MTH 370 - CUE: The Art of Problem Solving

1 course unit

Intended for students who enjoy solving mathematical problems in a variety of areas and who want to strengthen their creative mathematical skills as well as their ability to write and present mathematical arguments. Topics include recreational problems (concise intellectual challenges), contest problems (precisely formulated mathematical challenges), logic problems (generally qualitative in nature), and modeling problems (quantitative and posed in a context).
Prerequisite(s): MTH 240 Transition to Abstract Mathematics and at least one 300-level mathematics course.