Required for Applied Math majors, but is open to other qualified students. This is the capstone course required of all mathematics majors. Individual guidance is given by the supervising professor. Use of Mathematica or other math modeling software such as Hypercard and Stella is expected.
Guidance is provided during one on one meetings with course instructor.
No recent evaluations are available for this course. Students surveyed about Math 1452 have reported that it is not difficult. The first semester, worth 1 credit, a project is selected and research and a preliminary outline is completed. During the second semester, worth 2 credits, write-up and presentation of the project are done. Recently, there has been a preference for projects involving modeling population growths.