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A Lower-Division Mathematics Curriculum Consisting of a Year of Calculus and a Year of Discrete Mathematics

In: The Future of College Mathematics

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  • Richard D. Alo

    (Lamar University)

  • D. Bushaw

    (Washington State University)

  • Donald L. Kreider

    (Dartmouth College)

  • Jack Lochhead

    (University of Massachusetts)

  • William L. Scherlis

    (Carnegie-Mellon University)

  • Albert W. Tucker

    (Princeton University)

  • Julian Weissglass

    (University of California)

Abstract

The authors considered the problem of writing a curriculum for the first two years of college mathematics that would consist of a year of calculus and a year of discrete mathematics. They imposed the further constraint that it should be possible to take either year alone, and therefore to take both in either order. It was recognized that this constraint exacts certain costs, such as some need for repetition and fewer opportunities for cross-references; but it was intended that the additional flexibility should provide for the needs of a wide variety of undergraduate students, with the understanding that in many cases (e.g. for students concentrating in mathematics, computer science, engineering, or certain physical sciences) additional courses would be needed.

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  • Richard D. Alo & D. Bushaw & Donald L. Kreider & Jack Lochhead & William L. Scherlis & Albert W. Tucker & Julian Weissglass, 1983. "A Lower-Division Mathematics Curriculum Consisting of a Year of Calculus and a Year of Discrete Mathematics," Springer Books, in: Anthony Ralston & Gail S. Young (ed.), The Future of College Mathematics, pages 243-248, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-5510-9_22
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5510-9_22
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