University of Pittsburgh

 

Undergraduate Courses

All courses are offered for three credits except where otherwise noted. For complete descriptions, please see the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Studies Web site.

General Education and Core Courses in Mathematics

 

Class Description
0010 College Algebra Part 1. 1.5 credits. This course is equivalent to the the first half of MATH 0031. Prerequisite MATH 0010
0020 College Algebra Part 2. 1.5 credits. This course is equivalent to the the second half of MATH 0031.
0025 Applied Algebra. Prerequisite: one unit of high school algebra. 3 credits. This is an applied algebra course for nonscience majors.
0031 College Algebra. Prerequisite: one unit of high school algebra. 3 credits. This is a traditional college algebra course. It is equivalent to the pair of courses MATH 0010 and 0020.
0032 Trigonometry and Functions. Prerequisite: MATH 0031 or two units of high school algebra. 2 credits.
0120 Business Calculus. 4 credits. Credit will not be given for both MATH 0120 and 0220.
0125 Business Calculus Part 1. 2 credits.
0126 Business Calculus Part 2. Prerequisite: MATH 0125. 2 credits.
0200 Prep for Scientific Calculus. This course may not be taken for credit by students who have successfully completed MATH 0032, 0100, or any calculus course.
0220 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1. 4 credits. Credit will not be given for both MATH 0120 and 0220.
0230 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2. Prerequisite: C or better in MATH 0220. 4 credits.
0235 UHC Honors Calculus. Prerequisite: consent of the Honors College. 4 credits.
0240

Analytic Geometry and Calculus. Prerequisite: C or better in MATH 0230. 4 credits.

0245

UHC Honors Calculus 3. Prerequisite: MATH 0230 or 0235 and    consent of the Honors College. 4 credits.

0280 Intro to Matrices and Linear Algebra. Prerequisite MATH 0220
0290 Applied Differential Equations. Prerequisite: MATH 0230.
0400 Discrete Mathematical Structures.
0413 Intro to Theoretical Mathematics. Prerequisite: MATH 0230. 4 credits.
0420 Theoretical 1-Variable Calculus. Prerequisite: MATH 0413.
0430 Intro to Abstract Algebraic Systems. Prerequisite: MATH 0413.
0450 UHC Intro to Analysis. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Offered every spring. 4 credits.

 

Junior- to Senior-Level Courses in Mathematics

 

Class Description
1010 Putnam Seminar. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 2 credits.
1020 Applied Elementary Number Theory. Prerequisite: MATH 0430.
1050 Combinatorial Mathematics. Prerequisite: MATH 0430.
1070 Numerical Analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 0250 or 0290 or 1270 or 1275 and some programming experience
1080 Numerical Linear Algebra. Prerequisite: MATH 0240 or 0245 and MATH 0250 or 0280 or 1180 or 1185 and some programming experience
1100 Linear Programming. Prerequisite: MATH 0280 or MATH 1180.
1101 Optimization. Prerequisites: MATH 0240 and one of MATH 0280, 1180.
1110 Industrial Mathematics. Prerequisite: one of MATH 0280, 1180, 1185.
1120 Actuarial Mathematics I. Prerequisite: MATH 0230.
1121 Actuarial Mathematics II. Prerequisite: MATH 0240, 1120, STAT 1151.
1122 Actuarial Mathematics III: Life Contingencies. Prerequisite: MATH 1121
1180 Linear Algebra 1. Corequisite: MATH 0413.
1185 Honors Linear Algebra. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Offered each fall.
1230 The Big Ideas of Mathematics. Offered each fall. Prerequisite: MATH 0430.
1231 Internship in Math Education. Corequisite: Math 1230. Offered each fall. 1 credit.

1250

Abstract Algebra. Prerequisite: MATH 0430.
1270 Ordinary Differential Equations 1. Prerequisite: one of MATH 0280, 1180 or 1185.
1275 Honors Ordinary Differential Equations
1280 Ordinary Differential Equations 2. Prerequisite: MATH 1270.
1290 Topics in Geometry. Prerequisite: MATH 0240, 0413.
1310 Graph Theory. Prerequisite: MATH 0413.
1330 Projective Geometry. Prerequisite: MATH 1180 or MATH 1185.
1350 Intro to Differential Geometry. Prerequisite: MATH 0240 plus one of MATH 1180, MATH 1185.
1360 Modeling in Applied Mathematics. Prerequisite: MATH 1270 or MATH 0280.
1370 Computational Neuroscience. Prerequisites: MATH 0230 and some programming experience
1380 Math Biology. Prerequisite: MATH 0280 or MATH 1180 plus MATH 290 or MATH 1270
1410 Intro to Foundations of Mathematics. Prerequisite: MATH 0400 or MATH 0413.
1470 Partial Differential Equations. Prerequisite: MATH 0240 and one of MATH 0290, MATH 1270.
1530 Advanced Calculus 1. Prerequisite: MATH 0420 or MATH 0450.
1540 Advanced Calculus 2. Prerequisite: MATH 1530.
1550 Vector Analysis and Applications. Prerequisite: MATH 0240 plus MATH 0280 or MATH 1180.
1560 Complex Variables and Applications. Prerequisite: MATH 02409(with B or better) or MATH 1550
1700 Introduction to Topology Prerequisite: MATH 0420 or MATH 0450.
1902 Directed Study
1900 Internship