Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Western Main Campus

Mathematics 2250A/B

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS


This course will provide a historical overview of the emergence of Mathematics and its impacts. Topics include: the origins of counting, Mathematics in the Ancient World (numbers, geometry, axioms); the emergence of algebra, analytic geometry and calculus (15th – 17th century); explosive modern growth (18th – 21st century).

Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 1600A/B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: MATH