2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Second 8-week Math classes, including a QR I course

Note to Stat Majors, none of these courses count toward the Stat Major GPA.

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Math just opened seats in its popular second 8-week classes.  Here are our offerings:

Math 114, Trigonometry, 2 credit hours, TR 2-3:50pm
Students may register only if they are concurrently registered for Math 012 or they are dropping Math 115.  Such students should e-mail mathadvising@illinois.edu with name, netid, UIN, and request for approval.

Math 181, A Mathematical World, 3 credit hours, MWF 1-2:50pm
Quantitative Reasoning I general education course
Students in Engineering, math, and actuarial science are restricted out.  This course is intended for students in non-mathematical majors.  Brief description:

What information is encrypted in my drivers license? Why does the mailman deliver mail to the house across the street one hour before my house? How can I fit all my music onto the fewest number of CDs? How does the grocery store put all Kelloggs cereals on sale? Does the goalie move to one side or another before the kicker kicks the ball? Does location matter when polling? Who would be president if we used a different voting system? Is there a strategy to winning a game of chicken? Find out the answer to these and many other interesting questions in Math 181, an introduction to selected areas of mathematical sciences through applications to modeling and solutions to problems.

We have held back a few seats so we can accommodate “emergency” cases even after the open seats fill.  An example of an emergency is a student on the December graduation list who needs a Quant I or Quant II course in order to complete those gen ed requirements.

Math 225, Introductory Matrix Theory, 2 credit hours, TR 12-1:50pm

This course fills major requirements for certain engineering and science majors–though many others require Math 415, and students cannot earn credit for both 225 and 415.  It will also work for the Applied Statistics Track of the Statistics minor.  It is not a general education course.  The prerequisite of Math 220 or 221 is listed because the course gets into some fairly abstract mathematics; students who haven’t taken a course of the difficulty level of at least calculus may find the course too difficult when Math 225 turns from basic equation-solving to vector spaces.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions!  The mathadvising@illinois.edu e-mail address is excellent to share with students, and advisers are welcome to phone Shannon Schwarb, me, or our part-time interim advisers, Emily Schlafy and Jennifer Lansing.  Elizabeth Vonk at our front desk can help you find an available adviser.