Fall, 2003 Course Announcement

M175: SEMINAR FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

Unique Number: 57585

Instructor: Smith

Intended audience: Upper division (or graduate) students interested in teaching mathematics.

Prerequisite: Interest in teaching mathematics, upper division (or graduate) standing, and consent of instructor. (Instructor may be contacted at mks@math.utexas.edu or 471-6142)

Time: Tu 5:00 – 6:00PM

Room: RLM 5.114

Topic: The Language of Mathematics

Course description: Mathematics and language interact in many ways. For example:

This course will explore some of these interactions between math and language. Just what will be included will depend on student and instructor interest, but some possibilities are:

(If you plan to take the course and are particularly interested in some aspect of this topic, be sure to let me know in advance so I can plan ahead to try to include it!)