FYS 1245 - Unseen Math in Puzzles and Games

Credits: 4
Do you like to solve puzzles and play games? This is a hands-on, active-learning style course where we will play games and solve puzzles and along the way discover interesting ideas in mathematics. Students will be introduced to elementary ideas in college mathematics by looking for patterns. The mathematics in this course is designed to be accessible to all incoming students. Topics we explore will include graph theory, topology, probability, and cryptography.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar; Quantitative Reasoning