SENATE 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES 

Subject MATHEMATICS PREREQUISITE CHANGES 

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Date JUNE 

16, 1977 

MOTION: 

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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, as set forth in 

S.77-86, 

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proposed Mathematics prerequisite changes." 

(The proposed Mathematics prerequisite changes do not 

constitute a change to requirements but are intended to 

clarify prerequisites for students. 

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If these are approved the Course Guide will show the adjustments 

in prerequisites for Spring 

78-1.) 

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To ? 

H. Evans 

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J.M.Webster 

Secretary to SCUS 

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Dean of Science 

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Mathematics Prerequisite Chan 

ges

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.Date ..... 

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May ....30, 1977 

Attached is a memorandum from C.Y. Shen outlining various changes 

of prequisites for mathematics courses. These changes were approved by 

the Faculty of Science at its meeting of May 19, 1977 and herewith for- 

warded to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies for further con- 

sideration. 

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End. 

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Chairman 

Dr. Reilly, Chairman ? 

C.Y.hen, Can 

To

Undergraduate Studies Committee 

Mathematics Department 

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Mathematics Department 

CHANGE OF PREREQUISITES FOR 

MATH 104-3, 308-3, 316-3 and 3433 

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April 21, 1977 

(revised April 26, 1977) 

This memo is to request, for the purpose of clarification, that changes 

be made in the prerequisite for the Mathematics courses 104-3, 308-3, 316-3 and 

343-3 which require the knowledge of a programming language. For these courses, 

it is indicated in the prerequisite statement that "either knowledge of a pro- 

gramming language or CMPT 103-3 is required." However, the only useful languages 

for most of these courses are PL/l or FORTRAN. For this reason, we wish to 

specifically identify the programming language required. The changes requested 

are as follows: 

MATH 104-3 (Elementary Computational Methods) 

Present: ? 

B.C. High School Math 11 and either knowledge of a programming 

language or CMPT 103-3 (or 102-2) 

Suggested 

Change: 

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B.C. High School Math 11, and knowledge of PL/1 or FORTRAN, or 

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(with permission of the instructor) ALGOL or APL. 

MATH 308-3 (Linear Programming) 

Present: ? 

MATH 232-3 and either knowledge of a programming language or 

CMPT 103-3 (or 102-2) 

Suggested 

Change: ? 

MATH 158-3 or MATH 232-3. Knowledge of a computer programming 

language is desirable. 

MATH 316-3 (Numerical Analysis I) 

Present: ? 

MATH 152-3 or 155-3, and 232-3 and either knowledge of a 

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programming language or CMPT 103-3 (or 102-2) 

Students who have obtained credit for MATH 406-3 cannot 

subsequently receive credit for MATH 316-3. 

Suggested 

Change: ? 

MATH 152-3 or 155-3 or 158-3 (contingent upon its approval), 

and 232-3 and knowledge of PL/l or FORTRAN, or (with permission 

of the instructor) ALGOL or APL. 

Students who have obtained credit for MATH 406-3 cannot subse- 

quently receive credit for MATH 316-3. 

MATH 343-3 (Combinatorial Aspects of Computing) 

Present: ? 

MATH 232-3 and either knowledge of a programming language or 

CMPT 103-3 (or 102-2), 

Suggested 

Change: ? 

MATH 232-3 and knowledge of PL/l or FORTRAN, or (with permission 

of the instructor) ALGOL or APL. 

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