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HIST 397 - Pop Culture Along The Pacific Rim; Japan And Us In The Modern Age
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the connections and parallels between two civilizations along the Pacific Rim through the lens of popular culture in the modern era. Topics covered include youth culture, countercultures and subcultures, war and reconstruction, mass media, and cultural stereotypes.
Graded: Student Option
GenEd: D
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HIST 401 - Immigration, Race, and Citizenship in The United States
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Description: This course examines the broad arc of immigration history in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The course traces the diverse experiences of immigrants from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In addition to exploring the immigrant experience, the course analyzes the evolving relationship between immigration and constructions of race, ethnicity, and citizenship across time and place.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: C3B, D
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HIST 402 - Southern California Chicana/o History and Culture (Cross-listed as CHS 402)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the cultural, economic, political, and social experience of Mexicanos of the region from the U.S conquest to the 1990’s. Particular attention is given to the interactions of this community with other ethnic and racial groups. The course utilizes literature, film, and art as mediums of learning about the culture and history of Chicanos.
Same as: CHS 402
GenEd: D
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HIST 403 - The American Intellectual Tradition
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course explores American thought from Puritanism, transcendentalism, and pragmatism to contemporary trends represented in thinkers from Richard Mather, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Emerson, William James, and John Dewey to Reinhold Hiebuhr. It also addresses those dissenting voices resonantly expressed in American life from Ann Hutchinson, Roger Williams, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and W. E. B. Du Bois to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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HIST 412 - Law and Society
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course investigates a wide range of issues including, but not limited to, the origins of the law in classical civilizations, the interplays between/ among law, religion, government, and morality, evolutions of diverse legal systems in different societies and traditions, legal and ethical challenges of modern sciences, the rule of law in an international environment, and the debate over the extent and limits of the laws in coping with social and technological problems of modern life.
GenEd: D
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HIST 413 - World Religions and Classical Philosophies
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HIST 211 or Equivalent
Studies and compares major religions and philosophical schools in the ancient world. Examines how different societies and peoples have formed their basic assumptions concerning the universe, faith, human nature and society, and how those fundamental assumptions have affected their chosen modes of thinking, ways of life, organizations of society, forms of government, and approaches to knowledge.
GenEd: D
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HIST 414 - Women and Gender in History
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course examines the role of women and gender in human experience. Topics may vary. They include, but are not limited to, gender and work, gender and religion, gender in literature, gender and race, gender and sexuality, gender and family, gender and social change, and constructions of masculinity and femininity. Fulfills the thematic category of the History major.
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HIST 415 - Society and Radicalism
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
This course studies the emergence of different styles of protests and radicalism in the modern world. Topics include, but are not limited to, radical thinkers, theories, philosophies, organizations, strategies, movements, as well as the roles and influences they had in society.
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HIST 420 - History of Mexico
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social and political history of Mexico from the period of European contact to the present. The modern phase of Mexico’s history is examined in relation to the overall development of North America.
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HIST 421 - History Of The Mexican Revolution, 1876-1930
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Evaluates the social and political causes and consequences of the Mexican Revolution. Particular attention is also given to the influence and intervention of the United States of America in Mexico’s economic and domestic affairs.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 430 - Tradition And Transformation: Literature, History, And Cultural Change (Cross-listed as ENGL 430)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: ENGL 103 or ENGL 105 or HIST 300 or consent of the instructor
Description: Bringing literature and history together, this course exposes students to a diverse range of work in art, literature, films, and history. It cultivates the students’ intellectual understanding of the topic from both a cross-disciplinary and a cross-cultural perspective. It emphasizes reading, writing, analytical skills, and communication skills. Topics and themes may vary under the same title. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: ENGL 430
GenEd: C3B, D, UDIGE
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HIST 436 - Psychology and History of East Asian Warrior Cultures (Cross-listed as PSY 436)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing or Consent of Instructor
Examines the psychological and historical roots of warrior cultures in East Asia. Characteristics such as duty, enlightenment, honor, loyalty, and discipline will be examined in the context of the individual and group psychology of warrior cultures throughout history. Psychological and historical conceptions of violence, aggression, and strategy will also be explored. Students will be encouraged to relate values derived from Asian warrior cultures to their own lives, while reflecting on the applicability of these ideas to modern life.
Same as: PSY 436
GenEd: D, E, UDIGE
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HIST 442 - The African Diaspora (Cross-listed as ANTH 442)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Description: Examines the dispersal of Africans to other continents over the last two thousand years. Special attention will be paid to the African slave trade, identity formation, and nationalism. The course employs interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, art history, linguistics, and literature.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: ANTH 442
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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HIST 451 - History of Africa Since 1800
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of Africa since 1800, from the era of the slave trade, through the imposition of colonial rule, to the establishment of modern nation states.
GenEd: D
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HIST 452 - History of Southern Africa Since 1600
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of southern Africa from the pre-colonial era, through the establishment of a permanent European presence, to the establishment of modern nation states.
GenEd: D
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HIST 470 - People and Everyday Life in Early America
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
The course focuses on those ordinary men and women whose daily works and activities made what American society was. It covers the time span from the 1600’s to the early 1800’s. Topics include, but not limited to, popular religion, work ethics and labor systems, family and marriage, festivities, leisure, and games, law and order, mass-control policies, crime and punishment, trades, craftsmanship, farming and industries, issues of gender, race, and ethnicities, early popular unrest, collective actions, and protests.
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HIST 472 - History And Psychology Of The Great War (Cross-listed as PSY 472)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: History or Psychology major with upper division standing
Examines the historical and psychological roots and implications of World War One. Explores the historical causes of this conflict by focusing on the rise of nationalism, imperial expansion, and increasing militarization. Traces the psychological and philosophical implications of such phenomena as shell-shock, Existentialism, and the rise of fascist thought.
Graded: GCR
Same as: PSY 472
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HIST 490 - Special Topics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Investigates a prominent topic of historical interest. Topics vary by semester. Repeatable by topic up to 12 units.
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HIST 491 - Historiography
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or consent of the instructor
Description: This course surveys major historians and their theoretical and methodological approaches to the discipline from the nineteenth century to the present day. The course is designed to update students to the most influential theories in the study of history. Included in this survey are theoretical approaches based on the writings of Braudel, Foucault, Freud, and Marx.
Graded: Letter Grade
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HIST 492 - Internship/Service Learning
Units: 1 - 3
Variable hours per week
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor
Description: This course is designed to provide students with some hands-on experience in the historical field. Students will work in a museum or a historical society and acquire important information about such activities as archiving documents, historical preservation, and dissemination of historical information.
Lab Fee $15
Graded: Student Option
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HIST 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Junior Standing and Consent of Instructor
Independent reading and/or research project under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable up to 6 units.
Graded: Student Option - Graded or Credit/No Credit
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HIST 497 - Directed Studies
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Junior Standing and Consent of Instructor
Exploring an important historical topic under the direction of a faculty member. Significant written reports expected. Topics vary. Repeatable up to 6 units.
Graded: Student Option - Graded or Credit/No Credit
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HIST 499 - Capstone In History
Units: 1 - 3
One to three hours per week.
Prerequisite: HIST 300 or Consent of Instructor.
Description: Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, students complete a project approved by the faculty advisor which will integrate prior course work with the general expectations of the Program. Completed projects may be disseminated to the campus community.
Graded: Student Option
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IT 105 - Introduction To Programming (Cross-listed as COMP 105)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture taught in a laboratory per week
Prerequisite: Passing score on Entry Level Mathematics examination
Description: Provides a balanced view of computing and provides an introduction to the world of computer science. In depth coverage of the design, development, and expression of algorithms. Covers a variety of concepts relevant to the beginning student, including computer organization and design. Not open to students who have completed COMP 150.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 105
GenEd: B4
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IT 151 - IT Programming
Units: 3
Two hours of lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: MATH 301 and COMP 105 /IT 105 or Equivalent
Introduction to programming in C in the Unix environment including input/output, recursion and pointers. Introduction to composite data types such as arrays, records, strings and sets. Topics include: abstract data types, stacks, queues and linked lists. Brief introduction to trees and graphs. No credit given toward the Computer Science Degree.
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IT 152 - Programming for Health Informatics
Units: 4
Four hours in the lab per week
Description: Introduction to computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of data structures and algorithms for solving system, network, and security problems in management and administration of Health Information Systems.
Graded: Letter Grade
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IT 221 - Unix System Programming I (Cross-listed as COMP 221)
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 151 or IT 151 or IT 152
Description: Fundamentals of the UNIX operating system, including the command line interface (CLI), shell commands and related utilities. C will be covered at an accelerated pace, appropriate for students who already know another programming language. Fundamental C libraries, and basic UNIX system calls, will be covered. Principles of the program development cycle as applied to a UNIX environment will also be presented.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 221
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IT 380 - Web Programming
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 151 or IT 151 and MATH 300 or MATH 301
This course provides an overview of the many languages and techniques used in web programming. This includes Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, JSP and ASP, as well as database query languages and XML. Sample applications are built for dynamic web pages and web sites. (Formerly IT 280)
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IT 400 - eCommerce
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: IT 380 and COMP 420 /IT 420
Fundamentals of database driven web sites. Online accounts, cookies, shopping carts, data collection and storage, and data security. Covers user interface design, navigation and site search strategies and database support.
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IT 401 - Web Intelligence
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: IT 402
Using web programming to extract information, using intelligent search engines, artificial intelligence techniques (expert systems, agents). Topics include: data mining, data warehousing, natural language processing, decision support systems, and intelligent agents.
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IT 402 - Advanced Web Programming
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 151 or IT 151 or IT 152
Covers a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, C++, Perl, ASP, and PHP. This course focuses on building applications that are useful to IT professionals, such as applications for network security, maintenance and surveillance.
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IT 403 - Advanced Programming for Health Informatics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: IT 152
Course in computer programming for Health Informatics professionals. Design and implementation of advanced algorithms and sophisticated data structures. Emphasis on large data sets relevant to Health Information Systems.
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IT 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as COMP 420)
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: MATH 300 or MATH 301 and COMP 151 or IT 151
Topics include: database structure including: structure definition, data models, semantics of relations, and operation on data models; database schemas: element definition, use and manipulation of the schema; elements of implementation.; algebra of relations on a database; hierarchical data bases. Discussion of information retrieval, reliability, protection and integrity of databases.
Same as: COMP 420
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IT 421 - Unix System Programming II
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 221 /IT 221
The use of the Unix operating environment including command line Unix utilities, vi and emacs editors, regular expressions, text processors and Unix shells, fundamental Perl
and its application in programming CGI. Writing in C utilities that control the operating environment through the use of system calls. Developing programs using Unix facilities. Not open to Computer Science majors.
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IT 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as COMP 424)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Description: Security techniques in operating systems, data bases, and computer networks. Analysis of formal security models. Introduction to cryptography, and public key security schemas.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 424
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IT 428 - Computer Networks for Health Informatics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: IT 152
Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems for health-related applications. Issues of privacy and security will be emphasized.
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IT 429 - Computer Networks (Cross-listed as COMP 429)
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 232 and COMP 362 or COMP/IT 221 and IT 421
Description: Basic software design and analysis considerations in networking computers into coherent, cooperating systems capable of processing computational tasks in a distributed manner. Network topology, routing procedures, message multiplexing and process scheduling techniques will be discussed.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 429
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IT 464 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design I (Cross-listed as COMP 464, ART 464)
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP 350 and MATH 240 or COMP 221 and MATH 301
Topics include: fundamental concepts of computer graphics graphics devices graphics languages interactive systems applications to art, science, engineering and business trade-offs between hardware devices and software support.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 464, ART 464
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IT 466 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design II (Cross-listed as COMP 466, ART 466)
Units: 3
Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite: COMP/IT 464
Advanced concepts of computer graphics. Topics include computer graphics software and hardware, mathematical basis of geometric modeling, data base management in manufacturing environments, imagining and visualization.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 466, ART 466
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IT 490 - Special Topics for IT
Units: 3
Three hours of lecture per week
Prerequisite: Senior standing in the BSIT program
The course addresses current issues in Information Technology. Specialized topics will be studied. Repeatable by topic up to 9 units.
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IT 491 - Capstone Preparation
Units: 1
Two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: COMP 362 or IT 421 and Senior Standing in the Information Technology Program
Description: Research and develop a proposal for a significant capstone project under faculty supervision. Repeat 3 times up to 3 units.
Graded: Letter Grade
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IT 492 - Internship
Units: 1 - 3
Two to six hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Upper-Division Standing and Program approval of written proposal
Description: Supervised work and study in an industrial or scientific setting involving development of degree-related skills.
Graded: Letter Grade
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IT 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1-3
Variable hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing and Program Approval of Written Proposal
Supervised project involving research in Information Technology. Repeatable by topic up to 9 units.
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IT 497 - Directed Studies
Units: 3
Six hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Program approval of written proposal
Supervised project involving library research in the field of Information Technology or its applications.
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IT 499 - Capstone Project
Units: 3
Three hours independent study per week
Prerequisite: IT 491
Description: Design, and implement a capstone project under faculty supervision, and present the results in a poster/demonstration session at the end of semester.
Graded: Letter Grade
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LIB 211 - Discerning Information in an Interconnected World (Cross-listed as COMM 211)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Provide students with strategies to help them make sense of our information-saturated world. Students should critically assess information, differentiate the perspectives of information seekers from providers and evaluate our sources of knowledge through issues such as surveillance, surrogates, privacy, information seeking behavior, information control, intellectual property, digital democracy, and emerging information communication technologies.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMM 211
GenEd: A3, D
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LIB 344 - The Library: Collections, Services & Instruction (Cross-listed as BUS 344, ECON 344, EDUC 344)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
A study of university, school (K-12), public, and special libraries from business, economic, library science, and educational perspectives. Analyzes how these perspectives are linked within library practices. A study of local libraries and field trips.
Same as: BUS 344 , ECON 344 , EDUC 344
GenEd: D, UDIGE
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LIB 497 - Faculty-Student Collaborative Research
Units: 3
3 hours Research per week
Prerequisite: Program approval will be required to substitute this course as an elective in a major.
A research intensive class during which students will craft an original scholarly or creative work employing unique collections housed at the John Spoor Broome Library relevant collections at other institutions may also be utilized. All students are required to attend and/or present their research at the Sage Research Symposium or similar conference. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Graded: Credit / No Credit
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LS 110 - Computer Literacy for Educators (Cross-listed as COMP 110)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
An introduction to computer systems, including web applications, word processing, spreadsheets, database emphasizing their use in educational settings. Not open to Computer Science majors.
Same as: COMP 110
GenEd: B4
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LS 200 - Juvenile Justice System Service Learning
Units: 2
One hour seminar and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor Required for Enrollment
Provide tutoring and mentoring for juvenile justice students in study skills and fundamental social and critical thinking skills required to be a successful college student. Repeatable up to 12 units.
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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LS 300 - Liberal Studies Service-Learning
Units: 3
Two hours seminar and two hours activity per week
Prerequisite: Junior standing Concentrated Studies majors only Consent of Instructor required for enrollment
A service-learning course designed to broaden involvement in community projects, engage in critical reflection, build social networks with other Concentrated Studies students, and develop written and verbal communication skills.
Graded: Letter Grade
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LS 490 - Capstone Course
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Senior Standing
Faculty-designed course that integrates prior course work and disseminates the final course project to the campus community.
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LS 494 - Independent Research
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
Students design and implement a study project in conjunction with a faculty member. Three repeats allowed. Repeatable up to 9 units.
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LS 497 - Directed Studies
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
Provides student credit for curricular activities under the direction of a Liberal Studies faculty member. Three repeats allowed. Repeatable up to 9 units.
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LS 499 - Capstone Project
Units: 3
Varies per week
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Description: In conjunction with a faculty advisor, students design and complete a project that integrates prior course work and disseminate the project to the campus community .
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 94 - Introduction To Algebra
Units: 0
Four hours lecture and one hour activity per week
Description: A review of fundamental concepts of arithmetic, geometry and elementary algebra. Students who earn Credit in this course and in MATH 095 satisfy the Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. This course is offered Credit/No Credit only. Credit will not apply toward the baccalaureate degree but will apply as 5 units of University Credit.
Graded: Credit / No Credit
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MATH 95 - Intermediate Algebra
Units: 0
Four hours lecture and one hour activity per week
Prerequisite: MATH 094 or an appropriate Entry Level Mathematics Score
Description: A review of concepts of geometry and intermediate algebra with applications. Students who earn Credit in this course satisfy the Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. This course is offered Credit/No Credit only. Credit will not apply toward the baccalaureate degree but will apply as 5 units of University Credit.
Graded: Credit / No Credit
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MATH 101 - College Algebra
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Examination
Topic include: basic set theory, number systems and their algebraic properties; systems of equations and inequalities; basic analytic geometry, matrix algebra and elementary functions; and problem solving.
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MATH 105 - Pre-Calculus
Units: 4
Four hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Examination
Topics include: number systems and their algebraic properties; systems of equations and inequalities; basic analytic geometry of lines and conic sections; elementary functions including polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic, with emphasis on trigonometric functions, fundamental theorem of algebra and theory of equations; polar equations and curves.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 108 - Mathematical Thinking
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics examination or MATH 95 .
Presents the diversity of mathematics and the spirit in which it is employed in various situations, including different problem-solving strategies, inductive-deductive reasoning, paradoxes, puzzles and mathematical modeling. The contributions of various cultures and influences of other disciplines to mathematical thinking are studied.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 137 - Strategies And Game Design
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Examination
This course introduces mathematics to the analysis of games. The principles of game theory including graphs, logic, algebra, geometry and probability are connected to game design, computer graphics and game strategies in various contexts. Applicable algorithms and techniques are demonstrated through appropriate computer gaming examples.
Course Fee $40
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3
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MATH 140 - Calculus for Business Applications
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Calculus Placement Examination or MATH 101 or MATH 105
An integrated course in analytic geometry and calculus in the context of business and economics applications. Functions, limits, derivatives, integrals and mathematical modeling are used in problem solving in decision making context.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 150 - Calculus I
Units: 4
Four hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Passing scores on the Calculus Placement Examination or MATH 105
A course in analytic geometry and calculus. Topics include: elementary and transcendental functions, their properties, limits, derivatives, integrals and mathematical modeling.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 151 - Calculus II
Units: 4
Four hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 150 .
Topics include: differentiation, integration, sequences, infinite series, and power series.
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MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics
Units: 3
Three-hour lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Exam (ELM) or MATH 105 or MATH 101
Critical reasoning using a quantitative and statistical problem-solving approach to solving real-world problems. Topics include: probability and statistics, sample data, probability and empirical data distributions, sampling techniques, estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and correlation and regression analysis. Students will use standard statistical software to analyze real world and simulated data.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 202 - Biostatistics (Cross-listed as PSY 202)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Exam (ELM) or credit for MATH 105 or Equivalent
Critical reasoning using a quantitative and statistical problem-solving approach to solve real-world problems. Uses probability and statistics to describe and analyze biological data collected from laboratory or field experiments. Course will cover descriptions of sample data, probability and empirical data distributions, sampling techniques, estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and correlation and regression analysis. Students will use standard statistical software to analyze real world and simulated data.
Same as: PSY 202
GenEd: B3
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MATH 207 - Early Childhood Mathematics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics Exam (ELM) or MATH 95 , and ECS 150 /PSY 150 (before or concurrently)
Description: Current concepts of early mathematics curriculum including early learning standards for mathematics in early childhood education. This course provides a link between teachers’ mathematical knowledge and understanding of the major skills, concepts and competencies learned through the social experiences of young children. Analysis of math activities in early childhood settings that help children develop mathematical awareness. Focus on the mathematical environment and curriculum that infuse young children’s interests, language and cultural background, diverse abilities, and family interactions. Repeatable up to 9 units.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3
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MATH 208 - Modern Mathematics For Elementary Teaching I-Numbers And Problem Solving
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Passing score on the ELM or MATH 95
Description: Current issues of modern math curriculum including abstract thinking and problem solving approaches to teaching. Content covers systems of numeration, nature of numbers and fundamental operations, relations and functions, properties of integers, rational and real numbers, and mathematical modeling. Problem solving strategies and geometric interpretations are stressed. Designed for students intending to teach in K-8. This course is not open to students who have credit for Calculus.
Course Fee $16
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3
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MATH 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning (Cross-listed as PHIL 230)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Introduction to modern deductive logic. Critical thinking and abstract approaches to common language. Includes abstract sets and number sets, relations, prepositional logic, common language cases, and theory of quantification.
Same as: PHIL 230
GenEd: A3, B3
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MATH 240 - Linear Algebra
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 151
Topics include: matrices, linear systems of equations, determinants, vectors in 2 and 3 dimensions, eigenvalues, the vector space RN, linear transformations, introduction to general vector spaces and applications.
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MATH 250 - Calculus III
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 151 with a grade of C or better
Topics include: functions of several variables, solid analytic geometry, partial differentiation, multiple integrals with applications; vector analysis, and line and surface integrals.
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MATH 300 - Discrete Mathematics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Any GE Area A3 (Critical Thinking) course.
Description: Topics include: Sets, algebraic systems, axioms, definitions, propositions and proofs. Combinatorics, graph theory, moduli calculus. Coding, coding errors and Hamming codes. Students are expected to write mathematical proofs, and communicate mathematical ideas clearly in written and oral form.
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 301 - Discrete Mathematics for IT
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Applications of sets, logic, algebraic systems, combinatorics, graph theory, moduli calculus in information technology. Basic coding, coding errors and Hamming codes and applications.
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MATH 308 - Modern Mathematics For Elementary School Teaching II-Geometry, Probability And Statistics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 208 or consent of the instructor
Current issues of modern math curriculum including abstract thinking and problem solving approaches to teaching. Content covers systems of geometry and geometric interpretation of real numbers, geometric constructions, mathematical modeling, basic probability and statistics. Problem solving strategies are stressed. Designed for students intending to become elementary school teachers.
Course Fee $16
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 310 - Transition To Higher Mathematics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 230
Description: Introduction to propositional logic, techniques of mathematical proof, and fundamental mathematical structures, including sets, relations, functions, cardinality, and other topics as time permits.
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 318 - Mathematics For Secondary School Teachers
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the computer lab per week
Prerequisite: MATH 150
Current issues of modern secondary school math curriculum including abstract thinking, technology use and problem solving approaches to teaching. Content is geometry based, but selected topics from algebra, precalculus, and calculus will be discussed. Designed for students intending to teach. Service learning project required.
Course Fee $16
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: MATH 101 or MATH 105
Applications of modern statistical methods used in business analysis and economics, especially in experimental data evaluation and decision making contexts. Topics include: sampling, probability, various distributions, correlation and regression, statistical inferences, hypothesis testing, problem solving and the consequences to underlying economical systems. Includes a project in the community.
GenEd: B3
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MATH 330 - Mathematics And Fine Arts
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics examination, or MATH 095
The course is specially designed for students interested in fine arts, with the emphasis on understanding geometric patterns and concepts by self-explorations. The course creates a vast reservoir of art-related examples and hands-on experiences, and will give an innovative mathematical background for future artistic endeavors of students.
Course Fee $8
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3, UDIGE
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MATH 331 - History of Mathematics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
Description: Study of breakthrough mathematical ideas and their creators, including historical and scientific context. Important concepts of current mathematics are studied: inception, development, difficulties, significance and various viewpoints will be presented. Lecture-discussion. At least one significant writing assignment is required.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3, UDIGE
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MATH 345 - Digital Image Processing (Cross-listed as COMP 345, PHYS 345)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or Consent of Instructor
An introduction to the basic concepts and techniques for digital image restoration and enhancement, analysis, coding and compression. The emphasis is on processes which analyze primarily two-dimensional discrete images represented at the pixel level, including filtering, noise reduction and segmentation. Fourier analysis techniques will be explored. Programming exercises will be used to implement the various processes, and their performance on synthetic and real images will be studied.
Same as: COMP 345 , PHYS 345
GenEd: B1, B4, UDIGE
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MATH 350 - Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 250 (may be taken concurrently)
Topics include: ordinary differential equations, existence and uniqueness of solutions. Linear equations. Laplace methods. Flows and diffeomorphisms, limit sets, iterations of maps. Positive entropy systems, chaotic behavior of trajectories.
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MATH 351 - Real Analysis
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 240 and MATH 250
Topics include: real number system, metric spaces, norms, function spaces, continuity, differentiability, integrability of functions, sequences and series.
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MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 151
Topic include: data gathering, analysis and display. Validity of sampling methods and statistical conclusions. Probability, conditional probability, Bayes’ Theorem, discrete and continuous random variables and their distribution (e.g., binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, negative binomial, normal, exponential, gamma), moments, bivariate distributions, transformations of random variables, central and other limit theorems. Bayesian estimates, tests of hypotheses, nonparametric tests, decision theory. Modern computer software applications in statistics.
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MATH 354 - Analysis Of Algorithms
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 300 and some computer programming experience
Computer-oriented study of semi-numerical and non-numerical algorithms. Topics include: sorting, tree searching, generation of combinatorial structures, algorithm proof techniques, best algorithms, programming complexity, and string matching.
Course Fee $12
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 393 - Abstract Algebra I
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 240 or Consent of Instructor
Groups, rings, and fields, the basic algebraic structures in contemporary mathematics.
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MATH 398 - Advanced Research Investigations
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Students will explore an interdisciplinary mathematical, statistical, or computational research question in independent groups. With faculty mentoring, students develop their own research plans drawing on multiple disciplines and the multiple approaches to research. Students will disseminate results through a research paper and presentations on campus. In addition, students will be encouraged to identify and apply to relevant summer research programs, internships, and scholarships.
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: A3, B3
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MATH 399 - Modern Tools in Mathematics
Units: 1
Three hours laboratory per week
Modern tools and software based problem solving in mathematics. Available for multiple enrollment. Repeatable up to 10 units.
Graded: Credit/No Credit
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MATH 408 - Advanced Data Analysis
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 398
Introduction to data management and analytics. Bayesian methods, multivariate data, multivariate normal distribution, multivariate regression, principal components, factor, canonical correlation, discriminant analyses, and clustering. Extensive use of appropriate statistical and programming software. Course will be taught in a computer lab.
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 428 - Actuarial Mathematics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Math 140 or 150 and one of the following statistics courses: MATH 201 or 202 or 329 or 352.
Foundations of actuarial mathematics. Topics include the interest and mortality discount function and its role in the analysis of life annuities and life insurance annuities and insurance funds survival distributions and failure times risk theory, compound distributions and Poisson processes. Analysis of real insurance problems using statistical software.
Graded: Letter Grade
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MATH 429 - Operations Research
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 329 or MATH 352 or Equivalent
Introduction to applied mathematical methods in management sciences. Topics include: linear programming, managerial optimization methods, duality and equilibrium theorems, the simplex method, development of tools and methods required to make decisions and to solve operational problems in economy, decision and risk analysis, modeling and game theory. Topics of parametric programming, large-scale methods, generalized programming.
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MATH 430 - Research Design and Data Analysis
Units: 3
Three hours laboratory per week
Prerequisite: PSY 202 /MATH 202 with a grade of C or better or MATH 352
Discussion of experimental design, sampling methods, data collection, and methods of data analysis related to scientific fields.
GenEd: A3, B3, UDIGE
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MATH 437 - Mathematics For Games, Simulations, And Robotics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 137 or MATH 300 or Consent of Instructor
Covers the application of basic algebra, Newtonian physics, computational mechanics, linear algebra, probability, and differential equations to game development, simulations and robotics. Project based class wherein concepts are demonstrated by student teams using game engines, 3D graphics tools, and robots.
Course Fee $40
Graded: Letter Grade
GenEd: B3, UDIGE
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MATH 438 - Philosophy of Mathematics (Cross-listed as PHIL 438)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Topics include: infinity, paradoxes, Goedel’s incompleteness theorems, whether mathematics is discovered or invented, why mathematical knowledge requires proof, whether mathematics is objective truth or social convention, and the identification of types of mathematical objects.
Same as: PHIL 438
GenEd: A3, B3, UDIGE
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MATH 439 - Philosophy of Science (Cross-listed as PHIL 439, PHYS 439)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Examines the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science and of scientific theories such as quantum physics, general relativity, and the theory of evolution. Asks what scientific knowledge reveals, how it is reached, and what role it plays in human life. The course also examines the roles that mathematics and the scientific method play in science and how these have affected its development.
Same as: PHIL 439, PHYS 439
GenEd: A3, UDIGE
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MATH 445 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition (Cross-listed as PHYS 445, COMP 445)
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: PHYS 345 /COMP 345 /MATH 345 or Consent of Instructor
The course addresses the issue of analyzing the pattern content within an image. Pattern recognition consists of image segmentation, feature extraction and classification. The principles and concepts underpinning pattern recognition, and the evolution, utility and limitations of various techniques (including neural networks) will be studied. Programming exercises will be used to implement examples and applications of pattern recognition processes, and their performance on a variety of diverse synthetic and real images will be studied.
Same as: PHYS 445 , COMP 445
GenEd: B1, B4, UDIGE
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MATH 448 - Scientific Computing
Units: 3
Three hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: MATH 151 ; COMP 151 or MATH 350
Examines the challenges of programming computers to perform mathematical computations accurately and efficiently. Students learn how ideas from calculus are used to create algorithms to solve mathematical problems numerically.
GenEd: B3, B4, UDIGE
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MATH 450 - Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 350 or Consent of Instructor
Topics include: vector field theory and Fourier analysis.
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MATH 451 - Complex Analysis
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 240 and MATH 250
Topics include: complex variable, analytic functions, complex integration, power series and conformal mappings.
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MATH 452 - Computational Bioinformatics (Cross-listed as COMP 452)
Units: 4
Four hours lecture in the lab per week
Prerequisite: Programming experience and Statistics, or consent of the instructor
Description: Basic computational models used in molecular biology will be introduced. Topics include algorithms for string alignments, dynamic programming, structural superposition algorithms, computing with differential information, 3D motifs, Hidden Markov Models, phylogenetic trees, statistical/ information techniques for pattern recognition, genetic algorithms.
Graded: Letter Grade
Same as: COMP 452
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MATH 480 - Differential and Riemannian Geometry
Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: MATH 351
Topics include: Implicit Function theorem. Differentials, Riemannian manifolds, curvature, local isometries, Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.
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