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Critical Courses

These are the courses in the Mathematics Department curricula you need to pass with a C or better to graduate as a mathematics major, not including electives. Find courses that you must take outside the Mathematics Department on the Major Checklist.

  • MATH 270: Calculus I (Very well prepared students should inquire about taking the Honors class.)
  • MATH 301: Calculus II (Very well prepared students should inquire about taking the Honors class.)
  • MATH 302: Calculus III (Very well prepared students should inquire about taking the Honors class.)
  • MATH 350: Differential Equations
  • MATH 360: Fundamentals of Mathematics
  • MATH 462: Linear Algebra
  • STAT 425: Introduction to Probability Theory

Course descriptions

  • MATH 270 - Calculus I
    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Definitions, properties, and applications of derivatives and integrals. Graphing calculator required.
    Prereq: Minimum ACT math score of 28 or SAT MATH score of 630, MATH 109 and MATH 110 with a grade of C better, or MATH 143 with a grade of C or better or permission of department required.
  • MATH 301 - Calculus II
    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Integration, applications and modeling, infinite series. Graphing calculator required.
    Prereq: MATH 270 or MATH 272 with grade of C or better.
  • MATH 302 - Calculus III
    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Partial derivatives, multiple integrals, vector fields in the plane and in space. Graphing calculator required.
    Prereq: MATH 301 or MATH 309 with a grade of C better.
  • MATH 350 - Differential Equations
    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
    First and second order equations, higher order equations, series solutions of second order equations, the Laplace transform, first order systems. Applications.
    Prereq: MATH 301 or MATH 309 with a grade of C or better.
  • MATH 360 - Fundamentals of Mathematics
    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Logic, relations, functions, classification of infinite sets, cardinal numbers. Reading and writing proofs.
    Prereq: MATH 250 or MATH 270, MATH 272 or MATH 251 a grade of C or better.
  • MATH 462(G) - Linear Algebra
    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Vector spaces and linear transformations. Matrices, determinants, linear systems, eigenvalues. Inner products.
    Prereq: MATH 360 with a grade of C or better.
  • STAT 425(G) - Introduction to Probability Theory
    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.
    Introduces the theory of probability, counting rules, conditional probability, independence, Bayes’ Theorem. Discrete and continuous random variables, their distributions, moments and moment generating functions. Multivariate probability distributions, independence, covariance. Distributions of functions of random variables, central limit theorem.
    Prereq: MATH 302 with a grade of C or better.