Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library
Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library
Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library
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Western Maryland College 1957<br />
303. AUVAN(;£D ANALYTIC GEOMETRY.<br />
Selected topics in plane geometry; three dimensional geometry.<br />
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.<br />
Alternates with Mathematics 307. Offered in <strong>1958</strong>- 1 959.<br />
306. HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS.<br />
One period a week. Credit, one semester hour.<br />
3u7. HIGHER ALGEBRA.<br />
An introduction to modern algebraic theory, including elementary<br />
theory of numbers, group theory, rings, fields, polynomials<br />
over a field, algebra of matrices.<br />
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.<br />
Alternates with Mathematics 303. Not offered in <strong>1958</strong>-<strong>1959</strong>.<br />
310. TUE MATHEMATICS OF" INVESTr..rENT.<br />
A study of simple and compound interest, discount, annui<br />
ties. sinking fund. bonds, and life insurance.<br />
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours. This<br />
course may not be counted toward a major in mathematics.<br />
315: 315R. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS.<br />
All upplication of srmisucal methods to the fields of economics,<br />
eduouion, psychology, and health; measures of central tendency,<br />
dispersion, and skewness: frequency distributions,<br />
graphs, the probability curve, and correlation; time series, seasonal<br />
var-iation, trends, curve fitting. and forecasting. Prerequisite.<br />
two units of high school algebra or the equivalent.<br />
Equipment fee, $3.00.<br />
Three periods a wuk. Credit, three semester hours.<br />
316. COMPLEX VARIABLE.<br />
An introductory course in the theory of the functions of
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