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DEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES152DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSMATH 165PRE-CALCULUSPrerequisite: MATH 151 with a C or better5 lectures per week: 5 hrs creditThis pre-calculus course covers trigonometry, polar and parametricequations, conic sections, sequences, and series. It is apreparatory course designed to provide students with theessential skills needed for success in the sequence of coursescovering calculus for scientists and engineers.MATH 171 (IAI: M1 900-1; EGR 901; MTH 901)CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY IPrerequisite: MATH 165 with a C or better, or qualifying score on theMath Placement Test5 lectures per week: 5 hrs creditThis is the first course in a three semester sequence of coursescovering calculus for scientists and engineers.Topics coveredinclude lines, derivatives, applications of derivatives, antiderivativesand definite integrals, and applications of integrals.MATH 172 (IAI: M1 900-2; EGR 902; MTH 902)CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY IIPrerequisite: MATH 1715 lectures per week: 5 hrs creditThis is the second course in the three-semester sequence ofcourses covering calculus for scientists and engineers.Topicscovered include applications of integrals, transcendental functions,integration techniques, L’Hopital’s rules, improper integrals,infinite sequences and series, and polar coordinates.MATH 173 (IAI: M1 900-3; EGR 903; MTH 903)CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY IIIPrerequisite: MATH 1725 lectures per week: 5 hrs creditThis is the final course in the three-semester sequence ofcourses covering calculus for scientists and engineers.Topicscovered include basic operations on vectors, vector-valuedfunctions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multipleintegrals and vector calculus.MATH 200MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHING IPrerequisite: Option #1, #2 or #3 as noted at beginning of section4 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis course covers the fundamental ideas and theories ofmathematics beginning with arithmetic. It is the first in a twocoursesequence designed for prospective and presentelementary school teachers.The course is recommended forteacher certification in elementary education in Illinois.This isnot a methods course in teaching mathematics.MATH 201 (IAI: MTH 922)ENGINEERING COMPUTER PROGRAMMINGPrerequisite: MATH 1713 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course is designed to use the computer in the study ofproblems in engineering, mathematics or physical sciences.Theemphasis is on problem analysis and problem solving.MATH 206 (IAI: M1 903)MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHING IIPrerequisite: MATH 200 with a C or better4 lectures per week: 4 hrs creditThis course is a continuation of Mathematics for ElementaryTeaching I.The topics studied include geometry, probability, statisticsand measurement. Mathematical reasoning and problemsolving will be emphasized.This course is the second in a twocoursesequence recommended to meet the requirements forteaching certification in elementary education in Illinois. It is nota methods course in teaching mathematics.This course providesgeneral education credit for elementary education majorsonly.MATH 210 (IAI: M1 905; CS 915)DISCRETE MATHEMATICSPrerequisite: MATH 151 with a C or better or qualifying score on theMath Placement Test3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis beginning course in the mathematics of computer scienceintroduces mathematical analysis of finite collections ofsequence machines, computer system design, data structuresand algorithms.Topics include sets, counting, recursion, graphtheory, trees, networks, Boolean algebra and formal grammars.MATH 216 (IAI: EGR 904; MTH 912)DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSPrerequisite: MATH 1723 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditOffered spring semester onlyThis is a first course in ordinary differential equations withapplications to the physical sciences.Topics covered includerecognition, classification and solution of differential equations,as well as the expression of applied problems as differentialequations.This course is designed to prepare students for moreadvanced study in mathematics, science and engineering.MATH 220LINEAR ALGEBRAPrerequisite: MATH 1723 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis course is intended as a transition between the calculussequence and upper level courses in mathematics.Topics coveredinclude vectors, vector spaces, matrices, determinants,matrix algebra, linear independence, linear transformations,eigenvalues, and eigenvectors.A significant portion of thecourse will be devoted to theory and proof construction.MECHANICAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY(See CAD/Mechanical Design Technology)METEOROLOGY2006-2008 CATALOGMETEO 150 (IAI: PI 905)INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGYPrerequisite: Placement into ENG 099 or higher3 lectures per week: 3 hrs creditThis introductory survey of meteorology emphasizes thephysical phenomena associated with air masses and fronts,global circulation, severe weather, weather analysis,instrumentation, and climate.