MTHEL 100 Commercial Law for Mathematics StudentsF,W,S 2c 0.5
Contract law. Agency. The law of banking. Real estate law. Insurance law. Partnership law. Company law. The law of intellectual property.
Prereq: None
Mathematics Electives (MTHEL)
12 courses in the 1979–80 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
MTHEL 102 Uses and Abuses of StatisticsW,S 3c 0.5
This course provides an appreciation of how to correctly use statistical arguments in a wide variety of applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, sample surveys, experimental design, index numbers, regression models.
Prereq: None
MTHEL 206A Introduction to Mathematics EducationF,W 2C 0.5
Current trends in education, professional practices and administration, the role of the department head, lesson 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.
Prereq: None
N.B.: This course is offered only to students in the co-op Teaching Option.
MTHEL 302A Introduction to Biomathematics 1F 2c 0.5
Biometry is a biological discipline requiring both a knowledge of Mathematics and some basic understanding of specific biological phenomena. The course material has been selected from Genetics and Gerontology to provide examples of where both mathematics and biology have contributed to the advancement of knowledge in interdisciplinary areas. Prereq: None
MTHEL 302B Introduction to Biomathematics 2W 2c 0.5
A continuation of Biomathematics 1. Topics considered are first order reaction kinetics in biological systems including statistical considerations in enzyme kinetics, models for and the measurement of Evolution froma knowledge of genetics and protein structure and assessing the relative importance of environmental factors as evolutionary determinants.
Prereq: MTHEL 302a
N.B.: MTHEL 302a/b are cross-listed with Helth 302/303.
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MTHEL 303A Readings in Modern Mathematics
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MTHEL 304A Foundations of MathematicsF 3C 0.5
An introduction to the problems of the foundations of mathematics. This course will normally be taken in third orfourth year. ~
Prereq: Consent of instructor
MTHEL 304B Foundations of Probability TheoryF 3c 0.5
An introduction to the problems 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,W,S 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.
Prereq: None
MTHEL 305B General Life Insurance 2W,S 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, 402a or consent of the instructor