Master of Arts - MA

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Nr.

Credits

Course description

1

MATH 72711

3

Advanced Euclidian Geometry: Extensions and generalisation of elementary geometry; higher geometry of triangles, circles, quadrilaterals; constructions, classical problems.

EDSC 72763

3

Enriching the Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics: How the teaching of secondary school mathematics can be enriched by presenting non-traditional topics.

2

MATH 72727

3

Theory of Numbers: A study of problems concerning numbers as well as properties of numbers. Divisibility, primes, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, congruencies, number theory from an algebraic viewpoint, quadratic reciprocity, number theoretic functions, diophantine equations.

EDSC 72764

3

Curriculum Development in Mathematics: Theory of curriculum development, new curricula, alternatives in teaching (laboratory, programmed instruction, multimedia materials and procedures), learning theories designed to help the teacher develop criteria and knowledge for implementing curriculum in schools.

3

MATH 72710

3

History of Mathematics: Historical evaluation of mathematical concepts. Selected topics related to elementary geometry and algebra, analytic geometry and calculus, and the modern postulational viewpoint.

EDFN 75700

2

Introduction to Educational Research

4

MATH 7277

3

Modern Algebra: Sets, mapping, rings, isomorphism, integral domains, properties of integers, fields, rational numbers, complex numbers, poly-nominals, groups.

MATH 72708

3

Transformations in Geometry: Groups of transformations and their invariants, projective and affine geometry, duality, point and line co-ordinates.

5

MATH 72721

3

Probability: Finite sample spaces; probability as set functions; permutations, combinations, co-ordinational probability and Baye’s Theorem; independent event; random variables and distribution functions; expected values; Chebyshev’s inequality.

EDSC 72761

3

Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools: Materials and methods of teaching secondary school mathematics.

6

EDSC 75701

2

Independent Study and Educational Research

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