Faculty of Arts and Science
Honours and General (BA) and (BSc) Mathematics Program Revisions:
For all Mathematics programs, and other programs or courses which require MA100* (a full-credit course), the replacement courses of MA101 and MA102 will now be the stated requirement.
Mathematics Programs affected by this revision include; (page references denote the 1996-1998 Undergraduate Calendar):
Honours Mathematics (BA)(Page 73)
Honours Mathematics (BSc)(Pages 82-83)
Honours Mathematics in Combination with another Honours Program(Page 73)
Honours Biology and Mathematics (BSc)(Page 79)
Honours Chemistry and Mathematics (BSc)(Pages 80-81) Also, refer to Chemistry Section
of this Addendum for First Year revision.
General Mathematics (BA) and (BSc)(Page 56)
Minor in Mathematics(Page 61)
Honours Mathematics with Finance and Accounting Option: First Year Requirements are revised as follows: MA101, MA102, MA121, MA122, BU111, BU121, EC120, EC140, CP102 or CP104; One half-credit elective. (BU155 has been deleted as stated in the School of Business and Economics Section of this addendum.)(Refer to pages 73-74 for the complete Option program requirements.)
General (BSc) Statistics Program Deletion:
The general level major in Statistics, has been deleted effective May 1997. Students currently registered in this program (i.e. prior to Spring Session 1997) may complete requirements as stated in the 1996-1998 Undergraduate Calendar. (Refer to page 57 of the 1996-1998 Undergraduate Calendar)
The minor in Statistics is still being offered and will include MA140* (taken prior to September, 1997) or MA141 as a required course. (Refer to pages 60-61 of the 1996-1998 Undergraduate Calendar for minor requirements.)
| MA101 Calculus I 0.5 |
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Limits and continuity; differential calculus of functions of a single variable; the Mean Value Theorem, and determination of extrema; applications including numerical approximation methods; antidifferentiation. |
| Prerequisite: OAC Calculus. |
| Exclusion: MA100*, MA105, MA130. |
| 3 lecture hours, 2 lab. hours |
| MA102 Calculus II 0.5 |
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Integral calculus of functions of a single variable including the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and techniques and applications of integration; introduction to partial derivatives. |
| Prerequisite: MA101. |
| Exclusion: MA100*, MA105, MA130. |
| 3 lecture hours, 2 lab. hours |
| MA105 Calculus for the Sciences 0.5 |
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Differential calculus of the algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions of a single variable; introduction to integral calculus; techniques of integration including integration by parts; introduction to partial derivatives. Applications to problems in science are emphasized. |
| Prerequisite: OAC Calculus. |
| Exclusion: MA100*, MA101, MA102, MA130; Honours Mathematics programs; Mathematics major or minor. |
| 3 lecture hours, 2 lab. hours |
| MA141 Introduction to Applied Statistical Analysis 0.5 |
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Numerical and graphical methods of descriptive statistics; basic probability; introduction to discrete and continuous random variables; sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression. Applications to problems in science are emphasized. |
| Exclusion: MA140*, MA240, BU205, BU255/EC255; BU275/EC275 taken prior to September 1, 1996; EC235, EC285; Honours Business and all Honours Economics programs; or any other statistical quantitative methods course. |
| 3 lecture hours, 2 lab. hours |
Course Prerequisite and/or Exclusion Changes:
| MA130 Calculus for Students of Business and Economics 0.5 |
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Differential calculus of the algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions of a single variable; introduction to integral calculus; introduction to the differential calculus of functions of several variables. Applications to problems in business and economics are emphasized. |
| Prerequisite: OAC Calculus. |
| Exclusion: MA100*, MA101, MA102, MA105; Honours Mathematics programs; Mathematics major or minor; BSc programs. |
| MA200 Advanced Calculus 0.5 |
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Hyperbolic functions; polar coordinates and parametric equations; improper integrals; infinite sequences and series; Taylor series. |
| Prerequisite: One of MA100*, MA102 or MA105. |
| MA201 Multivariable Calculus 0.5 |
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Lines, planes, surfaces and vectors in space; differential and integral calculus of functions of several variables; line and surface integrals including Green's Theorem, Stokes' Theorem and the Divergence Theorem. |
| Prerequisite: MA122, and one of MA100*, MA102, or MA105, (MA200 is recommended). |
| MA205 Differential Equations I 0.5 |
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First order differential equations; linear differential equations; methods of undetermined coefficients and variation of parameters; inverse differential operators; power series solutions; special differential equations such as Bessel's and Legendre's; introduction to Laplace Transforms. |
| Prerequisite: One of MA100*, MA102 or MA105. |
| MA222 Linear Algebra I 0.5 |
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Vector spaces; linear transformations and their representation by matrices; change of basis formula. |
| Prerequisite: MA122, and one additional credit in Mathematics. |
| MA234 Introduction to Combinatorics 0.5 |
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Basic counting principles; permutations and combinations, with applications; Multinominal Theorem; combinatorial identities and combinatorial arguments; recurrence relations; principle of inclusion and exclusion; pigeonhole principle.† |
| Prerequisite: MA121, and one of MA100*, MA102, MA105 or MA130. |
| MA235 Introduction to Game Theory 0.5 |
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An introduction to game-theoretic methods and their applications. Mathematical game models are used to study problems such as the free-rider problem of economics and political science, and the choices of firms in oligopolistic markets. |
| Prerequisite: One of MA100*, MA102, MA105 or MA130. |
| Exclusion: EC325. |
| MA240 Introduction to Probability and Statistics 0.5 |
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Data collection and description including univariate and bivariate frequency tables, histograms, and summary statistics; elementary probability theory; random variables and expectations; sampling theory and the Central Limit Theorem; estimation and hypothesis testing for data from one and two normal populations. |
| Prerequisite: MA100* or MA102. |
| Exclusion: MA140*, MA141, BU205, BU255/EC255; BU275/EC275 taken prior to September 1, 1996; EC235, EC285 or any other quantitative statistical methods course. |
| MA245 Introduction to Experimental Design and Regression Analysis 0.5 |
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Randomization and replication; completely randomized and randomized complete block designs, including analysis of variance (ANOVA) for fixed, random, and mixed effects models; efficiency of designs; multiple comparison procedures; simple linear regression model and analysis; introduction to model diagnostics. |
| Prerequisite: One of MA140*, MA141 or MA240 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA250 Introduction to Analysis 0.5 |
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A rigorous development of calculus. Topics include sequences, convergence, limits, continuity, differentiability and the Riemann integral. |
| Prerequisite: MA121, and either MA100* or MA102. |
| MA315 Metric Spaces 0.5 |
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Examples of metric spaces; basic properties of open and closed sets; convergent sequences and continuous and uniformly continuous functions; connected sets; compactness, sequential compactness and the Bolzano-Weierstrass property; completion of a metric space.†† |
| Prerequisite: MA200, MA215, MA250. |
| MA322 Linear Algebra II 0.5 |
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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization; Cayley-Hamilton Theorem; inner product spaces. |
| Prerequisite: MA222, and either MA100* or MA102. |
| Exclusion: MA223. |
| MA331 Algorithm Analysis 0.5 |
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Introduction to the construction and analysis of algorithms; describing algorithms in pseudocode; recursive procedures; complexity of functions and algorithms; study of several specific non-numerical and numerical algorithms.†† |
| Prerequisite: MA121, MA122, a half-credit course involving Fortran or Pascal programming and one of MA100*, MA102 or MA105 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA335 Introduction to Operations Research 0.5 |
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Linear programming; Simplex algorithm and applications; special linear programming problems including transportation, transshipment, optimal assignment, network flow, minimal spanning tree, shortest path, PERT, and travelling salesman; dynamic programming; introduction to integer programming and non-linear programming. Projects involving practical use of Operations Research techniques will constitute part of the course requirements.†† |
| Prerequisite: MA122, at least one half-credit 200 level Mathematics course, a half-credit course involving Fortran or Pascal programming and one of MA100*, MA102, MA105 or MA130 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA340 Introduction to Probability Theory 0.5 |
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Discrete and continuous probability models; random variables; univariate and multivariate distributions; conditional distributions; expectation operator, moments, and moment generating functions; functions of random variables; limit theorems.† |
| Prerequisite: MA201, and one of MA140*, MA141 or MA240 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA341 Introduction to the Theory of Statistics 0.5 |
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Review of problems and objectives of parametric statistics; likelihood function; methods of finding estimators; properties of estimators; interval estimation; hypothesis testing procedures; Neyman-Pearson Lemma and likelihood ratio testing.† |
| Prerequisite: MA201, and either MA140*, MA141 or MA240 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA343 Introduction to Multivariate Analysis 0.5 |
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Multivariate normal and Wishart distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing for data from one and two independent normal populations; classification procedures including discriminant and cluster analyses; principal component and factor analyses. Data may be processed using available statistical software packages.† |
| Prerequisite: MA122, and one of MA140*, MA141 or MA240 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA349 Sampling Techniques and Non-Parametric Statistics 0.5 |
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Binomial, multinominal and hypergeometric distributions; contingency tables; Wilcoxon and other non-parametric tests; simple random sampling; survey design; stratified sampling; proportional allocation; ratio estimators; cluster sampling; determination of sample size.†† |
| Prerequisite: One of MA140*, MA141 or MA240 (or permission of the Department). |
| MA450 Measure and Integration 0.5 |
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Sigma-algebras of sets; set functions; outer measures, measurable sets and Lebesgue measure; Riemann and Lebesgue integrals; convergence in measure.† |
| Prerequisite: MA200, MA215, MA250. |
Course Deletions:
MA100* Calculus I
MA140* Basic Probability and Statistics
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