Course Links - Department of Mathematical Sciences | Montana State University

Mathematics Courses - Undergraduate
M-105Q Formerly M 145Q	Contemporary Mathematics Course Supervisor: Elizabeth Burroughs Basic skills in applicable mathematics including financial matters (simple and compound interest, annuities and loans), trigonometry and some elementary statistics.
M-121Q Formerly Math 105	College Algebra Course Supervisor: Megan Wickstrom Student Success Coordinator: Heidi Staebler-Wiseman Focus is on using previously learned algebra to model and solve problems, and to explore various types of functions such as linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic.
M-132	Numbers & Operations for K-8 Teachers Course Supervisor: Megan Wickstrom The study of number and operations for prospective elementary and middle school teachers, including whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percents, integers, operations, numeration systems, and problem solving.
M-133Q	Geometry & Geometric Measurement for K-8 Teachers Course Supervisor: Megan Wickstrom The study of geometry and geometric measurement for prospective elementary and middle school teachers, including synthetic, transformational, and coordinate geometry, constructions, congruence and similarity, 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional measurement, and problem solving.
M-151Q Formerly Math 160Q	Precalculus Course Supervisor: Jack Dockery A course designed to produce a deep understanding of algebra and trigonometry so students will be well-prepared for calculus.
M-161Q Formerly Math 170Q	Survey of Calculus Course Supervisor: Lukas Geyer A survey of basic calculus including limits, differentiation, and integration with applications to business, biology, and social science problems.
M-165Q Formerly Math 175Q	Calculus for Technology I Course Supervisor: Elizabeth Burroughs & Veronica Baker Calculus with emphasis on problems of interest to engineering technologists. Includes analytic geometry, differentiation, and introduction to integration
M-166Q Formerly Math 176Q	Calculus for Technology II Course Supervisor: Elizabeth Burroughs & Rob Malo Calculus with emphasis on problems of interest to engineering technologies. Includes analytic geometry, differentiation, and introduction to integration.
M-171Q Formerly Math 181Q	Calculus I Course Supervisor: Jack Dockery Student Success Coordinator: Veronica Baker This first semester of calculus concentrates on the fundamentals of the derivative and its applications: tangent lines to curves; optimization problems; velocity and acceleration. There is also an introduction to integration with applications to geometry and physics.
M-172Q Formerly Math 182Q	Calculus II Course Supervisor: Tianyu Zhang Student Success Coordinator: Rob Malo Thesecondsemester of calculus covers integration theory, methods of integration, applications of the integral, Taylor's theorem, infinite sequences and series. The course also includes a brief coverage of parametric and polar equations.
M-273Q Formerly Math 224Q	Multivariable Calculus Course Supervisor: Jarek Kwapisz Topics in two and three dimensional geometry. Manipulation and application of vectors. Functions of several variables, contour maps, graphs, partial derivatives, gradients, double and triple integration, vector fields, line integrals, surface integrals, Green's Theorem, Stoke's Theorem, the Divergence Theorem.
M-274 Formerly Math 225Q	Introduction to Differential Equations Course Supervisor: Scott McCalla An introduction to the qualitative and quantitative methods for ordinary differential equations. Topics include modeling via differential equations, linear and nonlinear first order differential equations, linear second order differential equations, higher order linear equations (limited discussion), Laplace transform techniques, series solutions and first order systems(limited discussion).

Statistics Courses - Undergraduate
STAT 216	Introduction to Statistics Course Supervisor: Stacey Hancock Student Success Coordinator: Jade Schmidt and Melinda Yager Traditional and resistant estimators of location and spread, fundamentals of inference using randomization and classical methods, confidence intervals, and tests of hypotheses
STAT 337 (formerly STAT 217)	Intermediate Statistical Concepts Course Supervisor: Katie Banner One-and two sample tests and associated confidence intervals for means and proportions; one-way analysis of variance; F-tests, correlation, regression, contingency tables. Statistical analysis using the computer.

Updated: 09/17/2024