UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE MINUTES

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1 May 2007

Members Present: Allen, Geller, Larson (chair), Rojas, Stecher

Ex-Officio Members Present: DeBlassie, Mogilevsky

Members Absent:  Petrova, K. Smith

The meeting began at 3:00 p.m. There were two topics put up for discussion: Topics –  New Freshman Course, New Math 471 course.  Below is a summary of each.

Topics-

New Freshman Course.  Dr. Rojas gave a powerpoint presentation of a new freshman course aimed at exposing freshman to math in a 'friendly' way; no proofs or theorems.  The specifics of the course have not yet been determined, so it can be run as either a 1 hour or a 3 hour course.  Some of the topics include coding, compression of data, sequence alignment, and algebraic equations.  The committee suggested teaching the course next fall as a Math 289 course for 3 hours credit to our majors.  Dr. Rojas will visit with Dr. Boggess about the possibility of his teaching it this coming fall 2007.  To see the powerpoint presentation on the course, click here.  To see the proposed syllabus, click here.

New Math 471 Course. A final draft of the new course request and syllabus for the new Math 471 course was presented to the committee.  After a few minor typographical error corrections, the request will be sent forth for approval.  The syllabus can be viewed by clicking here.

Respectfully submitted,

Donna L. Hoffman