History of Mathematics I2017 Spring
Subject Mathematics (MATH) 4361 Section 01 (CRN: 10548)
Prerequisite: grade of C or greater in MATH 1452. This course will provide an overview of aspects of the history of mathematics from the Early Beginnings (before the sixth century B.C.), Classical Period (sixth century B.C. to fifth century), and Medieval and Renaissance Periods (sixth century to sixteenth century). This survey course discusses a broad range of the history of mathematics including a variety of topics over many consecutive time periods, and is organized so that there is more discussion than lecture. The course will consider both the growth of mathematical ideas and the context in which these ideas developed, in various civilizations around the world. Attention will be paid to how the history of mathematics or mathematical ideas is important in the teaching of these ideas in both secondary school and college. Three credit hours.
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Mathematics/Statistics
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Arts, Letters, Sciences