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Contents
A Guide to
Mathematics and Statistics
at Smith
Smith College
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Northampton, MA 01063
Date:
April 4, 2006
Contents
Mathematics and Statistics
The Faculty
Careers
Advice on Starting Out
Had three years of high school math
Had four years of high school math
Had one year of high school calculus
Have a strong calculus background
Introductory Course Descriptions
Quantitative Skills (MTH101/QSK101)
Elementary Functions (102a)
Discovering Mathematics (105b)
Statistical Thinking (107a)
Calculus I and II (111a,b and 112a,b)
Calculus: Effective Computation and Power Series (114a,b)
Discrete Mathematics (153a,b)
Statistical Methods for Undergraduate Research (190b)
Linear Algebra (211a,b)
Calculus III (212a,b)
Intro to Probability and Statistics (245ab)
Planning Chart for Majors
Choosing Courses
Some Detailed Course Descriptions
PHI 202: Symbolic Logic
MTH 204: Differential Equations and Numerical Methods in Engineering
MTH 211: Linear Algebra
MTH 217: Mathematical Structures
PHI 220: Logic and the Undecidable
MTH 221: Infite Dimensional Linear Algebra
MTH 222: Differential Equations
MTH 224: Topics in Geometry
MTH 227: Topics in Modern Mathematics
MTH 233: Modern Algebra
MTH 238: Topics in Number Theory
MTH 243: Mathematical Analysis
MTH 245: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
MTH 246: Probability
MTH 247: Introduction to Regression Analysis
MTH 254: Combinatorics
MTH 255: Graph Theory
MTH 264: Topics in Applied Mathematics
MTH 290: Design of Experiments
MTH 307: Topics in Mathematics Education
MTH 325: Complex Analysis
MTH 333: Topics in Abstract Algebra
MTH 342: Topics in Topology and Geometry
MTH 343: Topics in Mathematical Analysis
MTH 346: Seminar, Mathematical Statistics
MTH 353: Advanced Topics in Discrete Applied Mathematics
MTH 364: Advanced Topics in Continuous Applied Mathematics
MTH 399: Mathematical Intelligencer Workshop
The Major
Emergency Funds
The Minors
Honors
Summer Projects
Praxis internships
Study Abroad
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
Engineering
Graduate Study
Considerations in Picking a Graduate School
Statistics
Operations Research
Actuarial Science
Reflections on the Future of Mathematics
How I Got a Job
The MAT Program
Prizes
The Benedict Prize
The Pokora Prize
Varsity Mathematics
The Mathematical Contest in Modeling
The Putnam Exam
The Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Liaisons
Math Union
The Department Tea
The Forum
Some Popular Books
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Nicholas Horton 2006-08-27
