FUPRE Mathematics Syllabus

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

CURRICULUM FOR B. SC. (HONS) IN MATHEMATICS

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Unit
Semester
Level
1
MTH 111
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 1
C
3
First Semester
100L
2
GSE 112
USE OF LIBRARY
C
1
First Semester
100L
3
GSE 111
COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH1
C
2
First Semester
100L
4
BIO 119
PRACTICAL BIOLOGY
C
1
First Semester
100L
5
BIO 111
GENERAL BIOLOGY1
C
3
First Semester
100L
6
CHM 112
GENERAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
C
3
First Semester
100L
7
PHY 119
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS1
C
1
First Semester
100L
8
PHY 111
GENERAL PHYSICS1
C
3
First Semester
100L
9
CSC 111
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
C
3
First Semester
100L
10
MTH 112
DATA ANALYSIS
R
2
First Semester
100L
11
CHM 129
PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY
C
1
Second Semester
100L
12
GSE 121
AFRICAN CULTURE, CIVILIZATION AND NIGERIAN PEOPLE
C
2
Second Semester
100L
13
PHY 129
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS11
C
1
Second Semester
100L
14
PHY 121
GENERAL PHYSICS II
C
3
Second Semester
100L
15
CSC 121
INTRO TO OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRMMING
C
3
Second Semester
100L
16
MTH 123
VECTORS AND DYNAMICS
C
3
Second Semester
100L
17
MTH 121
GENERAL MATHEMTICS11
C
3
Second Semester
100L
18
MTH 122
THEORETICAL STATISTICS
C
4
Second Semester
100L
19
GSE 211
PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC
C
3
First Semester
200L
20
CSC 212
INTRODUCTION TO FILE PROCESSING
C
2
First Semester
200L
21
CSC 211
COMPUTER PROGRAMING1
C
4
First Semester
200L
22
MTH 215
STATISTICAL METHODS
C
3
First Semester
200L
23
MTH 214
ESTIMATION THEORY
C
3
First Semester
200L
24
MTH 213
LINEAR ALGEBRA1
C
2
First Semester
200L
25
MTH 212
SET, LOGIC AND ALGEBRA
C
3
First Semester
200L
26
MTH 211
MATHEMATICAL METHODS1
C
3
First Semester
200L
27
GSE 221
COMUNICATION IN ENGLISH11
C
2
Second Semester
200L
28
CSC 222
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTES SYSTEMS
C
2
Second Semester
200L
29
CSC 221
COMPUTER PROGRAMING11
C
3
Second Semester
200L
30
MTH 226
INTRODUCTION. TO OPERATION RESEARCH
R
2
Second Semester
200L
31
MTH 225
REAL ANALYSIS1
C
3
Second Semester
200L
32
MTH 224
PROBABILITY11
R
4
Second Semester
200L
33
MTH 223
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS 1
C
3
Second Semester
200L
34
MTH 221
ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
C
3
Second Semester
200L
35
MTH 222
LINEAR ALGEBRA 11
C
2
Second Semester
200L
36
MTH 315
VECTOR & TENSOR ANALYSIS
C
3
First Semester
300L
37
GSE 311
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
C
2
First Semester
300L
38
MTH 317
OPERATION RESEARCH
E
3
First Semester
300L
39
MTH 316
APPLIED PROBABILITY
C
3
First Semester
300L
40
MTH 314
REAL ANALYSIS II
C
3
First Semester
300L
41
MTH 313
COMPLEX ANALYSIS 1
C
3
First Semester
300L
42
MTH 312
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
C
3
First Semester
300L
43
MTH 311
ABSTRACT ALGEBRA 1
C
3
First Semester
300L
44
MTH 320
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
C
6
Second Semester
300L
45
MTH 321
METRIC SPACE TOPOLOGY
C
3
Second Semester
300L
46
MTH 322
ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II
C
3
Second Semester
300L
47
MTH 323
INTRO. TO MATHEMATICAL MODELING
C
3
Second Semester
300L
48
MTH 414
OPTIMIZATION
E
3
First Semester
400L
49
MTH 413
GENERAL TOPOLOGY
C
3
First Semester
400L
50
MTH 412
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
C
3
First Semester
400L
51
MTH 411
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
C
3
First Semester
400L
52
MTH 416
TIME SERIES
E
3
First Semester
400L
53
MTH 415
COMPLEX ANALYSIS II
C
3
First Semester
400L
54
MTH 422
LEBESQUE MEASURE & INTEGRAL
C
3
Second Semester
400L
55
MTH 423
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II
E
3
Second Semester
400L
56
MTH 424
SYSTEM THEORY
E
3
Second Semester
400L
57
MTH 400
PROJECT
C
6
Second Semester
400L
58
MTH 421
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
C
3
Second Semester
400L

GSE 111 COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH                                                                   2 Credit Units
Effective communication in English, Language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Aspects of sound patterns in English, units of grammar, types and functions of clauses, composition, types, and functions of paragraph, Writing style, Structuring the Essay, Essay, Dictionary; A study Aid, Word Choice and Usage, The values of literature in the learning of the use of English. Punctuation marks, Direct and indirect reported speech. Voice: active and passive, tense, concord/agreement, Interpretation. Exercises in reading, Comprehension, writing and listening. Phonetics, arts of public speaking and oral communication, figures of speech. Research skills, writing of term of term papers and research papers.

BIO 111 GENERAL BIOLOGY I                                                                               3 Credit Units                                                                         
Cell structure and organization; functions of cellular organelles; diversity, Characteristics and Classification of living things, General reproduction, interrelation of organisms; heredity and evolution
; elements of ecology and types of habitat. Classification, similarities, differences of the kingdom plantae. Adaptations of plants to their environment highlighting the evolutionary trend. Biodiversity, Evolution, Genetics and Hereditary. Current advances in plant biology, highlighting plant structure, physiology, development and diversity. An analysis of geography of higher plants, emphasizing process that operate at the species population level, the origin and diversity of higher plant life, geographic patterns of diversity and floras, and dynamics of species populations at local and continental scales.

BIO 119 PRACTICAL BIOLOGY I                                                                               1 Credit Unit                                                                         
Practical classes in plant cells and tissues. Internal and external features of plants. Current methods used in plant research.

GSE 112 USE OF LIBRARY                                                                                       1 Credit Unit
History of library, library and education, university libraries and other types of library and other types of library; study skills (reference services), types of library materials, using library resources including e-learning, e-materials etc. understanding library catalogues and classification; copyrights and its implications, database resources, bibliographic citation and referencing.


CSC 111 Introduction to Computer Science                                                 3 Credit Units
History of Computers, functional component of computer. Characters of a computer, problem solving; flow charts, algorithms, computer programming. Statements and symbolic names. Arrays, subscripts, expressions and control statements. Introduction to Basic programming language, computer applications.



MTH 111   General Mathematics 1       3 Credits
Trigonometric Functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae, Complex numbers – Sum , Difference, Product and quotient of complex numbers, polar form, Argand diagram, locus problems, De Moivre’s theorem. Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection and Venn diagram. Real numbers: integers, rational and irrational numbers.  Mathematical Induction, real sequences and series. Theory of quadratic equations, Partial Fractions and binomial theorem.

MTH 112   Data Analysis       2 Credits
Data Collection, presentation and EDA – Sample surveys, experiments and observational studies. Scales of measurement. Frequency distributions and diagrams including bar charts, histograms, and scatter plots. Sample statistics (mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, quartiles, skewness, kurtosis, product moment and rank correlation, Index numbers).
Estimation and Inference – Sampling distributions. Distribution of sample means and proportions, variances. Confidence intervals. Testing the value of single sample means, proportions and variances. Comparing two means, proportions, variances. Chi-squared test of association and Homogeneity.

GSE 121 AFRICANS CULTURES, CIVILIZATION & NIGERIA PEOPLE                            2 Credit Units                                                                          
The individual, society, environment, language, ethnicity, race and culture; dynamics of culture change with reference to cultural and social history vis-à-vis archeological studies; African cultural history and progress from the earliest times, to the present with special mention of features such as farming, metallurgy, trade union and rural life. Rural and urban life Nigeria with emphasis on the socio-cultural and ecological factors predisposing to the rural-urban dichotomy, family, economics, politics, and belief system.

GSE 211 PHILOSOPHY, LOGIC AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION                                    2 Credit Units                                                                         
Introduction to the nature of philosophy; its scope, problems and key concepts, The nature and scope of logic. Laws of thought as aid to rational inquiry and their role in the formation of arguments. The role of logical equivalence and conditional statements. Kinds of logical equivalence and logical and their definition in symbolic logic. The roles of inference and their application in the evaluation of resolution. Peace and vehicle of unity and development. Conflict issues, types of conflicts, causes of conflicts and violence in Africa, the indigene/settler phenomenon, peace building, conflict management, peace mediation and peace keeping, alternative dispute resolution, role of international organization such as ECOWAS, African Union and United Nations in peace keeping and conflicts resolution.

GSE 311 ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS                                                                      2 Credit Units                                                                         
Introduction to entrepreneurship and new ventures creation; Theory and practice of entrepreneurship ; The opportunity, forms of business; staffing, Marketing and the new venture; determining capital requirements, raising capital; financial planning and managements. Starting a new business feasibility studies; innovation; legal issues; insurances and environment considerations. Possible business opportunities in Nigeria; case studies.

BIO 121 GENERAL BIOLOGY II                                                                               3 Credit Units                                                                         
A generalized survey of plant and animal kingdoms based mainly on the study of similarities and differences in external features; ecological adaptations of these forms. Classification, similarities and differences of the Kingdom Animalia. Adaptive features of the various phyla. A study of diversity of animals, their structure, physiology and evolution. Special emphasis is placed on the unique features of fishes and their functional adaptations to aquatic environments. A study of fish biology (icthyology), including anatomy, systematic, physiology, behaviour, and ecology of fresh water and marine fishes.

BIO 129 PRACTICAL BIOLOGY II                                                                               1 Credit Unit                                                                         
Practical classes on features of animals from simple unicellular organisms to complex mammals. Recent advances in animal study.

MTH 121 General Mathematics II       3 Credits
Function of a real variable and their graphs. Treatment of limits and continuity. Derivatives as limits of rate of change. Differentiation techniques, including products, quotients, etc. Extreme curve sketching, Partial Derivative. Integration as an inverse of differentiation . Methods of Integration. Integration techniques including substitution, parts and partial fractions. Differentiation and Integration of Logarithm and exponential functions, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and their inverses. Definite integrals. Applications to areas and volumes.

MTH 122 Theoretical Statistics       4 Credits
Probability Theory – Set Theory and Venn diagrams, probability measures and axioms, mutually exclusive events, addition law, conditional probabilities, multiplication law, conditional independence, multiplication law, tree diagrams, Bayes Theorem, independence. Permutations and Combinations.
Probability distributions and expectation – discrete and continuous random variables. Probability (density) functions and distribution functions. Expectation. Moments.  Sums and difference of random variables.
Probability Models – Bernoulli, Geometric, Binomial, Poisson, Uniform, Exponent and Normal distributions. Test of hypothesis. Test of hypothesis concerning the parameters of distributions. Test of hypothesis concerning the patterns of distributions.
Modeling – Fitting and testing simple linear models to data using regression techniques, Analysis of contingency tables.

MTH 123 Vectors and Dynamics       3 Credits
Geometric representation of Vectors in 1-3 dimensions, components, direction cosines. Addition and Scalar Multiplication of Vectors. Scalar and Vector Products of two vectors. Differentiation and integration of two vectors with respect to a scalar variable. Two-dimensional co-ordinate geometry. Straight lines, circles, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola. Tangents and normals. Kinematics of a particle. Components of Velocity and acceleration of a particle moving in a plain. Force, momentum, laws of motion under gravity. Projectiles, resisted vertical motion, elastic string, simple pendulum impulse. Impact of two smooth spheres and of a sphere on a smooth sphere.

MTH 211 Mathematical Methods I       3 Credits
Real-valued functions of a real variable. Review of differentiation and integration and their application. Mean value theorem. Taylor series. Real valued function of two or three variables. Partial derivatives chain rule, extrema, language multipliers, Increments, differentials and linear approximations. Evaluation of line, integrals.

MTH 212 Set, Logic and Algebra          3 Credits
Introduction to the language and concepts of modern Mathematics. Topics include: Basic set theory, mappings, relations, Cartesian Products. Binary logic, methods of proof. Binary operations. Algebraic structures, semigroups, rings, integral domain fields. Homeomaphics. Number systems;properties of integars, rationals, real and complex numbers.

MTH 213 Linear Algebra I                    2 Credits
Vector space over the real field. Sub spaces, linear independences, basis and dimension. Linear transformations and their representation by matrices – range, null space, rank. Singular and non-sigular transformations and matrices.

MTH 214 Estimation Theory                3 Credits
Estimation Theory – Properties of estimator, unbiasness, efficiency, sufficiency, consistency and invariance. Method of moments. Method of maximum likelihood. Method of least squares. Interval estimation
Bayesian Decision Theory. Hypothesis Testing. Types of error. Power analysis. Likelihood ratio tests-Neyman Pearson lemma, Cramer-Roa Inequality, Best Asympotic Normality.


MTH 215 Statistical Methods            3 Credits
Distribution free procedures – Parametric vs. non-parametric tests, power robustness. Sign, signed Rank, Sum of Rank tests. Chi-squared test. Rank transformations.
Analysis of designed experiments – Completely randomized design, Randomized Blocks. Factorial designs. Multiple Comparisons. Analysis of residuals. Transformations. Model Fitting – Estimation and inference relating to multiple linear regression models. Sampling methods – Industrial sampling. Process control charts for means, proportions and range.

CSC 211 Computer Programming I                                                            4 Credit Units
Introduction to problem solving methods and algorithm development; designing, coding, debugging and documenting programs using techniques of a good programing style. Computer organization, Programming language and program algorithm development. FOTRAN or any other widely used programming language will be used in teaching the above.

CSC 212 Introduction to File Processing                                                  3 Credit Units
Introduction to data management files; and job-control language application; an overview of I/O (Input/output) system architecture; logical file organizations; mapping logical organization unto physical storage; Back-up processing procedure, file recovery, Higher level language data management data facilities.

MTH 221 Elementary Differential Equation                                              3 Credit Units
First order differential equations. Existence and uniqueness. Second order differential equations with constant co-efficients. General theory of nth order linear equations. Laplace transform, solution of initial-value problems by laplace transform method. Single treatment of partial differential equations in two independent variables. Application of O.D.E and P.D.E to physical life and social sciences.

MTH 222 Linear Algebra II                                                                       2 Credit Units
Systems of linear equation, change of basis, equivalence and similarity. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Minimum and characteristic polynomials of linear transformation (Matrix). Caley – Hamilton theorem. Bilinear and quadratic forms, orthogonal diagnolisation. Canological forms.

MTH 223 Numerical Analysis I                                                                   3 Credit Units
Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations. Curve fitting. Error analysis. Interpolation and application. Zeros and non-linear equations to one variable. Systems of linear equations. Numerical differentiation and integral equations. Initial value problem for ordinary differential equations.

MTH 224 Probability II                                                                              4 Credit Units
Combinatorial analysis. Probability model for the study of random phenomena in finite spaces. Probability distribution of discrete and continuous random variables. Expectations and moment generating functions. Cebyshev’s inequality. Bivariate, marginal and conditional distribution and moments. Convolution of two distributions, the central limit theorem and its uses.

MTH 225 Real Analysis                                                                               3 Credit Units
Bounds of real numbers, convergence of sequence of numbers. Monolone sequences, the theorem of nested intervals, Cauchy sequences, tests for convergence of series. Absolute and conditional convergence of series, ad rearrangements. Completeness of reals and incompleteness of rationals. Continuity and differentiability of functions R…) R. Rolles and mean value theorems for differentiable functions. Taylor series.   

MTH 226 Introduction to Operations Research                                         2 Credit Units
Formulation and solution of LP problems: graphical and simplex method. Sensitivity analysis and duality. Big M and phase1-phase11 methods. Transportation problems: assignment and transhipment problems

CSC 221 Computer Programming II                                                          3 Credit Units
Principles of good programming; structured programming concepts; Debugging and testing; string processing, Internal searching and sorting, Data structures, recursion. C++ or any other widely used programming language will be used in teaching the above.

CSC 222 Introduction to Computer Systems                                             2 Credit Units
Computer Structure, machine language, assembly language, addressing techniques macros, File I/O; Assembler segmentation and linkage; assembler construction; interpretive routines.


MTH 311 Abstract Algebra I                                                              3 Credit Units
Group theory: definition, subgroup, cosets. Lagrange’s theorem and applications. Cyclic groups, Rings, definitions and examples to include Z, Zn, Rings of polynomials and matrices, Integral domain, fields polynomial rings, factorization. Euclidean algorithm for polynomials H.C.F and L.C.M of polynomials.

MTH 312 Differential Equations                                                 3 Credit Units
First order differential equations, Existence and uniqueness. Second order ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. General theory of nth order linear equations. Laplace transformation, solution of initial value problems by Laplace transform method. Simple treatment of partial differential equations in two independent variables. Applications of O.D.E and P.D.E to physical, life and social sciences.

MTH 313 Complex Analysis I                                                           3 Credit Units
Functions of complex variable, Limits and continuity of functions of complex variable. Derivation of Cauchy-Riemann equations. Analytic functions. Bilinear transformations, conformal mapping, Contour integrals. Cauchy’s theorem and its main consequences. Convergence of sequences and series of functions of a complex variable. Power series, Taylor series.

MTH 314  Real Analysis II                                                               3 Credit Units
Riemann integral of functions, continuous monopositive functions, Functions of bounded variation. The Reimann-Stieltjes integral. Pointwise and uniform convergence of sequences and series. Effects of limits(sums) when the functions are continuously differentiable on Riemann integrable power series.

MTH 315 Vector and Tensor Analysis                                                3 Credit Units
Vector algebra, Vector dot and cross products. Equation of curves and surfaces. Vector differentiation and application. Gradient, divergence and curl. Vector integration, line surface and volume integral. Green stokes and divergence theorems. Tensor products of vector spaces. Tensor algebra and symmetry. Cartesians tensors.

MTH 316 Applied Probability                                                           3 Credit Units
Probability Generating Functions (PGF) - Definition of pgf, pgf of sums of random variables. Branching processes - Galton-Watson model, probability of extinction. Random walks - Simple random walk, gambler’s ruin. Markov Chains - Stationary transition probabilities, transition matrix, classification of states, Chapman-Kolmogrov equations, n-step and limiting distributions. Stochastic Models - Examples from finance, management, biology and ecology. Poisson Process - Random events in time, exponential model, multi variance Poisson process, compound Poisson process. Birth Date Processes - Birth process, kolmogrov forward equations, Largrange’s equation, death process, simple birth and death process, embedded process.

MTH 317 Operation Research                                                           3 Credit Units

Classification of operation research models. Integer and dynamic programming, Decision theory, two-person zero-sum games Inventory models, critical path analysis and project controls.

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