2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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MAT 480 - History of Mathematics

This course provides an overview of the history of mathematics in various cultures from 3,000 BCE into the 19th century, focusing on significant ideas that helped shape the discipline. Prerequisites: a grade of C- or above in MAT 224 and either MAT 122 or MAT 236. Fulfills: LASR; WI. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Solve problems and prove results from a variety of historical and mathematical contexts.
  2. Describe the development of topics in mathematics over time and in different cultures.
  3. Examine well-known mathematical results in historical context.



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