KTH 411 INTRO TO LINEAR ALGEBRA (3)
Anderson, 332 FEN
MEETS: 13:30 KkF , 303 DEA
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 40
PREREQUISITES: 2 Terms of calculus
or consent ol instructor
EVALUATION: Hour exatas, Homework,
ana Final Exam
DESCRIPTION: To develop a working
skill in handling tools oi' linear
algebra. Emphasis will be on ooinL
rather than on theory. There will
be very lew il any proofs.
Solutions to n linear equations in n
unknowns, vectors or n-tuples of
real nutters, matrices ana
aeteruinants will ail be ccvereo.
HTb 441 INTRCDUCTION TO STATISTICAL
THEORY (3)
Leahy, 3CS FEN
i-iEETS: 10:30 FA!F, 101 GIL
FORFiAT: Lecture/hiscussior.
AVERAGE CLASS SILL: 40
WEEKLY READING: 1t>-20 Rates
PREREQLIS1TLS: Year sequence in
cai.cuius cr NTH 20Y-2GE
EVALUATION: 2 Eioterms, Final, ana
homework
READINGS: Ho t L a n a Tanis,
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL
INFERENCE
DESCRIPTION: This is an
introuuctory mathematical r.ethoas
course in statistics. The first
term emphasizes potability t-ceels,
aistnbutions, ana statistical ioes
within a mathematical setting.
COMMENTS: The course is intendea
lor stuaents cesirinfc, a post
calcuius introcuction to the subject
of statistics.
MTH 454C STOCHASTIC PROCESSES (3)
Treax, 4 LEA
KELTS: 10:30 MWF, 104 DEA
FORMAT: Lecture
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 15
EVALUATION: 30S-Koii.e work; 30‘,
Miotert.; 405.-Final
READINGS: Breician, PROBABILITY AND
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
DESCRIPTION: This course aevelops
the theory ot Stochastic Processes
with a view toward applications.
Aftera review cf basic probability
theory, it treats the Poisson
Process, Markov Chains, continuous
time Markov Processes, Gaussian
Processes, and Stationary Tin-e
Series.
COMMENTS: The course presupposes
soce basic probability such as
covereo in hath 447. Two years of
calculus is also required.
KTB 461 INTRO TO DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS (3)
Freecan, 11B CEA
MEETS: 12:30 KWF, 135 Gilbert
F0F1AT: Lecture
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 35
PREREQUISITES: Ktfc 331
EVALUATION: 205k-Kofce wo rk ; 50i
hidtern; 30i-Final
READINGS: Boyce and DiPriua,
ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
AND BOUNDARY VALUE FROLLEMS
DESCRIPTION: This course will
be oevoted tainly to linear secono
oroer equations ano will include
basic methods for stuayinfc these
including reduction of oroer,
variation of parameters, and series
solutions. If tine permits we will
also study Sturm-Liouville theory.
Philosophy
PHL 202 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY:
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE (3)
Alexander, 328 PLC
MELTS: 9:30 RWF, 11C Fenton
FOFMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 200
WEEKLY READING: 40 Pates
READINGS: Descartes, TEE SFAPCH
AFTER TRUTH BY THE LIGHT OF NATURE;
Eerkeley, THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN
HYLAS AND PHLONOUS; Russell, THE
PHOLLEtS OF PHILOSOPHY; Packet
DESCRIPTION: This course will locus
upon the nature of perception and
its role in the at t a initen t o f
knowledge, upon philosophical
problems concerning obstacles which
nay prevent the attainment of
knowledge, and upon a critical
examination of the effectiveness cf
those obstacles.
COl'.KEMTS: Regular and punctual
attendance ana participation in
class discussions are required.
Assignments uust be regularly ana
systematically read ana they must be
reaa prior to th» aay for which they
are assigned. No excuses for
failure to take either quizzes,
midterm, or final. No make-up unoer
any circumstances.
PHL 210 FREE HILL DETERKIMISH (3)
Herbert, 330 PLC
MEETS: 9:30-10:50 OH, 342 GIL
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 50
WEEKLY READING: 30-35 Pafces
EVALUATION: 45%-Midterm; 55V-Final
READINGS: Lerofsky, FREE WILL AND
DETERMINISM
DESCRIPTION: An examination of some
of the arguments for determinism,
fatalism, and freedom. Several
types of determinism and fatalism
will be examined.
PHL 212 EXISTENTIALISM (3)
Davie, 317 PLC
MEETS: 10:30 MWF, 204 Ccndcn
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussicn
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 150
WEEKLY READING: 30-50 Pages
EVALUATION: 505-2 Midterms; 505
Final
READINGS: Kierkegaard, Selections;
Dostoevsky, NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND;
Nietzsche, Selections; Sartre,
Selections; Camus, Selections
DESCRIPTION: An introduction to the
major themes and ideas of
Existentialism using both
pbilosophicaland literary sources:
the primacy of the individual,
critique of reason, authentic vs.
inauthentic life, alienation, the
encounter with nothingness, freedom
and choice.
COMMENTS: Students have the option
of doing in-class or take home
essays. The course does not
presuppose any background in
philosophy.
PHL 302 HISTOBY OF ANCIENT
PHILOSOPHY (3)
Zweig, 332 PLC
MEETS: 9:30 MWF
FORMAT: Lecture
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 70
WEEKLY READING: 6 hours
EVALUATION: *»0*-2 Papers; 30S-2
Midterms; 301-Final
READINGS: Aristotle, TEE PHILOSOPHY
OF ARISTOTLE; Ackrill, ARISTOTLE ThE
PHILOSOPHER; Packet
DESCRIPTION: We start out with a
survey of Aristotle's theories about
what is real, what explains the
world of nature, the foundations and
nature of a good life for human
beings, and what is right and wrong
about Plate. We then look at Greek
philosophy (a r. d Rod an) after
Aristotle, in the Kelleuistic
period.
COMMENTS: Though there are no
prerequisites, students who have had
PHL 301 or 30*4 beforehand will have
an easier time of it.
PHL 305 HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
(3)
Wilson, 331 PLC
MEETS: 11:30 KWF
FCRIAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE (LASS SIZE: 50
WEEKLY READING: 50 Pates
EVALUATION: Quizzes; UG%
Paper
READINGS: Leibniz, KCKADOLOGY;
H u a. e, 1KQUIRY/DIAL0GUES; Kant,
CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON; Rousseau,
DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY; Voltaire,
PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
DESCRIPTION: This course continues
the sequence in History of Modern
Philosophy into the 18th Century,
the Ate cl Enlightcnnent. Reading
of the major writers of the period
and discussion of philosophical
problems in metaphysics,
epistemology, politics and religion.
PUL 308 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY (3)
Ryan, 338 PLC
MEETS: 9:30-10:50 UH
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 50
EVALUATION: 50^-Midterm; 50*-Final
DESCRIPTION: Introduction to the
social and political philosophies of
Kejel and Marx, with special
reference to the notion of
dialectic. Reference will be made
to contemporary philosophical
trends, particularly that of pcst
structuralism.
PUL 331 PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE (3)
Wilson, 331 PLC
MEETS: 13:30 MWF
FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 20
WEEKLY READING: 50 Pages
PREREQUISITES: 1 Course in
Philosophy or 1
EVALUATION: 60*-4 Quizzes; 401
Paper
DESCRIPTION: Readings from Plato,
Euripides, Baudelaire, Freud,
Valery, ana Sartre, on writers and
writing. Discussion of
philosophical Issues e.g. the
morality of works of art; mimesis
and reality, creativity and the
unconscious, raised in these texts.
PHL 413G ARISTOTLE (3)
Zweig, 332 PLC