Each university may have areas of special interest due to their location or facilities. For instance, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington has much to offer in marine biology. At East Carolina University, students that are particularly interested in medicine have the opportunity to attend the School of Medicine. This is highly competitive, of course, and it is an honor to be selected to fill one of the usually not more than sixteen positions available. The emphasis of this course is on encouraging students to make discoveries and devise strategies to reach solutions.
Topics come from everyday problems, experiences in math and science courses, and from math games.
Students are also introduced to interesting problems that are solvable by a variety of non-routine methods. These lead naturally to the study of important concepts in number theory and underlying mathematical principles. Mathematical Modeling with Matrix Algebra T his course involves the use of matrices in mathematical modeling with applications from business, communications, cryptography, probability theory, science, sports, and other areas. Elementary theory and operations of matrices will be discussed. Graphics calculators will be used to perform matrix operations and programs will be developed using these operations to solve problems.