Taking Math Courses in
Summer
School
Washington University's Summer School
Information about WU's Summer
School can be obtained from the WU Summer
School Office located in January Hall, room 100.
The calculus courses
(L24-131-132-233) and differential equations (L24-217) are offered at
Washington University Summer
School.
The upper level courses Math 2200
(Elementary
Probability and Statistics), and Math 309 (Matrix Algebra).
Math
310 and 3200 are not offered.
If you
use
the WU Summer
School link to search for
courses, be sure to search under
School = Arts & Sciences and using
Department Code L24-Mathematics . Washington University
full-time students are more likely to find the courses they need there,
and probably NOT under School = University College or
under Department Code U20-Mathematics.
In particular, notice
that W.U.'s University College (evening program)
calculus
courses U20-155,156, 255, 256 are divided into a 4-course sequence
rather
than the 3-course sequence used during the day (L24-131, 132,
233). Therefore the evening and day courses do not
correspond with each
other: for example,
U20-155 (Calculus I) is not the same as L24-131 (Calculus
I). This difference is true both during the summer and during the
regular academic year.
Summer School Elsewhere
Calculus
The material in the Washington
University Calculus I-II-III courses (L24-131,132,233) courses is
more-or-less the standard material found in the Calculus
I-II-III courses at others college and universities operating on a
semester system. Therefore, coordinating calculus courses taken
elsewhere with those offered at Washington University is usually not
much of a problem.
However, there will be variations
from school to school on such things
as how technology or computer software is used, or the order in which
topics are presented in certain textbooks.
Statistics Courses
i) Finding a course to transfer to WU as the equivalent of Math 2200:
such courses will need to be approved by the Mathematics Department on
a course-by-course basis. Roughly, the guidelines are that
i) It should be
pretty clear that the course is not just a "general education
requirement" type statistics
course. Usually that's the case if the course has no
prerequisites or only high school algebra. General education type
statistics courses might transfer to WU as Math 1011.
ii)
Ideally, the
course should have at least Calculus I as a prerequisite
iii) The course
should include most of the topics from our 2200 course description,
which reads:
An elementary
introduction to probability
and statistics. Discrete and continuous random variables, mean
and
variance, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, nonparametric
methods, Student's t, analysis of variance, (multiple)
regression,
contingency tables, .
iv) In particular, the course description or
syllabus must include at least one of the topics ANOVA
(= "analysis of variance") or or multiple regression
(with an
explicit reference in the syllabus to F-tests or F-statistics.)
Such summer school courses are probably out there at some schools, but
the inclusion of these topics is a "stretch" for many summer school
programs.
ii) Courses comparable
to Math 3200 (Elementary to Intermediate Statistics with
Data Analysis) will probably be hard to find at other
institutions.
Transferring Credit
If you want to take a mathematics
course at another college or
university, you should pick up a "Permission to Transfer a Course" form
from
your undergraduate school office (Arts & Sciences, Business,
etc.) and get a description of the course you want to take.
Often, a description similar to those found in our Course Listings Book
is enough. However, in some cases (for example, see Math 2200,
above) more information may be needed.
- For calculus and
differential equations courses,
take the "Permission to
Transfer a Course" the course
description to Dr. Blake Thornton
(Cupples I, 204A, 314-935-6301) for a signature and then return it to
your undergraduate school's office.
- For
math courses following after calculus & differential equations,
take
the "Permission
to Transfer a Course" and the
course
description to
Professor
Ron Freiwald (Cupples I, 203A, 314-935-6737) for a signature and then return it to
your undergraduate school's office.
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