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Mathematics Minor
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete at least 12 MATH or MACM units, including one of
Designed for students specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing science and engineering. Topics as for Math 151 with a more extensive review of functions, their properties and their graphs. Recommended for students with no previous knowledge of Calculus. In addition to regularly scheduled lectures, students enrolled in this course are encouraged to come for assistance to the Calculus Workshop (Burnaby), or Math Open Lab (Surrey). Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B+, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least B-, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the Ά‘ΟγΤ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 151, 154 or 157 may not take MATH 150 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Sophie Burrill |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D101 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D102 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 9:30β10:20 a.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 9:30β10:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D103 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 10:30β11:20 a.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 10:30β11:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D104 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Wed, 2:30β3:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D105 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Wed, 3:30β4:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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Jamie Mulholland |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D201 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D202 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 1:30β2:20 p.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 1:30β2:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D203 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 2:30β3:20 p.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 2:30β3:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D204 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Fri, 2:30β3:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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D205 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Fri, 3:30β4:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
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Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D301 |
Sep 6 β Oct 6, 2023: Tue, 4:30β5:20 p.m.
Oct 11 β Dec 5, 2023: Tue, 4:30β5:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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D302 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Wed, 4:30β5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
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D303 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Thu, 4:30β5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
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Natalia Kouzniak |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30β10:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 9:30β10:20 a.m. |
Surrey Surrey |
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D401 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Thu, 12:30β1:20 p.m.
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Surrey |
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D402 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Thu, 1:30β2:20 p.m.
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Surrey |
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D403 |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Thu, 2:30β3:20 p.m.
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Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD | ||
OP02 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing science and engineering. Logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometric functions, inverse functions. Limits, continuity, and derivatives. Techniques of differentiation, including logarithmic and implicit differentiation. The Mean Value Theorem. Applications of differentiation including extrema, curve sketching, Newton's method. Introduction to modeling with differential equations. Polar coordinates, parametric curves. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least A, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least B, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the Ά‘ΟγΤ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 154 or 157 may not take MATH 151 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Sophie Burrill |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Jamie Mulholland |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Natalia Kouzniak |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30β10:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 9:30β10:20 a.m. |
Surrey Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD | ||
OP02 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in the life sciences. Topics include: limits, growth rate and the derivative; elementary functions, optimization and approximation methods, and their applications, integration, and differential equations; mathematical models of biological processes and their implementation and analysis using software. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least C-, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the Ά‘ΟγΤ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 151 or 157 may not take MATH 154 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Ralf Wittenberg |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Alexander Rutherford |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30β10:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 9:30β10:20 a.m. |
Surrey Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD | ||
OP02 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics include: limits, growth rate and the derivative; logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions and their application to business, economics, optimization and approximation methods; introduction to functions of several variables with emphasis on partial derivatives and extrema. Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B, or MATH 100 with a grade of at least C, or achieving a satisfactory grade on the Ά‘ΟγΤ°AV Calculus Readiness Test. Students with credit for either MATH 150, 151 or 154 may not take MATH 157 for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Luis Goddyn |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Justin Chan |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 12:30β1:20 p.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 12:30β1:20 p.m. |
Surrey Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD | ||
OP02 | TBD |
and one of
Riemann sum, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, definite, indefinite and improper integrals, approximate integration, integration techniques, applications of integration. First-order separable differential equations and growth models. Sequences and series, series tests, power series, convergence and applications of power series. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151, with a minimum grade of C-; or MATH 154 or 157 with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 155 or 158 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Nathan Ilten |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 8:30β9:20 a.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 8:30β9:20 a.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
Designed for students specializing in the life sciences. Topics include: vectors and matrices, partial derivatives, multi-dimensional integrals, systems of differential equations, compartment models, graphs and networks, and their applications to the life sciences; mathematical models of multi-component biological processes and their implementation and analysis using software. Prerequisite: MATH 150, 151 or 154, with a minimum grade of C-; or MATH 157 with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 152 or 158 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics include: theory of integration, integration techniques, applications of integration; functions of several variables with emphasis on double and triple integrals and their applications; introduction to differential equations with emphasis on some special first-order equations and their applications; sequences and series. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151 or 154 or 157, with a minimum grade of C-. Students with credit for MATH 152 or 155 may not take MATH 158 for further credit. Quantitative.
and one of
Linear equations, matrices, determinants. Introduction to vector spaces and linear transformations and bases. Complex numbers. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization. Inner products and orthogonality; least squares problems. An emphasis on applications involving matrix and vector calculations. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151 or MACM 101, with a minimum grade of C-; or MATH 154 or 157, both with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 240 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Brenda Davison |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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Abraham Punnen Jas Dhahan |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 1:30β2:20 p.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 1:30β2:20 p.m. |
Surrey Surrey |
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OP01 | TBD | ||
OP02 | TBD |
Linear equations, matrices, determinants. Real and abstract vector spaces, subspaces and linear transformations; basis and change of basis. Complex numbers. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization. Inner products and orthogonality; least squares problems. Applications. Subject is presented with an abstract emphasis and includes proofs of the basic theorems. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or 151 or MACM 101, with a minimum grade of C-; or MATH 154 or 157, both with a grade of at least B. Students with credit for MATH 232 cannot take this course for further credit. Quantitative.
Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Nilima Nigam |
Sep 6 β Dec 5, 2023: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m.
Oct 10, 2023: Tue, 11:30 a.m.β12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
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OP01 | TBD |
and
at least one additional 100 or 200 level MATH or MACM course (excluding MATH 100, 190, 197 or 198).
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete at least 15 MATH or MACM units.