Math 497 Special Topics in Mathematics for Teachers

General description of Math 497 - An evening course offered Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters, usually at 4:30-6:50 on Thursdays but sometimes other days and times.
How to register through UW Extension - UW Students can register for Math 497 as for any other math course. Teachers and others can register through UW Extension.

Math 497 Topics for 2009-2010

Math 497 will not be offered in 2009-2010

Math 497 Topics for 2008-2009

Autumn Quarter, 2008: - Stories that Count: Take the Number Train to Combinatorial Reasoning . Instructor: James King.
Winter Quarter, 2009: - Algebra: Solving Polynomial Equations. Instructor: Ronald Irving.
Spring Quarter, 2009: - Not offered.

Math 497 Topics for 2007-2008

Autumn Quarter, 2007: - Not offered.
Winter Quarter, 2008: - Complex Integers: Investigating and Applying through Problem Solving. Instructor: James King.
Spring Quarter, 2008: - Game Theory. Instructor: Christopher Hoffman.

Math 497 Topics for 2006-2007

Autumn Quarter, 2006: - Not offered.
Winter Quarter, 2007: - Game Theory. Instructor: Christopher Hoffman.
Spring Quarter, 2007: - Making Sense of the Concept of Limit in Calculus. Instructor: Stephen Monk.

Math 497 Topics for 2005-2006

Autumn Quarter, 2005: - Where did the Mathematics we know and love and use come from? Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 2006: - Not offered.
Spring Quarter, 2006: - Making Sense of the Concept of Limit in Calculus. Instructor: Stephen Monk.

Math 497 Topics for 2004-2005

Autumn Quarter, 2004: - Probability In and Out of the Classroom. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 2005: - Not offered.
Spring Quarter, 2005: - Making Sense of the Concept of Limit in Calculus. Instructor: Stephen Monk.

Math 497 Topics for 2003-2004

Autumn Quarter, 2003: - Not offered.
Winter Quarter, 2004: - Surfaces and three dimensional spaces and their visualization. Instructor: Eric Babson.
Spring Quarter, 2004: - Making Sense of the Concept of Limit in Calculus. Instructor: Stephen Monk.

Math 497 Topics for 2002-2003

Autumn Quarter, 2002: - Probability In and Out of the Classroom. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 2003: - Mathematical Theory of Knots. Instructor: Judith Arms
Spring Quarter, 2003: - Not offered.

Math 497 Topics for 2001-2002

Autumn Quarter, 2001: - Graph Theory. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 2002: - Chapters from The Book of Numbers. Instructor: James King.
Spring Quarter, 2002: - The History of Mathematics as a Way of Learning the Subject. Instructor: Steve Monk.

Math 497 Topics for 2000-2001

Autumn Quarter, 2000: - Probability from the Ground Down. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 2001: - The Sphere and other non-Euclidean Geometries. Instructor: James King.
Spring Quarter, 2001: - Algebra: Solving Polynomial Equations. Instructor: Ronald Irving.

Math 497 Topics for 1999-2000

Autumn Quarter, 1999: - The Mathematics Of Motion: A Hands-On Approach to Calculus. Instructor: Steve Monk.
Winter Quarter, 2000: - Complex Numbers in Algebra, Geometry, and Functions. Instructor: James King.
NOTE: The Winter Quarter Class will meet on THURSDAYS (as in the Time Schedule). The Extension Catalog lists an erroneous meeting day.
Spring Quarter, 2000: Serious Play. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.

Math 497 Topics for 1998-99

Autumn Quarter,1998: - Geometry--Flat and Spherical. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.
Winter Quarter, 1999: - The Mathematics Of Motion: A Hands-On Approach to Calculus. Instructor: Steve Monk.
Spring Quarter, 1999: - Algebra: Solving Polynomial Equations. Instructor: Ronald Irving.

Math 497 Topics for 1997-98

Autumn Quarter,1997: - Hands-On Geometry in Three Dimensions: Interactive Approaches. Instructor: Caspar Curjel. (Note the starting time of 5:30 rather than 4:30 this quarter.) This is a repeat of the course offered Autumn, 1996.
Winter Quarter, 1998: - Shape, Curvature and Dimension. Instructor: James King.
Spring Quarter, 1998: - Probability from a Different Point of View. Instructor: Virginia Warfield.

Math 497 Topics for 1996-97

Autumn Quarter,1996: - Hands-On Geometry in Three Dimensions: Novel Approaches to Geometry and Visualization. Instructor: Caspar Curjel. (Note the starting time of 5:30 rather than 4:30 this quarter.)
Winter Quarter, 1997: - Problems in Probability. Instructor: Robert Blumenthal.
Spring Quarter, 1997: - Graph Theory. Instructor: Virgina Warfield.

Math 497 Topics for 1995-96

Autumn Quarter,1995: - Symmetry. Instructor: Virgina Warfield.
Winter Quarter,1996: - People Who Created Math: Modern Math from a Historical Perspective. Instructor: James King
Spring Quarter, 1996: Mathematical modeling. Instructor: Ramesh Gangolli

Math 497 Topics for 1994-95

Autumn Quarter,1994: - Exploring Geometry with Dynamic Geometry Software. Instructor: James King
Winter Quarter, 1995: Probability from the dice up. Instructor: Virgina Warfield.
Spring Quarter, 1995: Mathematical modeling. Instructor: Ramesh Gangolli

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