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This Option is for students who plan a B.S. in Math with a well-rounded liberal arts education.
General Education:
In addition to the program-specific outcomes listed above, students completing the Associate degree programs are required to demonstrate proficiency in the General Education learning outcomes. Specific outcomes may vary by program; please refer to the program requirements below.
A. Depending upon a student's placement or for transfer purposes, this program may have pre-requisite(s). See a pathway coordinator or student development specialist for advisement.
B. MA 108 is a prerequisite for MA 109 or test placement. MA 108 is also a prerequisite for CIS 165.
C. All Mathematics and Computer Science courses require a grade of “C” or better.
D. It is recommended that students enroll in their first WI course upon completion of EN 101.
This course introduces the students to the core of programming basics. Topics include data types, control structures, algorithm development, and program design with functions via the Python programming language. It discusses the fundamental principles of Object-Oriented Programming, as well as in-depth data and information-processing techniques. Students will analyze, design, and solve problems. They will explore real-world software development challenges and create practical and contemporary applications.
MA 025 - Accelerated Algebra
OR
MA 025B - Algebra B
Fall, Spring
This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.
- General Education Course
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course surveys Europe to 1600 with a major emphasis on concepts and movements vital to understanding the modern world. It stresses economic and cultural forces. Major topics include ancient civilizations, Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, Enlightenment and the beginnings of the Scientific and Industrial revolutions, Reformation, and voyages of discovery.
Fall, Spring
This course prepares students for calculus. Topics include the study of functions, and emphasis is placed on the properties of inverse, trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions and analytic geometry.
- General Education Course
MA 108 - College Algebra
OR
Test placement
OR
Permission of the Department Chairperson
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course explores the general principles and theories of psychology, history and methodology, sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, intelligence, personality, and the physiological basis of behavior.
Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
This course is a study of the basic concepts in social interaction, analyzing aspects of the immediate culture, defining and evaluating the individual behavior in inter-group relations, social organization and processes, and elements of social control and deviance in a changing society.
- General Education Course
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course introduces the C++ programming language. Emphasis is placed on the logical analysis of a well-structured program in the language, which is capable of handling low-level language features. The run-time libraries, program correctness, portability, and maintainability are thoroughly discussed. Systems and application programs are constructed during open lab hours.
CIS 108 - Programming Fundamentals
Fall, Spring
This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.
- General Education Course
EN 101 - Composition I
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course covers the study of the concepts of limits, continuity, derivatives, and differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions. It also includes applications of the derivative, maxima, and minima and introductions to anti-derivatives, Riemann Sum, and the Fundamental Theorems.
MA 109 - Pre-Calculus Mathematics
OR
Test placement
OR
Permission of the Department chairperson.
Recommended for students enrolled in the Electronics Engineering Technology Program.
Fall, Spring, Summer
The student will study the historical development of Philosophy, and will demonstrate a written and verbal understanding of the major issues, ideas, and contributors to the development of
Philosophy in Western Civilization. The course is designed to give the student an historical and thematic introduction to the major thinkers and the fundamental problems of the Western Philosophical tradition. Emphasis shall be given to the epistemological (problem of knowledge) and metaphysical (problem of reality) problems in the history of Philosophy.
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
The student will study the major Ethical theories and will demonstrate a written and verbal understanding of the major issues and problems in the development of Ethical theory and its
application to contemporary moral issues. The course is designed to give the student an historical and thematic introduction to the traditional ethical thinkers and the major controversies of the contemporary world.
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is a continuation of MA 120. It further explores the study and application of the concepts of antiderivatives, definite integrals, and techniques of integration. Topics include transcendental functions, improper integrals, and infinite series.
- General Education Course
MA 120 - Calculus I
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course explores the basic study of the principles underlying the science of cells and organisms. Included are topics related to biochemistry, cell structure and function, effects of the physical environment on cells, genetics, genetic engineering, heredity, evolution, and selected biological problems. Laboratory experiments include investigations of physical and chemical life processes, analysis of cellular components, cellular functions, cell reproduction, and heredity.
- General Education Course
College level math and college level English
Fall, Spring, Summer
This is the first in a two-semester, calculus-based physics sequence. It is recommended for majors in engineering, pure science, or mathematics, and it covers vectors, kinematics, dynamics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, circular and rotational motion, gravitational forces, solid and fluid mechanics, and heat and thermodynamics.
- General Education Course
MA 120 - Calculus I
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course provides exposure to, and experience in, the essential aspects of the visual arts. It serves to develop an understanding of art through studying the visual elements of art and design, the media and process, and an overview of the chronological progression of art through history from a cultural perspective. It examines how art communicates, how to describe, analyze and interpret it, and how to see art as both a product and reflection of the historical and cultural context it is created in.
- General Education Course
Spring 6A/B wk semesters, Fall 6 wk A/B semesters
This course is for those students seeking to fulfill the humanities requirement. Emphasis is placed on listening skills. The basic elements of music are covered along with notation of pitch and rhythm, as well as musical periods from medieval to today’s hip-hop.
Fall, Spring
This course introduces students to the theoretical foundations of Computer Science. It exposes them to reasoning in a systematic way when describing algorithms and other Computer Science applications. The students will also be introduced to a variety of topics including: sets, relations, logic proofs, functions, permutations, recursion, trees, graphs, groups, languages, finite-state machines, and computability.See CIS 250.
MA 101
OR
MA 109
AND
either CIS 160
OR
CIS 165
Fall
This course covers the study of finite dimensional vector spaces. Topics include vectors and vector spaces, matrices, determinants, systems of linear equations, kernels, linear transformations, quadratic forms, eigenvalues and eigen-vectors, and applications.
MA 120 - Calculus I
Spring
This course is a continuation of MA 121. Emphasis is placed on the study and application of power series, polar coordinates, multivariable functions, vector valued functions, partial derivatives, multiple integration, and vector calculus.
MA 121 - Calculus II
Fall, Spring
This course covers the application of differential equations and their standard methods of solution. Topics include linear differential equations of the first and higher orders, linear equations of the second order, numerical approximations, and series solution.
MA 121 - Calculus II
Fall, Spring
This course explores the basic study of representative organisms of the five kingdoms, with an emphasis on classification, differential features, and reproduction. For the plant and animal kingdoms, it covers fundamentals of development, physiological control systems, organ systems, nutrition, movement, ecology, and selected biological problems of representative organisms. The laboratory sessions include dissections and experimental studies of selected representative organisms for all kingdoms.
- General Education Course
College level math and college level English
Fall, Spring, Summer
This is the second in a two-semester, calculus-based physics sequence. It covers waves, sound, electrostatics, electric fields, Gauss’s law, electrical potential, capacitors, circuits, magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Lenz’s law, induction, and alternating currents.
- General Education Course
PY 120 - Physics I
Fall, Spring, Summer
