MA 135

This course will expose students to mathematical applications that are happening in everyday life. They will get to see how math applies in modern real world situations, and be able to use these skills in related fields. The four main topics to be covered will include Voting Theory & Social Choice, Graph Theory (with a focus on networks, circuits, and scheduling), Financial and Economic Problems, and a fourth topic to be determined via a class vote in the beginning of the course (possible topic areas can be chosen by the professor and voted on by the students; examples include The Math of Fitness & Sports, Math and The Arts, Math & the Digital Age, Forensic Mathematics, or any other areas of current relevance or interest). This course fulfills the Mathematics General Education requirement.