This course is your next step up in algebraic ideas and techniques. Linear algebra is a tool in almost every area of advanced mathematics. Elements of linear algebra may appear in some high school curricula. Upper Division MATH 302 . This transition course aims toward bridging the gap between the lower division courses, where advanced calculating skills are quite important, and the more abstract and theoretical upper division courses.
Geometry occupies a year of the secondary school curriculum, and bits and pieces in other years.
Proof is important in any of the 51x courses. The course gives a new perspective to many aspects of high school mathematics. It gives good background for the high school teacher of Advanced Placement calculus. MATH 414 . This course looks at the mathematics you have had and learned vis a vis the mathematics you will be teaching and making curriculum decisions about.