Beginning this Fall 2026, the Financial Economics BS program will offer two new MATH electives. These classes are now listed on the degree audit for the major. Check them out!
Under Core Philosophy & Management:
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MATH 300 - Intro to Mathematical Reasoning
- Prerequisite: MATH 221 with a grade of 'C' or better.
- This course develops fundamentals of mathematical logic and proof writing. Topics will include propositional logic, quantifiers, contradiction and contrapositive, induction, sets, relations, integers, functions, images and pre-images, bijections and inverse functions. LaTeX, a typesetting program for mathematical writing will be introduced. In addition to writing proofs, students will learn to assess the soundness of proofs written by others.
Under Upper-Level Economics Electives:
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MATH 385 - Intro to Mathematical Modeling
- Prerequisite: MATH 225 or MATH 355 with a grade of 'C' or better.
- This is a project-oriented course offering the opportunity to discover how various real-world problems can be described and analyzed with the aid of simple mathematical models and computer simulations. Possible project topics include operation of a fuse, spread of pollutants in a river, propagation of an infectious disease, traffic flow on a highway, oscillating chemical reactions, population growth in biology, etc.