2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

MET 216 Materials Science II 3 cr.  (2-0-2)

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: MET 213.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Processes and equipment in metallurgy and a comparison of the physical properties and structures of metals.

MET 213 Materials Science I 3 cr.  (2-0-2)

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: EN 211 and MA 100 or higher or math placement equivalency.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An introduction to the nature, processing, application, testing, and selection of materials used in industry today. Students will perform laboratory tests on plastics, wood, metals, and composites in order to gain an understanding of the behavior and characteristics of materials under specific conditions.

MET 211 Mechanics-Statics 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: MA 115 or higher or math placement equivalency.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introduction to mechanics—the study of forces that act upon rigid bodies—and to statics, which deals with the distribution and effects of forces on rigid bodies at rest.

MA 498 Directed Studies in Mathematics 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Same as MA 497 except that letter grades are given.

MA 497 Directed Studies in Mathematics 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Prerequisites: Junior standing and department head permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Individual investigations of a special topic in mathematics.

MA 496 Special Topics in Mathematics 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Same as MA 495.

MA 495 Special Topics in Mathematics 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: For upper division students and majors and minors or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Topics of special interest to students and staff. Notes:

May be repeated, with instructor’s permission, if topic differs.

MA 491 Internship in Applied Mathematics 3-6 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Prerequisites: Junior status in good standing with an overall grade point average of 2.75, a GPA in the major of 3.00 and departmental approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Supervised practical experience in some area of applied mathematics in an industrial, business or governmental setting. Students are required to document their work experience and write a report which will be evaluated by their faculty supervisor in consultation with the employer.

MA 490 Senior Seminar 3 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: MA 312 and senior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

In this capstone course, a wide a variety of mathematical concepts and applications are studied and connections between them are explored. Students choose a senior project which explores relationships; either between different areas of mathematics or between an area of mathematics and an interesting external application. Students work closely with a faculty member on the senior project, which includes an oral presentation and a formal written submission. Senior standing or permission from the instructor is required, and this course is required for the major.

MA 485 Stochastic Models in Operations Research 3 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: MA 371, MA 381, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Survey of stochastic models in operations research with emphasis on dynamic programming, Markovian decision processes, queuing, inventory control, production planning and simulation models.