Mathematics

UConn Math Department Resources for ECE Instructors

List of Approved Math Textbooks

MATH 1030Q: Elementary Discrete Mathematics(Sample Course Syllabus)
Three credits. Recommended preparation: Basic algebra with applications, or the equivalent. Problem solving strategies, solutions of simultaneous linear equations, sequences, counting and probability, graph theory, deductive reasoning, the axiomatic method and finite geometries, number systems.

 

MATH 1040Q: Elementary Mathematical Modeling(Sample Course Syllabus)
Three credits. Recommended preparation: Basic algebra with applications, or the equivalent. Use of algebraic and trigonometric functions with technology to analyze quantitative relationships and illustrate the role of mathematics in modern life; graphical numerical and symbolic methods. Most sections require a graphing calculator; some require work with a computer spreadsheet.

 

MATH 1125Q: Calculus Ia(Sample Course Syllabus)
Three credits. Recommended preparation: Basic algebra with applications, or the equivalent. Limits, derivatives, and extreme values of algebraic functions, with supporting algebraic topics.

 

MATH 1126Q: Calculus Ib(Sample Course Syllabus)
Three credits. Prerequisite: MATH 1125Q. Limits, derivatives, and extreme values of trigonometric functions, with supporting trigonometric topics; anti-derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric functions; the definite integral and applications.

 

MATH 1131Q: Calculus I(Sample Course Syllabus)
Four credits. Students who matriculate to UConn cannot receive credit for MATH 1131Q and either MATH 1120, 1121, 1126, 120 or 1151. for not more than two credits, with the permission of the instructor, if students received credits for PHYS 1201. Suitable for students with some prior calculus experience. Limits, continuity, differentiation, antidifferentiation, definite integrals, with applications to the physical and engineering sciences. Sections with QC credit integrate computer-laboratory activity.

 

MATH 1132Q: Calculus II (Sample Course Syllabus)
Four credits. Prerequisite: MATH 1131Q, or advanced placement credit for calculus (a score of 4 or 5 on the Calculus AB exam or a score of 3 on the Calculus BC exam). Transcendental functions, formal integration, polar coordinates, infinite sequences and series, vector algebra and geometry, with applications to the physical sciences and engineering. Sections with QC credit integrate computer-laboratory activity.