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Your search for courses · during 25WI · meeting requirements for FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning · returned 37 results

  • BIOL 244 Biostatistics 3 credits

    An introduction to statistical techniques commonly used in Biology. The course will use examples from primary literature to examine the different ways that biological data are organized and analyzed. Emphasis will be placed on how to choose the appropriate statistical techniques in different circumstances and how to use statistical software to carry out tests. Topics covered include variable types (categorical, parametric, and non-parametric), analysis of variance, generalized linear models, and meta-analysis. There will be an opportunity for students to analyze data from their own research experiences.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): BIOL 125 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam AND BIOL 126 with a grade of C- or better AND one 200 or 300 level BIOL course with a grade of C- or better.

    • BIOL Elective CL: 200 level
    • BIOL  244.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Mark McKone 🏫 👤
    • Size:24
    • THulings 316 10:10am-11:55am
  • CS 111 Introduction to Computer Science 6 credits

    This course will introduce you to computer programming and the design of algorithms. By writing programs to solve problems in areas such as image processing, text processing, and simple games, you will learn about recursive and iterative algorithms, complexity analysis, graphics, data representation, software engineering, and object-oriented design. No previous programming experience is necessary.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • NOT open to students who have completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or greater with a grade of C- or better.

    • CGSC Core CL: 100 level CS Required for Major DGAH Skill Building PHYS Addl Recommended STAT Supporting
    • CS  111.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Tom Finzell 🏫
    • Size:38
    • M, WOlin 310 8:30am-9:40am
    • FOlin 310 8:30am-9:30am
    • CS  111.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Tom Finzell 🏫
    • Size:38
    • M, WOlin 310 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FOlin 310 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • Sophomore Priority

  • CS 200 Data Structures with Problem Solving 6 credits

    Think back to your favorite assignment from Introduction to Computer Science. Did you ever get the feeling that “there has to be a better/smarter way to do this problem”? The Data Structures course is all about how to store information intelligently and access it efficiently. How can Google take your query, compare it to billions of web pages, and return the answer in less than one second? How can one store information so as to balance the competing needs for fast data retrieval and fast data modification? To help us answer questions like these, we will analyze and implement stacks, queues, trees, linked lists, graphs, and hash tables. This version of Data Structures includes extra class time to support students’ problem solving by meeting five days per week, and is encouraged for students who may have struggled in CS111 or otherwise believe they would benefit from extra support. This course fulfills all requirements of CS 201, and students should take only one of CS 200 or CS 201.

    Not open to students who have taken CS 201. This course meets 5 days a week

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 111 with a grade of C- or better or a score of 4 or better on the Computer Science A AP exam or received a Carleton Computer Science 111 Requisite Equivalency. Not open to students that have taken CS 201.

    • CL: 200 level
    • CS  200.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Anna Rafferty 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WOlin 310 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • T, THOlin 310 1:15pm-2:20pm
    • FOlin 310 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • CS 201 Data Structures 6 credits

    Think back to your favorite assignment from Introduction to Computer Science. Did you ever get the feeling that “there has to be a better/smarter way to do this problem”? The Data Structures course is all about how to store information intelligently and access it efficiently. How can Google take your query, compare it to billions of web pages, and return the answer in less than one second? How can one store information so as to balance the competing needs for fast data retrieval and fast data modification? To help us answer questions like these, we will analyze and implement stacks, queues, trees, linked lists, graphs, and hash tables. Students who have received credit for a course for which Computer Science 201 is a prerequisite are not eligible to enroll in Computer Science 201.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 111 with a grade of C- or better or a score of 4 or better on the Computer Science A AP exam or received a Carleton Computer Science 111 Requisite Equivalency. Not open to students that have taken CS 200.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major
    • CS  201.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Sneha Narayan 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WOlin 310 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FOlin 310 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • CS 202 Mathematics of Computer Science 6 credits

    This course introduces some of the formal tools of computer science, using a variety of applications as a vehicle. You’ll learn how to encode data so that when you scratch the back of a DVD, it still plays just fine; how to distribute “shares” of your floor’s PIN so that any five of you can withdraw money from the floor bank account (but no four of you can); how to play chess; and more. Topics that we’ll explore along the way include: logic and proofs, number theory, elementary complexity theory and recurrence relations, basic probability, counting techniques, and graphs.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 111 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the AP Computer Science exam or received a Carleton Computer Science 111 or better Requisite Equivalency AND MATH 101 or MATH 111 or greater with a grade of C- or better or greater or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus AB AP exam or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or received a score of 5 or better on the Mathematics IB exam or received a Carleton MATH 111 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major LING Related Field
    • CS  202.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Eric Alexander 🏫 👤
    • Size:28
    • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 9:50am-11:00am
    • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 9:40am-10:40am
  • CS 208 Introduction to Computer Systems 6 credits

    Are you curious what’s really going on when a computer runs your code? In this course we will demystify the machine and the tools that we use to program it. Our broad survey of how computer systems execute programs, store information, and communicate will focus on the hardware/software interface, including data representation, instruction set architecture, the C programming language, memory management, and the operating system process model.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 201 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major
    • CS  208.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Bridger Herman 🏫
    • Size:28
    • M, WLeighton 304 9:50am-11:00am
    • FLeighton 304 9:40am-10:40am
  • CS 251 Programming Languages: Design and Implementation 6 credits

    What makes a programming language like “Python” or like “Java”? This course will look past superficial properties (like indentation) and into the soul of programming languages. We will explore a variety of topics in programming language construction and design: syntax and semantics, mechanisms for parameter passing, typing, scoping, and control structures. Students will expand their programming experience to include other programming paradigms, including functional languages like Scheme and ML.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 201 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major
    • CS  251.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Musicant 🏫 👤
    • Size:28
    • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • CS 252 Algorithms 6 credits

    A course on techniques used in the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. We will cover several major algorithmic design paradigms (greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, divide and conquer, and network flow). Along the way, we will explore the application of these techniques to a variety of domains (natural language processing, economics, computational biology, and data mining, for example). As time permits, we will include supplementary topics like randomized algorithms, advanced data structures, and amortized analysis.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major MATH Discrete Structures MATH Electives SDSC CS Elective
    • CS  252.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Sneha Narayan 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WAnderson Hall 329 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FAnderson Hall 329 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • CS 254 Computability and Complexity 6 credits

    An introduction to the theory of computation. What problems can and cannot be solved efficiently by computers? What problems cannot be solved by computers, period? Topics include formal models of computation, including finite-state automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines; formal languages, including regular expressions and context-free grammars; computability and uncomputability; and computational complexity, particularly NP-completeness.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level CS Required for Major LING Pertinent LING Related Field MATH Discrete Structures MATH Electives NEUR Elective
    • CS  254.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Chelsey Edge 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WWeitz Center 132 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FWeitz Center 132 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • CS 257 Software Design 6 credits

    It’s easy to write a mediocre computer program, and lots of people do it. Good programs are quite a bit harder to write, and are correspondingly less common. In this course, we will study techniques, tools, and habits that will improve your chances of writing good software. While working on several medium-sized programming projects, we will investigate code construction techniques, debugging and profiling tools, testing methodologies, UML, principles of object-oriented design, design patterns, and user interface design.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 201 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level CS Required for Major SDSC CS Elective
    • CS  257.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Jean Salac 🏫 👤
    • Size:28
    • M, WAnderson Hall 329 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FAnderson Hall 329 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • CS 314 Data Visualization 6 credits

    Understanding the wealth of data that surrounds us can be challenging. Luckily, we have evolved incredible tools for finding patterns in large amounts of information: our eyes! Data visualization is concerned with taking information and turning it into pictures to better communicate patterns or discover new insights. It combines aspects of computer graphics, human-computer interaction, design, and perceptual psychology. In this course, we will learn the different ways in which data can be expressed visually and which methods work best for which tasks. Using this knowledge, we will critique existing visualizations as well as design and build new ones.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 201 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 300 level CS Major Electives SDSC CS Elective STAT Elective DGAH Critical Ethical Reflection
    • CS  314.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Bridger Herman 🏫
    • Size:34
    • M, WLeighton 304 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FLeighton 304 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • CS 321 Making Decisions with Artificial Intelligence 6 credits

    There are many situations where computer systems must make intelligent choices, from selecting actions in a game, to suggesting ways to distribute scarce resources for monitoring endangered species, to a search-and-rescue robot learning to interact with its environment. Artificial intelligence offers multiple frameworks for solving these problems. While popular media attention has often emphasized supervised machine learning, this course instead engages with a variety of other approaches in artificial intelligence, both established and cutting edge. These include intelligent search strategies, game playing approaches, constrained decision making, reinforcement learning from experience, and more. Coursework includes problem solving and programming.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 300 level CS Major Electives NEUR Elective SDSC CS Elective
    • CS  321.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Chelsey Edge 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WAnderson Hall 329 8:30am-9:40am
    • FAnderson Hall 329 8:30am-9:30am
  • CS 330 Introduction to Real-Time Systems 6 credits

    How can we prove that dynamic cruise control will brake quickly enough if traffic suddenly stops? How must a system coordinate processes to detect pedestrians and other vehicles to ensure fair sharing of computing resources? In real-time systems, we explore scheduling questions like these, which require provable guarantees of timing constraints for applications including autonomous vehicles. This course will start by considering such questions for uniprocessor machines, both when programs have static priorities and when priorities can change over time. We will then explore challenges introduced by modern computers with multiple processors. We will consider both theoretical and practical perspectives.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CL: 300 level CS Major Electives
    • CS  330.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Tanya Amert 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WAnderson Hall 329 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FAnderson Hall 329 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • CS 344 Human-Computer Interaction 6 credits

    The field of human-computer interaction addresses two fundamental questions: how do people interact with technology, and how can technology enhance the human experience? In this course, we will explore technology through the lens of the end user: how can we design effective, aesthetically pleasing technology, particularly user interfaces, to satisfy user needs and improve the human condition? How do people react to technology and learn to use technology? What are the social, societal, health, and ethical implications of technology? The course will focus on design methodologies, techniques, and processes for developing, testing, and deploying user interfaces.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 201 or better Requisite Equivalency.

    • ACE Applied CGSC Elective CL: 300 level CS Major Electives SDSC CS Elective DGAH Critical Ethical Reflection
    • CS  344.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Jean Salac 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WWeitz Center 235 9:50am-11:00am
    • FWeitz Center 235 9:40am-10:40am
  • DGAH 220 Creative Coding and Generative AI 6 credits

    Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot are fundamentally reshaping programming practices and workflows, raising questions about the future of code and so-called "prompt engineering," or writing for the machine. This class will situate this moment of potential transformation in the history of literate programming and "natural language" coding using Inform 7, as well as current tools such as ml5.js, an accessible machine learning library. Students will engage this history and future of computational creativity through writing and re-writing code, both with and without generative AI interventions, for conversational bots, interactive fiction, and experimental games.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 111 with a grade of C- or better or a score of 4 or better on the Computer Science A AP exam or received a score of 111 or better on the Carleton Computer Science Requisite Equivalency exam. .

    • CL: 200 level CS Major Electives CS Pertinent DGAH Cross Disciplinary Collaboration DGAH Core Course
    • DGAH  220.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Anastasia Salter 🏫
    • Size:25
    • T, THLanguage & Dining Center 104 3:10pm-4:55pm
  • LING 110 Introduction to Linguistics 6 credits

    The capacity to acquire and use natural languages such as English is surely one of the more remarkable features of human nature. In this course, we explore several aspects of this ability. Topics include the sound systems of natural languages, the structure of words, principles that regulate word order, the course of language acquisition in children, and what these reveal about the nature of the mind.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • CL: 100 level LING Core 100 or 110
    • LING  110.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Cherlon Ussery 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • T, THWeitz Center 235 1:15pm-3:00pm
  • LING 216 Generative Approaches to Syntax 6 credits

    This course has two primary goals: to provide participants with a forum to continue to develop their analytical skills (i.e., to ‘do syntax’), and to acquaint them with generative syntactic theory, especially the Principles and Parameters approach. Participants will sharpen their technological acumen, through weekly problem solving, and engage in independent thinking and analysis, by means of formally proposing novel syntactic analyses for linguistic phenomena. By the conclusion of the course, participants will be prepared to read and critically evaluate primary literature couched within this theoretical framework.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed and of the following course(s): LING 115 with grade of C- or better.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level LING Core Course
    • LING  216.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Catherine Fortin 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • T, THLeighton 304 10:10am-11:55am
  • MATH 101 Calculus with Problem Solving 6 credits

    An introduction to the central ideas of calculus with review and practice of those skills needed for the continued study of calculus. Problem solving strategies will be emphasized. In addition to regular MWF class time, students will be expected to attend two problem-solving sessions each week, one on Monday or Tuesday, and one on Wednesday or Thursday. Details will be provided on the first day of class.

    Extra time for TTH labs. Not open to students who have received credit for MATH 111

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has received a score of 101 on the Carleton Math Placement exam. Not open to students who have received credit for Mathematics 111. For more information, see the Mathematics' web page.

    • CL: 100 level MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  101.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Deanna Haunsperger 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 209 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 209 9:40am-10:40am
  • MATH 111 Introduction to Calculus 6 credits

    An introduction to the differential and integral calculus. Derivatives, antiderivatives, the definite integral, applications, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.

    Not open to students who have received credit for MATH 101

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has received a score of 111 on the Carleton Math Placement exam. Not open to students who have received credit for Mathematics 101 or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus AB AP exam or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or received a score of 5 or better on the Calculus IB exam or received a Carleton Math 111 or better Requisite Equivalency. For more information, see the Mathematics' web page.

    • CL: 100 level CS Required for Major MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  111.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Rob Thompson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 210 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FCMC 210 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • MATH 120 Calculus 2 6 credits

    Inverse functions, integration by parts, improper integrals, modeling with differential equations, vectors, calculus of functions of two independent variables including directional derivatives and double integrals, Lagrange multipliers.

    Not open to students who have received credit for MATH 211 or have a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 101 or MATH 111 with a grade of C- or better or received a scored of 4 or better on AP Calculus AB test or received a scored of 5 or better on Calculus IB test or received a Carleton Math 111 Requisite Equivalency or placement exam. Not open to students who received a scored of 4 or better on the AP Calculus BC test or completed MATH 211 with a grade of C- or better.

    • CL: 100 level MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  120.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Rebecca Terry 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 301 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FCMC 301 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • MATH  120.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Corey Brooke 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 210 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 210 1:10pm-2:10pm
    • MATH  120.03 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Mike Adams [C] (Contract Ended) 🏫
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 209 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 209 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • MATH 210 Calculus 3 6 credits

    Vectors, curves, calculus of functions of three independent variables, including directional derivatives and triple integrals, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, line integrals, Green's theorem, sequences and series, power series, Taylor series. This course cannot be substituted for MATH 211.

    This course cannot be substituted for MATH 211

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 120 with a grade of C- or better. Students who have received a score of 4 or greater on the AP Calculus BC exam should register for MATH 211.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  210.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Corey Brooke 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 210 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 210 9:40am-10:40am
    • MATH  210.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Caroline Turnage-Butterbaugh 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 209 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FCMC 209 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • MATH 211 Introduction to Multivariable Calculus 6 credits

    Vectors, curves, partial derivatives, gradient, multiple and iterated integrals, line integrals, Green’s theorem.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has received a score of 4 or better on the AP Calculus BC exam or received a score of 211 on the Carleton Math Placement exam or received a Carleton Math 121 Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  211.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Kate Meyer 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 206 8:30am-9:40am
    • FCMC 206 8:30am-9:30am
  • MATH 232 Linear Algebra 6 credits

    Linear algebra centers on the study of highly structured functions called linear transformations. Given the abundance of nonlinear functions in mathematics, it may come as a surprise that restricting to linear ones opens the door to a rich and powerful theory that finds applications throughout mathematics, statistics, computer science, and the natural and social sciences. Linear transformations are everywhere, once we know what to look for. They appear in calculus as the functions that are used to define lines and planes in Euclidean space. In fact, differentiation is also a linear transformation that takes one function to another. The course focuses on developing geometric intuition as well as computational matrix methods. Topics include kernel and image of a linear transformation, vector spaces, determinants, eigenvectors and eigenvalues.

    This course is not open to students who have received credit for MATH 134.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 120 or MATH 211 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 211 Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Required Core Course PHYS Mathematics Course STAT Supporting
    • MATH  232.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Rafe Jones 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 206 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FCMC 206 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • MATH  232.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:MurphyKate Montee 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 209 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 209 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • MATH 236 Mathematical Structures 6 credits

    Basic concepts and techniques used throughout mathematics. Topics include logic, mathematical induction and other methods of proof, problem solving, sets, cardinality, equivalence relations, functions and relations, and the axiom of choice. Other topics may include: algebraic structures, graph theory, and basic combinatorics.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 134 or MATH 232 AND MATH 210 or MATH 211 with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Required Core Course PHIL Interdisciplinary 2 PHIL Logic and Formal Reasoning 1
    • MATH  236.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Deanna Haunsperger 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WCMC 209 8:30am-9:40am
    • FCMC 209 8:30am-9:30am
    • Sophomore Priority

  • MATH 240 Probability 6 credits

    Introduction to probability and its applications. Topics include discrete probability, random variables, independence, joint and conditional distributions, expectation, limit laws and properties of common probability distributions.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 120 or MATH 211 or greater with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton MATH 211 or better Requisite Equivalency or equivalent.

    • CL: 200 level ENTS Quantitative Methods MATH Electives SDSC Math Stats Elective STAT Core MATH Applied Mathematics
    • MATH  240.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Adam Loy 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 306 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 306 1:10pm-2:10pm
    • MATH  240.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Rob Thompson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 301 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 301 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • MATH 241 Ordinary Differential Equations 6 credits

    Ordinary differential equations are a fundamental language used by mathematicians, scientists, and engineers to describe processes involving continuous change. In this course we develop ordinary differential equations as models of real world phenomena and explore the mathematical ideas that arise within these models. Topics include separation of variables; phase portraits; equilibria and their stability; non-dimensionalization; bifurcation analysis; and modeling of physical, biological, chemical, and social processes.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student must have completed any of the following course(s): MATH 134 or MATH 232 AND MATH 120 or MATH 211 with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Electives PHYS Addl Recommended MATH Applied Mathematics
    • MATH  241.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Joseph Johnson 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WCMC 206 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 206 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • MATH 251 Chaotic Dynamics 6 credits

    Dynamics is the branch of mathematics that deals with the study of change. In this course we will focus on simple discrete non-linear dynamical systems that produce astoundingly rich and unpredictable behavior — something that is colloquially referred to as "chaos". Topics will include one dimensional dynamics (including fixed points and their classifications), Sharkovsky's Theorem, a careful formulation/definition of "chaos", symbolic dynamics, complex dynamics (including Julia and Mandelbrot sets), iterated function systems, fractals and more. 

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Mathematics 236 Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 200 level MATH Analysis MATH Electives
    • MATH  251.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Sunrose Shrestha 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WCMC 206 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 206 9:40am-10:40am
  • MATH 321 Real Analysis I 6 credits

    A systematic study of single-variable functions on the real numbers. This course develops the mathematical concepts and tools needed to understand why calculus really works: the topology of the real numbers, limits, differentiation, integration, convergence of sequences, and series of functions.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 236 AND MATH 210 or MATH 211 with a grade of C- or better or equivalents.

    • CL: 300 level MATH Analysis MATH Electives
    • MATH  321.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Kate Meyer 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WCMC 206 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 206 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • MATH 333 Combinatorial Theory 6 credits

    The study of structures involving finite sets. Counting techniques, including generating functions, recurrence relations, and the inclusion-exclusion principle; existence criteria, including Ramsey’s theorem and the pigeonhole principle. Some combinatorial identities and bijective proofs. Other topics may include graph and/or network theory, Hall’s (“marriage”) theorem, partitions, and hypergeometric series.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Mathematics 236 Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 300 level MATH Discrete Structures MATH Electives
    • MATH  333.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Mike Adams [C] (Contract Ended) 🏫
    • Size:25
    • M, WCMC 319 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 319 9:40am-10:40am
  • MATH 395 Introduction to Analytic Number Theory 6 credits

    An introduction to the techniques and principles of analytic number theory. Topics covered include arithmetical functions, Dirichlet multiplication, averages of arithmetical functions, elementary theorems on the distribution of the primes, and Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed the following course(s): MATH 321 and MATH 342 with a grade of C- or better.

    • CL: 300 level MATH Analysis MATH Electives
    • MATH  395.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Caroline Turnage-Butterbaugh 🏫 👤
    • Size:15
    • M, WCMC 319 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 319 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • PSYC 200 Measurement and Data Analysis in Psychology 6 credits

    The course considers the role of measurement and data analysis focused on behavioral sciences. Various forms of measurement and standards for the evaluation of measures are explored. Students learn how to summarize, organize, and evaluate data using a variety of techniques that are applicable to research in psychology and other disciplines. Among the analyses discussed and applied are tests of means, various forms of analysis of variance, correlation and regression, planned and post-hoc comparisons, as well as various non-parametric tests. Research design is also explored.

    Requires concurrent registration in PSYC 201.

    Waitlist Information: If you have already registered for PSYC 200 and PSYC 201, but would like to waitlist for a second PSYC 201 lab section, you will need to remove the lecture section by clicking the Minus Sign icon next to PSYC 200, prior to completing the waitlist process. If you are offered a seat in the lab, you will be able to register for the lecture at the same time.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): PSYC 110 or received a score of 4 or better on the Psychology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Psychology IB exam OR CGSC/PSYC 232 and CGSC/PSYC 233 with a grade of C- or better.

    • PSYC 201: Measurement and Data Analysis Lab
    • CGSC Core CL: 200 level PSYC Methods SDSC XDept Elective
    • PSYC  200.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Violet Brown 🏫 👤
    • Size:26
    • M, WAnderson Hall 121 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FAnderson Hall 121 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • STAT 120 Introduction to Statistics 6 credits

    Introduction to statistics and data analysis. Practical aspects of statistics will be emphasized, including extensive use of programming in the statistical software R, interpretation and communication of results. Topics include: exploratory data analysis, correlation and linear regression, design of experiments, the normal distribution, randomization approach to inference, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Students who have taken Mathematics 211 are encouraged to consider the more advanced Mathematics 240/Statistics 250 Probability/Statistical Inference sequence.

    Not open to students who have already received credit for Psychology 200/201, Sociology/Anthropology 239 or Statistics 250

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Not open to students that have taken PSYC 200 , PSYC 201, SOAN 239 or STAT 250.

    • CL: 100 level DGAH Skill Building ENTS Quantitative Methods SDSC Core Statistics
    • STAT  120.01 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Claire Kelling 🏫 👤
    • Size:32
    • M, WCMC 102 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FCMC 102 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • Sophomore Priority; Not open to students who have already received credit for Psychology 200/201, Sociology/Anthropology 239 or Statistics 250

    • STAT  120.02 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Spencer Wadsworth 🏫
    • Size:32
    • M, WCMC 102 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FCMC 102 1:10pm-2:10pm
    • STAT  120.03 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Rebecca Terry 🏫 👤
    • Size:32
    • M, WCMC 102 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 102 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • STAT 220 Introduction to Data Science 6 credits

    This course will cover the computational side of data analysis, including data acquisition, management, and visualization tools. Topics may include: data scraping, data wrangling, data visualization using packages such as ggplots, interactive graphics using tools such as Shiny, an introduction to classification methods, and understanding and visualizing spatial data. We will use the statistics software R in this course.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): STAT 120 or STAT 230, or STAT 250 with a grade of C- or better.

    • CL: 200 level DGAH Skill Building SDSC Core Statistics STAT Elective
    • STAT  220.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Amanda Luby 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 102 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 102 9:40am-10:40am
  • STAT 230 Applied Regression Analysis 6 credits

    A second course in statistics covering simple linear regression, multiple regression and ANOVA, and logistic regression. Exploratory graphical methods, model building and model checking techniques will be emphasized with extensive use of statistical software R to analyze real-life data.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): STAT 120 or STAT 250 or PSYC 200 or SOAN 239 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Statistics AP exam.

    • CL: 200 level ENTS Quantitative Methods SDSC Core Statistics STAT Core
    • STAT  230.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Claire Kelling 🏫 👤
    • Size:28
    • M, WCMC 306 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 306 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • STAT 250 Introduction to Statistical Inference 6 credits

    Introduction to modern mathematical statistics. The mathematics underlying fundamental statistical concepts will be covered as well as applications of these ideas to real-life data. Topics include: resampling methods (permutation tests, bootstrap intervals), classical methods (parametric hypothesis tests and confidence intervals), parameter estimation, goodness-of-fit tests, regression, and Bayesian methods. The statistical package R will be used to analyze data sets.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): MATH 240 with a grade of C- or better.

    • CL: 200 level DGAH Skill Building ENTS Quantitative Methods MATH Electives SDSC Math Stats Elective STAT Core MATH Applied Mathematics
    • STAT  250.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Adam Loy 🏫 👤
    • Size:28
    • M, WCMC 301 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FCMC 301 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • STAT 285 Statistical Consulting 2 credits

    Students will apply their statistical knowledge by analyzing data problems solicited from the Northfield community. Students will also learn basic consulting skills, including communication and ethics.

    All interested students are encouraged to add to the waitlist and the instructor will reach out after registration. This course is repeatable, but if the instructor cannot admit every student on the waitlist, priority will be given first to Statistics majors who have not previously taken the course and then to other students who have not taken the course.

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed the following course(s): STAT 230 with a grade of C- or better.

    • ACE Applied CL: 200 level STAT Practical
    • STAT  285.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Katie St. Clair 🏫 👤
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • TCMC 304 10:10am-11:55am
  • STAT 330 Advanced Statistical Modeling 6 credits

    Topics include linear mixed effects models for repeated measures, longitudinal or hierarchical data and generalized linear models (of which logistic and Poisson regression are special cases) including zero-inflated Poisson models. Depending on time, additional topics could include survival analysis or generalized additive models. 

    • Winter 2025
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): STAT 230 AND STAT 250 with a grade of C- or better AND has completed or is in the process of completing MATH 134 or MATH 232 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 232 Requisite Equivalency.

    • CL: 300 level SDSC Math Stats Elective STAT Elective
    • STAT  330.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Katie St. Clair 🏫 👤
    • Size:20
    • M, WCMC 306 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 306 9:40am-10:40am

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