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Seminar on Mathematics in Social Context
| Course Number: | MATH 498 |
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| Title: | Seminar on Mathematics in Social Context |
| Day & Time 1: | M 01:00PM 02:15PM |
| Day & Time 2: | W 01:00PM 02:15PM |
| Instructor I: | Gibbons C |
| Credit: | 0.50 |
| Course Description: | Examines the role mathematics plays in the construction and perpetuation of social stratification, as well as the influence of social categorization on the development of mathematics and mathematicians. Works such as Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O鈥橬eil, and Radical Equations: From Mississippi to the Algebra Project by Bob Moses 鈥�56 may be included. One-half course credit. Open only to mathematics and data science concentrators. |
| Comments: | Restricted to Math and Computer Science Majors Only |
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