MATH 120 - Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics

(3.00)

Students will be introduced to many topics from contemporary mathematics. These are especially of interest to students in the social and information sciences. Topics include networks and graphs, the traveling salesman problem, scheduling linear programming, social choice, voting systems game theory, fair division, patterns, tilings form, similarity and symmetry.

Course ID: 055191
Consent: No Special Consent Required.
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Mathematics (GEP), Mathematics (GFR)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have scored a 3, 4 or 5 on the LRC MATH placement exam or passed MATH 106 or MATH 104 with a grade of ‘C’ or better to enroll in this course.