MTHEL 100 Commercial Law for Mathematics studentsF,W,S 2 0.5
Contract law. Agency. The law of banking. Real estate law. Insurance law. Partnership law. Company law. The law of intellectual property.
Mathematics Electives (MTHEL)
11 courses in the 1978–79 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Electives for Mathematics Students
The following courses may be counted as non-mathematics electives by mathematics students.
MTHEL 206A Introduction to Mathematics EducationF 2c 0.5
Current trends in education, professional practices and administration, the role of the départrnent head, jesson planning, techniques of teaching, evaluation of students, special students, extra-curricular activities, the relationship between elementary and secondary school mathematics, audio-visual materials, current text books.
Note This course is offered only to students in the co-op Teaching Option.
MTHEL 302A Applications of Mathematics to the BiologicalF 2C,1T 0.5
Sciences 1.
The course material has been selected with particular reference to some of the fundamentals of Medical Science including Macromolecular processes, Environmental Health, Genetics and aging processes and quantitative modeis which describe events in these areas. Theories and models for age-related changes: (i) Qualitative and quantitative changes in structural and functional proteins. .
MTHEL 302B Applications of Mathematics to the Biological Sciences 2W 2C,1T 0.5
Theories and models for age-related changes: (ii) Nucletc acids, genetics and cellular organization; (iii) Biochemical evolution.
MTHEL 303A Readings In Modern MathematicsF,W,S 2c 0.5
A course based upon readings from the works of modern mathematicians selected to illustrate the nature of contemporary mathematics, its achievements, and its range of application. The course requirements will consist of prose reports upon assigned readings. Prereq: Consent of instructor
MTHEL 304A Foundations of MathematicsF,W 3C 0.5
An introduction to the problems of the foundations of mathematics. This course will normally be taken in third or fourth year.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
MTHEL 304B Foundations of Probability TheoryF,W 3C 0.5
An introduction to the probiems of the foundations of
probability theory. This course will normally be taken in ' third or fourth year.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
MTHEL 305A General Life Insurance 1F 3C 0.5
Types of Life Insurance contracts and their uses, basis of risk measurements, deficiency reserves, modified valuation methods, non-forfeiture values, dividend formulae, selection of risks, substandard risks, and principles of reinsurance
No prereq
MTHEL 305B General Life insurance 2W 3c 0.5
Legal aspects of life insurance, settlement options, principles of group and industrial insurance, organization and structure of life insurance companies, financial statements, the mathematics underlying insurance taxation.
Prereq: MTHEL 305a
MTHEL 402A Topics in Mathematical Aspects of Chemistry, Biology and the Medical Sciences 1F 2c 0.5
Topics will be selected from the area of epidemiology and mathematical models of disease processes with special reference to heart disease and cancer.
Prereq: MTHEL 302a/b or consent of the instructor
MTHEL 402B Topics in Mathematical Aspects of Chemistry, Biology and the Medical Sciences 2W 2c 0.5
Factors contributing to various disease processes will be discussed, with special references to the quantitative evaluation of environmental factors relevant to human disease and aging processes.
Prereq: MTHEL 302a/b or consent of the instructor
Mathematics Service Courses
(Not open to students registered in the Faculty of Mathematics)
Note Course descriptions are given under the new course numbers introduced in 1976.