In Quantitative Methods In Management Research


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of quantitative methods of analysis to research problems in financial, marketing, and production management. Data processing and statistical inference in management research. Prerequisite: MGMT 67000 , MGMT 67100 , MGMT 67200 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MGMT 68000 - Introduction To Information Technology


    Credit Hours: 2.00 (West Lafayette) 3.00 (Calumet, North Central) An introduction to the capabilities, limitations, and applications of computers to the business environment. Addresses issues relating to computer hardware and software, data management, problem analysis, and other management information systems (MIS) topics. Students use the computer as programmers, as users of existing software systems, and in the role of managers within business decision-making contexts. Concurrent Prerequisite: MGMT 67000  or 67300. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 68300 - Management Information Systems


    Credit Hours: 2.00. The important technological issues of computing are presented. The emphasis is on the impact of technology on the organization. Topics include problem organization and complexity, database management, operating systems, data communications, and privacy. Research projects on an assigned topic provide greater depth of coverage of certain topics. Typically offered Summer Spring.
  
  • MGMT 68400 - Information Risk Management


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Explores the various issues pertinent to maintaining acceptable levels of information security within organizations. Topics include risk analysis, resource identification, a basic introduction to information security architecture and infrastructure, policy development and deployment, and legal and regulatory issues, including those pertaining to privacy. The course is intended to raise awareness of information security issues across organizations and will be targeted towards managers in all areas, not just information systems. Prerequisite: MGMT 68300 . Typically offered Summer.
  
  • MGMT 68600 - Knowledge Management Systems


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Discusses the fundamentals of knowledge management and the role of information technology and systems in supporting organizational knowledge management. With a growing emphasis toward managing intangible knowledge assets (compared to tangible physical assets), knowledge management has become an indispensable tool kit for managers. Prerequisite: MGMT 68300 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MGMT 68800 - Developing A Global Business Strategy


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Provides an introduction regarding the business and strategy challenges faced by managers in our global economy, regardless of whether the firm is a small domestic company or a large multi-national. Major topics for the course include motivations and challenges of internationalization, international business fundamentals, foreign market entry strategies, organizing across countries, analyzing global industries, building competitive advantage in global industries, and the influence of culture and institutions. Prerequisite: MGMT 65000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MGMT 69000 - Advanced Problems In Management


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Advanced investigation in a specific management field at the graduate level. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MGMT 69100 - Special Problems In Management


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Advanced investigation in a specific management field at the graduate level. For students in the master’s programs in management who are registered in the master’s program summer session. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • MGMT 69200 - Managerial Communication Skills


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Enhances student professionalism in managerial contexts by improving oral communication skills by developing strong oral presentation techniques. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MGMT 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology

  
  • MFET 24300 - Automated Manufacturing I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The application of industrial control components (relays, motor starters, etc.) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in both discrete and continuous automated manufacturing environments. The theory of operation and selection of common industrial control components is explored. Students learn to design, program, and troubleshoot PLC systems. An introduction to closed loop control systems is included. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • MFET 24400 - Automated Manufacturing II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shop floor components of computer-integrated manufacturing are introduced. Emphasis is focused on current applications and programming practices of various computer automated manufacturing processes and technologies. Topics include: CAD/CAM integration, computer-assisted numerical control programming, computer-assisted quality control, and automatic identification. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 24600 - High Performance Manufacturing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Manufacturing operations with an emphasis on the elimination of waste throughout the enterprise are the focus of this course. Topics include just-in-time manufacturing, lean production, formal planning and control systems, product data management and advanced manufacturing systems. Discrete manufacturing and process industry examples are considered. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 24800 - Automated Manufacturing III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Industrial robots and general motion control systems as they apply to the automated manufacturing environment are addressed. Topics include: robot classifications and programming, end-of-arm tooling, operation simulation, safety considerations, and robot vision systems and sensors. Students are introduced to general motion control through the application of stepper motor technology, servo motor technology, and feedback devices. . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MFET 29000 - Special Topics In Manufacturing Engineering Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of Manufacturing Engineering Technology is provided by Technology faculty, subject to MFET curriculum subcommittee approval. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 29900 - Manufacturing Engineering Technology Independent Project


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by instructor and approved by the MFET curriculum committee. Primarily for third- and fourth-semester students with special interests. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 30000 - Applications Of Automation In Manufacturing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic introduction to automation applications in manufacturing and the impact of computer-based systems on a manufacturing company. Coverage includes practices and the various issues related to the application of computer-integrated manufacturing. Emphasis placed on CAD, CAM, CNC, robotics, industrial control elements, PLCs, and computer-based process controls. Does not carry credit toward graduation in MFET. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 34200 - Advanced Manufacturing Processes And Practices


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will address advanced manufacturing processes and practices. Topics include: the impact of product manufacturability upon manufacturing operations, concurrent engineering, rapid prototyping, nontraditional manufacturing processes, and design specifications for manufacturing tooling and machinery. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 34400 - Automated Manufacturing Processes


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shop floor components of computer-integrated manufacturing are explored. Emphasis is focused on current applications and programming practices of various computer automated manufacturing processes and technologies. Topics include CAD/CAM integration, computer-assisted numerical control programming for 2 ½ and 3 axis contouring, and CNC program verification. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 34800 - Industrial Robotics And Motion Control


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Industrial robots and general motion control systems will be studied. Topics include: robot classifications and programming, end-of-arm tooling, operation simulation, safety considerations, robot vision systems and sensors. Students are introduced to general motion control through the application of stepper motor technology, servo motor technology, and feedback devices. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 37400 - Manufacturing Integration I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The fundamentals of data communications and local area networks are taught in order to show students how to integrate modern manufacturing systems. Emphasis is on the various levels of communications between shop floor computers, PLCs, robots, and automatic identification equipment. Database technology is used as an integration tool. This course prepares students for the MFET capstone course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 40000 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will study the technology associated with computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). Conventional manufacturing technologies and methods will be introduced, followed by computer automation and CIM. The course will include computer-aided design (CAD), automated manufacturing processes, integrated manufacturing processes, integrated manufacturing systems, and other related topics. Does not carry credit toward graduation in MET/CIMT. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • MFET 44600 - Advanced Manufacturing Operations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application and implementation of formal control systems for production and inventory control, advanced manufacturing planning, operations management, and related topics. Topics will include advanced software applications and the integration of planning and control systems for manufacturing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 44800 - Integrated Materials Handling And Facilities Planning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Integrated materials-handling systems and a systematic approach to facilities planning are introduced. Course topics will include automatic identification, common material handling equipment used in manufacturing, and simulation of material flows. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 45100 - Manufacturing Quality Control


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (MET 45100 ) Quality control practices used in manufacturing industries; management, statistical control charts, reliability, sampling plans, economics, computer methods, and test equipment are presented and applied. Credit will not be granted for both MET 45100  and MFET 45100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 47400 - Manufacturing Integration II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of sensors, data acquisition systems, and the fundamentals of control system technology and theory of operation, including common industrial sensors. Interfacing of various sensors to data acquisition systems and collection and monitoring of process data using data acquisition systems. Open loop and closed loop control system fundamentals are addressed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 47500 - Advanced Manufacturing Networks


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced topics in data communications and local area networks (LANs) are examined in the context of a fully integrated modern manufacturing facility. Topics include data communications hardware, LAN topologies, media, medium access control, common network protocols, and internetworking. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MFET 48000 - Project Planning For Integration


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first of two courses that complete the capstone requirement. The course focus is on the project planning, system design and management activities necessary for the implementation of a successful manufacturing integration project. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 48100 - Integration Of Manufacturing Systems


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This capstone course emphasizes the integration of manufacturing activities into a complete system. The course brings together elements of prior courses including: production processes, planning systems, system integration, and manufacturing controls. Primary course activities are centered around a semester-long team project. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MFET 49000 - Special Topics In Manufacturing Engineering Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by faculty. Group instruction in new or specialty areas of Manufacturing Engineering Technology is provided by Technology faculty, subject to MFET curriculum subcommittee approval. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MFET 49900 - Manufacturing Engineering Technology Independent Project


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by instructor and approved by MFET curriculum committee. Primarily for seventh- and eighth-semester students with special interests. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Mathematics

  
  • MA 10800 - Mathematics As A Profession And A Discipline


    Credit Hours: 1.00. A “walking tour” of a few topics in mathematics, conducted by a series of guest lecturers. Some talks focus on interesting areas of mathematics, such as chaos theory, fractals, or the mathematics of sending pictures over the Internet. Others focus on where people with degrees in mathematics or statistics work and what they do. This class is open to anyone with an interest in mathematics, regardless of major. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MA 13700 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed for prospective elementary school teachers. Problem solving. Numerical reasoning including self-generated and conventional algorithms. Whole and fractional number systems, elementary number theory. (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science.). Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 13800 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Elementary school teachers must understand how multiplication gives rise to exponents and how to represent, interpret, and compute exponents from problem situations. They must also understand how to represent practical situations using algebraic and fractional expressions, and verbally interpret graphs of functions. They have to know basic concepts of probability theory. This course covers conceptual and practical notions of exponents and radicals; algebraic and rational functions, algebraic equations and inequalities, systems of linear equations, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Notions of probability. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 13900 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Geometric, measurement and spatial reasoning in one, two and three dimensions as the basis for elementary school geometry. Metric and non-metric geomery, transformation geometry. (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science.) Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 15200 - College Algebra


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a course in college algebra for students who do not need the technical skills required for those who are planning to continue with calculus. There will be an emphasis on applied problems and graphing techniques. Topics covered: real numbers, linear functions, solving linear equations and systems of linear equations, absolute value equations and inequalities, rational expressions, complex numbers, proportions, solving quadratic equations, exponential and logarithmic functions, circle and parabola equations, and the mathematics of finance including compound interest and annuities. Students receiving and “A” or “B” in MA 15200 may continue with MA 15400 . (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science.) Prerequisite: demonstrated competence in intermediate algebra. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 15300 - Algebra And Trigonometry I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Exponents and radicals; algebraic and fractional expressions. Equations and inequalities, systems of linear equations. Polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Not open to students with credit in MA 15900. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IMA 1601 College Algebra
  
  • MA 15400 - Algebra And Trigonometry II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. While MA 15400 is a continuation of MA 15300 , the course MA 15300  is not a prerequisite. It is suggested that students have a C- or better in MA 15300  or a B- or better in MA 15200 . Topics covered include the trigonometric functions, analytic geometry, laws of sines and cosines, vectors, dot product, conic sections, and rational functions. Not open to students with credit in MA 15900. Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IMA 1608 Trigonometric Functions
  
  • MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Functions, Trigonometry, and Algebra of calculus topics designed to fully prepare students for all first semester calculus courses. Functions topics include Quadratic, Higher Order Polynomials, Rational, Exponential, Logarithmic, and Trigonometric. Other focuses include graphing of functions and solving application problems. Not Available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science. Students may not receive credit for both MA 15400  and MA 15800. Students may not receive credit for both MA 15900 and MA 15800. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 15910 - Introduction To Calculus


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of differential and integral calculus. Applications to the agricultural, life, managerial, and social sciences. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics include trigonometric and exponential functions; limits and differentiation, rules of differentiation, maxima, minima and optimization; curve sketching, integration, anti-derivatives, fundamental theorem of calculus. Properties of definite integrals and numerical methods. Applications to life, managerial and social sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers techniques of integration; infinite series, convergence tests; differentiation and integration of functions of several variables; maxima and minima, optimization; differential equations and initial value problems; matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Applications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 16021 - Applied Calculus II And Differential Equations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Techniques of integration and applications to technology problems such as work and fluid pressure; infinite series, convergence tests; differential equations and initial value problems; separable differential equations, second order differential equations; Laplace transform; Fourier series. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I


    Credit Hours: 5.00. Introduction to differential and integral calculus of one variable, with applications. Some schools or departments may allow only 4 credit hours toward graduation for this course. Designed for students who have not had at least a one-semester calculus course in high school, with a grade of “A” or “B”. Not open to students with credit in MA 16500 . Demonstrated competence in college algebra and trigonometry. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II


    Credit Hours: 5.00. Continuation of MA 16100 . Vectors in two and three dimensions, techniques of integration, infinite series, conic sections, polar coordinates, surfaces in three dimensions. Some schools or departments may allow only 4 credit hours toward graduation for this course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Introduction to differential and integral calculus of one variable, with applications. Conic sections. Designed for students who have had at least a one-semester calculus course in high school, with a grade of “A” or “B”, but are not qualified to enter MA 16200  or MA 16600 , or the advanced placement courses MA 17300  or MA 27100 , or the honors calculus course MA 18100 . Demonstrated competence in college algebra and trigonometry. Typically offered Fall Spring. CTL:IMA 1602 Calculus - Long I
  
  • MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Continuation of MA 16500 . Vectors in two and three dimensions. Techniques of integration, infinite series, polar coordinates, surfaces in three dimensions. Not open to students with credit in MA 16200 . Typically offered Fall Spring. CTL:IMA 1603 Calculus - Long II
  
  • MA 17000 - Introduction To Actuarial Science


    Credit Hours: 2.00. (STAT 17000 ) An introduction to actuarial science from the point of view of practicing actuaries from life insurance, casualty insurance and consulting; introduction to insurance and the mathematical theory of interest; application of spreadsheets to problems related to actuarial science. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MA 17300 - Calculus And Analytic Geometry II


    Credit Hours: 5.00. Calculus of transcendental functions, techniques of integration, conic sections, polar coordinates, parametric equations, infinite series. Admission restricted to those who have extablished credit in Calculus I. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MA 17400 - Multivariable Calculus


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Continuation of MA 17300 . Differential and integral calculus of functions of several variables. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • MA 18100 - Honors Calculus I


    Credit Hours: 5.00. This is an honors version of second-semester calculus (MA 16200 /MA 16600 /MA 17300 ). Integration and applications, methods of integration, infinite sequences and series, conic sections and polar coordinates. Students must have demonstrated competence in first-semester calculus (ordinarily by exam). Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MA 18200 - Honors Calculus II


    Credit Hours: 5.00. Continuation of MA 18100 . This is an honors version of third-semester calculus (MA 22600/MA 17400 /MA 27100 ). Vectors, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • MA 18300 - Professional Practicum I


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional Practicum. For Cooperative Education students only; must be accepted for the program by the cooperative program coordinator. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 18400 - Professional Practicum II


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional Practicum. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 19000 - Topics In Mathematics For Undergraduates


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Supervised reading courses as well as special topics courses for undergraduates are given under this number. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 22000 - Introduction To Calculus


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of differential and integral calculus. Applications to the agricultural, life, managerial, and social sciences. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 22100 - Calculus For Technology I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. MA 22100-MA 22200 is a two-semester sequence in the technique of calculus for students enrolled in certain technical curricula. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science. Prerequisite: demonstrated competence in algebra and trigonometry. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 22300 - Introductory Analysis I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Differential calculus with applications to management and economics. Prerequisites: Demonstrated competence in algebra and trigonometry. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IMA 1604 Calculus - Short I
  
  • MA 22400 - Introductory Analysis II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Integral calculus; partial derivatives; differentials; introduction to differential equations. Applications to management and economics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IMA 1605 Calculus - Short II
  
  • MA 25000 - Problem Solving In Probability


    Credit Hours: 2.00. (STAT 25000 ) This course is designed to teach techniques for solving problems in probability theory which are relevant to the actuarial sciences. It is intended to help actuarial students prepare for the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society Exam P/1. Credit of Examination is not available for this course. MA 41600 /STAT 41600  is strongly recommended. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Planes, lines, and curves in three dimensions. Differential calculus of several variables; multiple integrals. Introduction to vector calculus. Not open to students with credit in MA 17400  or MA 27100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 26200 - Linear Algebra And Differential Equations


    Credit Hours: 4.00. Linear algebra, elements of differential equations. Not open to students with credit in MA 26500  or MA 26600 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 26500 - Linear Algebra


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to linear algebra. Systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of matrices, applications. Not open to students with credit in MA 26200 , 27200, 35000 or MA 35100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 26600 - Ordinary Differential Equations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. First order equations, second and n’th order linear equations, series solutions, solution by Laplace transform, systems of linear equations. It is preferable but not required to take MA 26500  either first or concurrently. Not open to students with credit in MA 26200 , 27200, MA 36000 , 36100, or MA 36600 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 27100 - Several Variable Calculus


    Credit Hours: 5.00. Solid analytic geometry, infinite series, differential and integral calculus of several variables. Admission restricted to those who have extablished credit for calculus I and II. Prerequisite: demonstrated competence in calculus, plane analytical geometry, Calculus I & II. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • MA 27900 - Modern Mathematics In Science And Society


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course covers topics in combinatorics and probability applied to real life situations such as the paradoxa of democracy, weighted voting, fair division, apportionment, traveling salesmen, the mathematics of networks, Fibonacci numbers, golden ratio, growth patterns in nature, mathematics of money, symmetry, fractals, censuses and surveys, random sampling, sample spaces, permutations and uniform probability spaces. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 28400 - Professional Practicum III


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional Practicum. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 29000 - Topics In Mathematics For Undergraduates


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Supervised reading courses as well as special topics courses for undergraduates are given under this number. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 30100 - An Introduction To Proof Through Real Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to abstract reasoning in the context of real analysis. Topics may include axioms for the real numbers, mathematical induction, formal definition of limits, density, decimal representations, convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, the extreme value, mean value and intermediate value theorems, and cardinality. The emphasis, however, is more on the concept of proof than on any one given topic. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 30300 - Differential Equations and Partial Differential Equations for Engineering and the Sciences


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a methods course for juniors in any branch of engineering and science, designed to follow MA 26200 . Basic techniques for solving systems of linear ordinary differential equations. Series solutions for second order equations, including Bessel functions, Laplace transform, Fourier series, numerical methods, separation of variables for partial differential equations and Sturm-Liouville theory. Not open to students with credit in MA 30400 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 30400 - Differential Equations And Analysis Of Nonlinear Systems For Engineering And The Sciences


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a differential equations course designed to follow MA 26500 -MA 26600 . Same description as MA 30300  except that material on the qualitative behavior of solutions to nonlinear systems is substituted for material on Laplace transforms. Not open to students with credit in MA 30300 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 30800 - Elementary Discrete Mathematics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intended for prospective secondary school teachers. Basic concepts of mathematics including number systems, propositional calculus, sets, functions, and mathematical induction are studied in the context of computer experiences designed according to a Piagetian-based constructivist learning theory. Students will deepen their understanding of these concepts and will be introduced to a particular method of fostering the learning process. No previous experience with computers is assumed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 34100 - Foundations Of Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course in rigorous analysis, covering real numbers, sequences, series, continuous functions, differentiation, and Riemann integration. MA 30100  is helpful but not required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 35100 - Elementary Linear Algebra


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Systems of linear equations, finite dimensional vector spaces, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvector applications to analytical geometry. Not open to students with credit in MA 26500 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 35300 - Linear Algebra II With Applications


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Factoring matrices, orthogonal projections (with application to least squares estimation), diagonalization and Jordan canonical form (with applications to Markov chains and systems of differential equations), Hermitian matrices, convexity (with application to linear programming). Emphasis on problem solving and applications from science, engineering, economics, or business. Not open to students with credit in MA 51100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 36000 - Advance Calculus Differential Equations Honors


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Elementary ordinary differential equations. Special functions defined by power series and by integrals, Fourier series. An honors version of MA 36100. Not open to students with credit in MA 36100. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 36200 - Topics In Vector Calculus


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Multivariate calculus; partial differentiation; implicit function theorems and transformations; line and surface integrals; vector fields; theorems of Gauss, Green, and Stokes. Credit granted for only one of MA 36200 and MA 51000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 36600 - Ordinary Differential Equations


    Credit Hours: 4.00. An introduction to ordinary differential equations with emphasis on problem solving and applications. The one-hour computer lab will give students an opportunity for hands-on experience with both the theory and applications of the subject. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • MA 37300 - Financial Mathematics


    Credit Hours: 4.00. A mathematical treatment of some fundamental concepts of financial mathematics and financial economics, and their application to real world business situations and basic risk management. Includes discussions of valuing investments, capital budgeting, valuing contingent cash flows, yield curves, spot rates, forward rates, short sales, Macaulay duration, modified duration, convexity, and immunization, financial derivatives, and their use in risk management. Provides preparation for the SOA/CAS Actuarial Exam FM/2. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 37500 - Introduction To Discrete Mathematics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Induction, permutations, combinations, finite probability, relations, graphs, trees, graph algorithms, recurrence relations, generating functions. Problem solving in all these areas. Credit granted for only one of MA 27600 and 37500. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • MA 38500 - Introduction To Logic


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Propositional calculus and predicate calculus with applications to mathematical proofs, valid arguments, switching theory, and formal languages. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • MA 38600 - Professional Practicum IV


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional Practicum. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • MA 39000 - Topics In Mathematics For Undergraduates


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Supervised reading courses as well as special topics courses for undergraduates are given under this number. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
 

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