MA408
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History of Mathematics
Course Subject Code
MA
Course Number
408
Course Long Title
History of Mathematics
Status
Active
Division
Natural Sciences
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
Block Seminar
Instruction Mode
Traditional
Grade Modes
Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
Course Description
A study of selected developments in the history of mathematics and the role of mathematics in different cultures across time. The course often draws on original sources and traces the relationships among different fields within mathematics through the in-depth study of major unifying results. When used to fulfill the capstone requirement for the mathematics department, the course must be taken in the senior year.
Required Requisites
(MA 321 and 375) or one of these courses and COI.