The Department regularly has both graduate and undergraduate courses featuring topics outside the regularly scheduled curriculum.
You can find the MAT 180 Special Topics for the 2021-2022 academic year here.
MAT 180 - Undergraduate
- Geometric Representation Theory - Spring 2021, Carlsson
- Linear and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - Winter 2021, Biello
- Manifolds - Spring 2020, Starkston
- Introduction to Physical Math - Winter 2020, Dimofte/Rangamani
- Finite Reflection Groups - Fall 2019, Vazirani
- Introduction to Analytic Number Theory - Spring 2019, Tracy
- Invitation to Classical Analysis - Winter 2019, Saito
- The Mathematics of Theoretical Physics - Fall 2018, Waldron
- Introduction to Analytic Number Theory - Spring 2018, Tracy
- Introduction to General Relativity and Shock-Wave Theory - Winter 2018, Temple
- Knot Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology - Fall 2017, Thompson
- Mathematical Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analysis- Spring 2017, Strohmer
- Analyzing Structural Molecular Biology Data Using Topological Methods (Word DOC) - Winter 2017. Arsuaga/Vazquez
- Surfaces - Fall 2016, Schultens
- Pursuit Games on Graphs - Spring 2016, Svilken
- The Power of Analysis - Winter 2016, Luli
- The Mathematics of Theoretical Physics - Fall 2015, Waldron
- Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis - Spring 2015, Hunter
- The Symmetric Group, Symmetric Functions and Computer Exploration- Winter 2015, Schilling
- Game Theory - Winter 2015, Morris
- Math of Theoretical Physics - Fall 2014, Waldron
- Surfaces and Classification - Winter 2010, Schultens
- Computational Geometry of Polyhedra (PDF)- Winter 2009, DeLoera
- Mathematics for Decision Making: An Introduction - Winter 2009, Koeppe
- Knot Theory: A Gentle Intro to Low-Dimensional Topology - Fall 2008, Thompson
- Special Topics - Fall 2007, Cheer
- Problem Solving - Winter 2007, Gravner
- Special Topics - Fall 2006, Duchin
- Mathematical Finance - Spring 2006, Wets
- Special Topics - Spring 2005, Wets
- Special Topics - Winter 2002, Diederich
MAT 280 - Graduate
- Complex Fluids with Applications to Biology - Spring 2021, Thomases
- Mathematical Foundations for Data Science - Spring 2021, Strohmer
- Knots, Surfaces, 3-manifolds - Winter 2021, Schultens
- The Mathematics of Quantum Information Theory-Winter 2021, Nachtergaele
- Geometric Theory - Spring 2020, Kapovich
- Complex Manifolds - Winter 2020, Jacob
- Harmonic Analysis on Graphs and Networks - Fall 2019, Saito
- Mathematical Foundations for Data Science - Spring 2019, Strohmer
- Stability and Singularity Formation - Winter 2019, Shkoller
- Quantum Probability - Fall 2018, Kuperberg
- Khovanov Homology - Spring 2018, Gorskiy
- The Probabilistic Method in Combinatorics - Fall 2017, Even-Zohar
- Experimental Mathematics - Spring 2017, Romik/Schilling
- Algebraic Curves and Degenerations (Word Doc) - Spring 2017, Osserman
- Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning - Spring 2017, Wolf
- QFT and Representation Theory - Winter 2017, Dimofte
- General Relativity - Winter 2017, Temple
- Topology of Data - Fall 2016, Tsuruga
- Mathematical Foundations for Big Data- Spring 2016, Strohmer
- Geometry & Topological Combinatorics with View Toward Applications - Winter 2016, De Loera
- Optimal Transport Theory and Applications - Winter 2016, Xia
- Random Knotting - Fall 2015, Arsuaga
- Lie Theory and Category O - Spring 2016, Slofstra/Vazirani
- Topics in Hyperbolic Geometry- Spring 2016, Tsvietkova
- Quantum Probability- Spring 2015, Kuperberg
- Macdonald Polynomials and Crystal Bases - Winter 2014, Schilling
- Concise Introduction to Modern Mathematics - Spring 2013, Schwarz
- Introduction to Shock Wave Theory - Winter 2013, Temple
- Algebraic Curves and Degenerations - Winter 2013, Osserman
- Quantum Probability - Fall 2012, Kuperberg
- Harmonic Analysis on Graphs & Networks - Fall 2012, Saito
- Quasisymmetric and Noncommutative Symmetric Functions - Fall 2012, Schilling
Click here to see more MAT 280 Special Topics
- Complex Fluids - Winter 2012, Thomases
- Introduction to Ramified Optimal Transportation - Fall 2011, Xia
- Geometric and Topological Combinatorics - Fall 2011, Klee
- Introduction to String Theory - Spring 2011, Latini
- Global and Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization - Winter 2011, Koeppe
- Introduction to Riemannian Geometry and General Relativity - Winter 2011, Temple
- Longest Increasing Subsequences & Combinatorial Probability - Winter 2011, Romik
- Numerical Solution of Integral Equations - Winter 2011, Bremer
- Mathematical Classical Mechanics - Fall 2010, Bachmann
- PDEs and Nonlinear Waves - Winter 2010, Biello
- Introduction to Representation Theory with Applications to Probability - Winter 2010, Jones
- Hurwitz Numbers and Moduli Theory - Fall 2009, Mulase
- Applied Mathematics: Models and Methods - Spring 2009, Hunter
- Geometry and Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces - Spring 2009, Xia
- Coxeter Groups and Schubert Calculus - Winter 2009, Schilling
- Mathematical Introduction to Shock Waves - Winter 2009, Temple
- A Short Review in Modern Mathematics - Fall 2008, Schwarz
- Laplacian Eigenfunctions - Spring 2007, Saito
- Non-asymptotic Random Matrix Theory - Winter 2007, Vershynin
- Quantum Information Theory - Spring 2006, Kuperberg
- Quantum Groups and Crystal Bases - Winter 2006, Schilling
- Discrete Optimization - Fall 2005, DeLoera
- Topics in the Theory of 3-Manifolds - Spring 2005, Rubinstein
- Hecke Algebras and Orthogonal Polynomials RFG - Spring 2005, Vazirani
- Multivariate Analysis from a Random Matrix Theory Perspective - Winter 2005, Tracy
- Geometric Group Theory - Fall 2004, Kapovich
- Probability and Convexity - Fall 2004, Vershynin
- Applied & Computational Harmonic Analysis - Spring 2004, Saito
- String Theory and Theoretical Physics - Spring 2004, Waldron
- Computational Topology - Winter 2004, Hass
- Probability on Graphs - Winter 2004, Gravner
- Combinatorics and Representation Theory - Fall 2003, Schilling
- Measure Theory - Fall 2003, Strohmer
- Symmetric Functions - Spring 2003, Schilling
- Statistical Methods in Applied Math & Physics - Spring 2003, Chorin
- Numerical Methods for Integration and Interpolation - Spring 2003, Xiao
- Combinatorics - Winter 2003, Tracy
- Applied Harmonic Analysis - Fall 2002, Strohmer
- Computational 3-Dimensional Topology - Winter 2002, Hass
- Quantum Dynamics and Quantum Information - Winter 2002, Nachtergaele
- Computational Harmonic Analysis - Winter 2002, Saito