MATH 100Fundamental Concepts of Modern Mathematics
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Last listed
- 1976–77
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1964–65 to 1976–77; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A course for non-mathematicians to provide some insight into the many aspects of modern mathematics. The “human interest” point of view will be stressed in order to reveal mathematics as an endeavor holding a strong place in man’s culture. Emphasis will be on twentieth century ideas. To integrate the traditional with the modern, material will be organized on a conceptual rather than a chronological manner.
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1976–77 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
5 posts and comments in 4 threads mention MATH 100, April 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2019
Course synopsis / books covered? 5 points, 4 comments
u/AccidentetSickness: “I'm going to be attending uWaterloo as an undergrad this fall and I wanted to study ahead through the course material so I don't get overwhelmed. …”
Winter 2019
Admissions Megathread (Fall 2019 Incoming Students) 175 points, 3,208 comments
“Hello UW applicants, This thread is specifically for those who are applying/applied to UW to discuss different admission issues and ask current UW students for help and advice. …”
u/transferthrowaway234: “… Other notable mentions for transfer of courses (taken from UBC): First year calculus (Math100, Math101) -> differential and integral calculus CS classes: (CPSC121, CPSC210)-> proofs & logic class. 210= programming in java class First year english classes(ENGL112, ENGL110). …”
u/Ckatxx: “anyone got into cs or cs/bba yet? lmao, ib math 100 ib chem 99 ib physics 99 english 12 96, still waiting :) nervously. and also, one more question, why ppl only talk about euclid? is canadian senior math contest less important than euclid? lol only top 10% for csmc”
ECE 208 is not equivalent to MATH 135? 4 points, 6 comments
“EDIT: Meant ECE 108 in the title &x200B; Was thinking about transferring from ECE to CS after this term (currently 2A), but when I contacted the math internal transfer advisors, they said ECE 108 is …”
u/Individual_Wrap: “Not an ECE 22 but take a look at the math undergraduate calendar : http://www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/1819/COURSE/course-MATH.htmlMATH100s . The only antireq MATH 135 has is MATH 145 so unfortunately your ECE 108 will not be able to transfer. …”
Winter 2017
Admission Megathread 93 points, 909 comments
“Hello UW applicants, This thread is specifically for those who are applying/applied to UW to discuss different admission issues and ask current UW students for help and advice. …”
u/euclid123: “… Last semester: AP physics 97, AP math 100, computer engineering 100, accounting 96 Mid terms for this semester : Computer science 100, english 96; chemistry 91, Ap math 97 I have acheived the ap math and physics award for grade 12 and the computer science award for the past two …”
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1964–65 to 1976–77, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1976–77 5 calendars
A course for non-mathematicians to provide some insight into the many aspects of modern mathematics. The “human interest” point of view will be stressed in order to reveal mathematics as an endeavor holding a strong place in man’s culture. Emphasis will be on twentieth century ideas. To integrate the traditional with the modern, material will be organized on a conceptual rather than a chronological manner.
1968–69 to 1971–72 4 calendars
Titled Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics.
A mathematics course in the liberal arts tradition. A selection of mathematical topics in a context of history, philosophy and applications. The growth of the number system: rational, real, complex, hyper-complex and infinite numbers, vectors and matrices; paradoxes and applications. The limit concept, including an introduction to Calculus; Newton and the influence of Newtonian physics. Abstraction, symbolic logic and recent trends in mathematics education. Little is assumed in the way of previous knowledge, but the student should have some affinity for mathematics. The course is library-oriented rather than textbook-oriented and the student is encouraged to find and pursue some interest of his own, subject to approval. 3 lectures
1964–65 to 1967–68 4 calendars
Titled Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics.
A terminal course designed for Arts students who wish to learn something of the fundamental ideas of mathematics but who will not be encountering technical problems of application. The course will include discussion of the fundamental concepts involved in a selection of topics chosen from mathematical areas such as Calculus, Statistics, Probability, Projective Geometry, Non-Euclidean Geometry, Set Theory, Group Theory, Field Theory, Boolean Algebra, Mathematical Logic, Vector Spaces, Matrices, Numerical Analysis.
3 lectures.