PRECOLONIAL MATHEMATICS TRADITIONS.

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Pre-requisites: Math and English proficiency. Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies. Mathematics and math history tends to focus on the development of the mathematics of Europe and the Middle East. This course provides a survey of the independent mathematical achievements native to Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Topics in this course may vary, but each version of this course will introduce arithmetical, statistical, or geometrical ideas and traditions from each of these three regions. Students will complete a project to revitalize one of the traditions studied.