HNRS 120 - Development of Mathematical Enquiry

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring

A mathematics course designed for University Scholars in the second semester of their first year, HNRS 120 focuses on the methods, practices, and historical development of Mathematics from Classical Antiquity to the Enlightenment. Emphasis on the development of problem solving techniques and the nature and purpose of mathematical enquiry’s application in cultural development. Texts taken from representative mathematical works from Euclid through Newton. A mathematics course taught by and content approved by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the University Scholars Program AND one unit of high school geometry, two units of high school algebra, and a satisfactory placement score.