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Mathematics Electives (MTHEL)

9 courses in the 1984–85 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.

MTHEL 100 Commercial and Business Law forF,W,S 2C 0.5

Mathematics Students . Contract Law, Agency, Bankruptcy, Negotiable Instruments, Law of Banking, Insurance Law, Partnership Law, Company Law; Torts, Real Estate Law.

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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.

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MTHEL 206A Introduction to MathematicsF,W 2C 0.5

Education 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 materiats.

This course is open only to students in the Co-op Math/Teaching Option.

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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. Cross-listed as HLTH 302.

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MTHEL 302B Introduction to Blomathematics 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

Crosslisted as HLTH 303.

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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.

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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

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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.

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MTHEL 402B Topics in Mathematical Aspects of Chemistry, Biology and the Medical Sciences 2 (Epidemiology of Aging)W 2C 0.5

Medical Sciences 2 Factors contributing to various disease processes will be discussed with special references to the quantitative evaluation of environmental factors relevant to aging and human disease processes. Prereq: MTHEL 402a or consent of the instructor Cross-listed as GERON 402.

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