MATH 5361 - History of Mathematics I

Three credit hours.

This course will provide an overview of aspects of the history of mathematics from the early beginnings to the sixteenth century. This survey/seminar course is organized to focus on discussion, group work, inquiry-based learning approaches, and less lecture. Attention will be on how the history of mathematics is important in the teaching of mathematics. This course gives historical perspectives of number systems, numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, discrete mathematics, probability, statistics/data analysis, and measurement.