History of Mathematics

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from MATH 2111, 2121, 2211, 2221; or permission of the Department This course surveys the history of mathematics. Topics include: the achievements of early civilizations, the developments in Europe leading to the calculus and its consequences, the growth of rigor in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the axiomatic method in the twentieth century. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)