MTHEL 100 Commercial Law for Mathematics StudentsF,W,S 2C 0.5
Contract Law, Agency, Bankruptcy, Negotiable Instruments, Law of Banking, Insurance Law, Partnership Law, Company Law; Torts, Real Estate Law.
Prereq: none.
Mathematics Electives (MTHEL)
9 courses in the 1982–83 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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solutions of Laplace’s equation; conformal mapping by elementary functions, and applications; the Cauchy and allied theorems; Taylor and Laurent expansions, uniform convergence and power series; the residue calculus, and applications. The emphasis will be on applications.
Prereq: MATH 220b. MATH 322b is not open to Honours Mathematics students.
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, extracurricular activities, the relationship between elementary and secondary school mathematics, audio-visual
. materials, current text books.
Prereq: none. This course is offered only to students in the Co-op Math/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 under-
standing of specific biological phenomena. The course materia! 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.
Cross-listed with HLTH 302
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 from a knowledge of genetics and protein structure and assessing the relative importance of environmental factors as evolutionary determinants.
Prereq: MTHEL 302a
MTHEL 302b is cross-listed with HLTH 303. May not be offered 1982-83.
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). May not be offered 1982-83.
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
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Pure Mathematics
references to the quantitative evaluation of environmental factors relevant to human disease and aging processes. Prereg: MTHEL 302a/b and 402a (or consent of the instructor). May not be offered in 1982-83.
Pure Mathematics Course Descriptions
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More detailed course descriptions and course outlines are available upon request from the Pure Mathematics Department.