Course Textbooks
Fall 2018
Below is a list of the textbooks required for each course in the Fall 2018 semester. Please contact the listed instructor if you have any questions.
| 101 : | Welcome to the Mathematics Major | |
| Instructor : | J. Johannes (johannes@geneseo.edu) | |
| 112 : | Pre-Calculus | |
| Instructor : | A. Rose (rose@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus (*Required) | |
| Author : | Stewart, Redlin | |
| Edition : | 7 | |
| Software/Calculator: | TI-89 or TI-83 or TI-84 | |
| 112-02 : | Precalculus | |
| Instructor : | J. Brodersen (brodersen@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus (*Required) | |
| Author : | Stewart, Redlin, Watson | |
| Edition : | 7th Edition | |
| Software/Calculator: | Non-graphing, non-solving scientific calculator, such as the TI-30a, 30IIXS, or 30 Multiview | |
| 140-01 : | Math Concepts for Elementary Educators I | |
| Instructor : | D. Aguilar (aguilard@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (*Required) | |
| Author : | Rick Billstein, Shlomo Libeskind, Johnny W. Lott | |
| Edition : | 12 | |
| ISBN : | 9780321987297 | |
| 141-02 : | Mathematical Concepts for Elementary Education II | |
| Instructor : | J. Johannes (johannes@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Lab Activity Manual (*Required) | |
| Author : | Jonathan Duncan | |
| Edition : | first | |
| Instructions : | Can be found here http://math.wallawalla.edu/~duncjo/research/ElementaryMathManual.pdf Recommend downloading and saving, not viewing online each time. | |
| 213-01 : | Applied Calc. I | |
| Instructor : | D. Dussault (dussault@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | College Mathematics for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (*Required) | |
| Author : | Tan | |
| Edition : | 7th (6th also acceptable - different chapter numbers) | |
| ISBN : | 9780495015833 | |
| Instructions : | Chegg.com is a source where you can rent your textbook for a semester cheaply or get a downloadable ebook for 180 days. ***** You need any various version of the Textbook, ….. Find the Cheapest. | |
| Software/Calculator: | A Graphics Calculator is also Required ( I will be using a TI-83+ / TI-84+ type ) Your calculator must be able to perform Matrix operations. | |
| Notes : | email me if you have questions...….dussault@geneseo.edu | |
| 213-03 : | Applied Calc. I | |
| Instructor : | D. Dussault (dussault@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | College Mathematics for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (*Required) | |
| Author : | Tan | |
| Edition : | 7th ( 6th is also acceptable - just different chapter numbers ) | |
| ISBN : | 9780495015833 | |
| Instructions : | Chegg.com is a source where you can rent your textbook for a semester cheaply or get a downloadable ebook for 180. ***** You need any various version of the Textbook, ….. Find the Cheapest. | |
| Software/Calculator: | A Graphics Calculator is also Required ( I will be using a TI-83+ / TI-84+ type ) If you use something else it must be capable of Matrix operations. | |
| Notes : | email me if you have questions...…...dussault@geneseo.edu | |
| 221-01 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | A. Kedzierawski (kedziera@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Calculus Vol I (*Required) | |
| Author : | Herman and Strang | |
| ISBN : | 978-1-938168-02-4 | |
| Notes : | The textbook is available both as a print version and as a (free) .pdf, (https://openstax.org/details/books/calculus-volume-1). Either version is fine. | |
| 221-02 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | A. Kedzierawski (kedziera@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Calculus Vol I (*Required) | |
| Author : | Herman and Strang | |
| ISBN : | 978-1-938168-02-4 | |
| Notes : | The textbook is available both as a print version and as a (free) .pdf, (https://openstax.org/details/books/calculus-volume-1). Either version is fine. | |
| 221-04 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | D. Aguilar (aguilard@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Single Variable Calculus (WebAssign Access) (*Required) | |
| Author : | James Stewart | |
| Edition : | 8 | |
| ISBN : | 9781337771429 | |
| 221-05 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | D. Aguilar (aguilard@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Single Variable Calculus (WebAssign Access) (*Required) | |
| Author : | James Stewart | |
| Edition : | 8 | |
| ISBN : | 9781337771429 | |
| 221-07 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | C. Leary (leary@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Calculus Vol I | |
| Author : | Herman and Strang | |
| ISBN : | 978-1-938168-02-4 | |
| Notes : | The textbook is available both as a print version and as a (free) .pdf. Either version is fine. | |
| 222 : | Calculus II | |
| Instructor : | O. Nicodemi (nicodemi@geneseo.edu) | |
| Instructions : | Free Open source text required: Calculus II, Strang and Herman. Instructions as to how to obtain it will be given on the first day of class. | |
| 223 : | Calculus III | |
| Instructor : | A. Heap (heap@geneseo.edu) | |
| 223 : | Calculus III | |
| Instructor : | Chi-Ming Tang (tang@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Calculus (Multivariable Calculus) (*Required) | |
| Author : | James Stewart | |
| Edition : | eighth | |
| ISBN : | 978-1-305-26668-1 | |
| 223-01 : | Calculus 3 | |
| Instructor : | D. Baldwin (baldwin@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Calculus Volume 3 (*Required) | |
| Author : | Strang / Openstax | |
| Instructions : | The textbook is an open educational resource available in a number of formats, including free downloads. See https://openstax.org/details/books/calculus-volume-3 | |
| Software/Calculator: | Mathematica, available from software.geneseo.edu | |
| 223-03 : | Linear Algebra I | |
| Instructor : | J. Johannes (johannes@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | A First Course in LINEAR ALGEBRA an Open Text (*Required) | |
| Author : | Lyryx Learning | |
| Edition : | 2017-A | |
| Software/Calculator: | TI-nSpire CAS or TI-89 or higher | |
| 233-01 : | Linear Algebra I | |
| Instructor : | G. Towsley (towsleyg@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Linear Algebra (*Required) | |
| Author : | Jim Hefferon | |
| Edition : | third | |
| Instructions : | A .pdf version is available on Canvas | |
| 233-04 : | Linear Algebra I | |
| Instructor : | G. Towsley (towsleyg@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Linear Algebra (*Required) | |
| Author : | Jim Hefferon | |
| Edition : | third | |
| Instructions : | The text is available as a .pdf on Canvas | |
| 239 : | Introduction to Mathematical Proof | |
| Instructor : | O. Nicodemi (nicodemi@geneseo.edu) | |
| Notes : | Instructions for obtaining free open source material will be given in class. | |
| 239-01 : | Introduction to Proof | |
| Instructor : | G. Reuter (reuter@geneseo.edu) | |
| Software/Calculator: | You'll need some mathematical word processing software -- either Microsoft Word (with Equation Editor) or LaTeX (I use TeXStudio but there's a bunch of good compilers) will do fine. | |
| Notes : | We'll use the materials at www.geneseo.edu/proofspace as our main source. | |
| 239-03 : | Introduction to Mathematical Proof | |
| Instructor : | C. Leary (leary@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Accompaniment to Higher Mathematics (*Required) | |
| Author : | Exner | |
| Edition : | 1 | |
| ISBN : | 9780387946177 | |
| 262 : | Applied Statistics | |
| Instructor : | L. Smith (smithl@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Statistics Unlocking the Power of Data (*Required) | |
| Author : | Lock, Lock,Lock,Lock, and Lock | |
| Edition : | 1 | |
| ISBN : | 9780470601877 | |
| Software/Calculator: | TI-83, 84, 89, or nSpire | |
| 302 : | Set Theory | |
| Instructor : | C. Leary (leary@geneseo.edu) | |
| Instructions : | For this IBL course, we will follow a script that will be made available to you electronically once the class gets started. | |
| Notes : | This will be a great class! Can't wait to meet you and to get started! | |
| 304 : | Theory of Computability | |
| Instructor : | D. Baldwin (baldwin@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Introduction to Theory of Computation (*Required) | |
| Author : | Maheshwari & Smid | |
| Instructions : | is actually a free electronic download, available from http://cglab.ca/~michiel/TheoryOfComputation/ | |
| Software/Calculator: | book | |
| 324 : | Real Analysis I | |
| Instructor : | C. Aguilar (aguilar@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Introduction to Real Analysis (*Recommended) | |
| Author : | Bartle and Sherbert | |
| Edition : | 4th | |
| Notes : | The textbook is only recommended. I will provide online notes of all the material. | |
| 324 : | Real Analysis I | |
| Instructor : | O.Nicodemi (nicodemi@geneseo.edu) | |
| Notes : | Instructions for obtaining open source materials will be given in class. | |
| 326 : | Differential Equations | |
| Instructor : | A. Heap (heap@geneseo.edu) | |
| Notes : | Free online textbook can be found here: http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/mono/8/ | |
| 326-02 : | Differential Equations | |
| Instructor : | A. Kedzierawski (kedziera@geneseo.edu) | |
| Notes : | Free online textbook can be found here: http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/mono/8/ | |
| 335-01 : | Foundations of Geometry | |
| Instructor : | G. Reuter (reuter@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Foundations of Geometry (2nd ed.) (*Required) | |
| Author : | Gerard Venema | |
| Edition : | 2nd | |
| ISBN : | 978-0136020585 | |
| Notes : | We'll also make use of a program called Cinderella to help us understand hyperbolic geometry. Geogebra is also a help for understanding Euclidean geometry. | |
| 338-01 : | Topology | |
| Instructor : | G. Towsley (towsleyg@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Introduction to Topology (*Required) | |
| Author : | Colin Adams and Robert Franzosa | |
| Edition : | first | |
| ISBN : | 9780131848696 | |
| 345-1 : | Numerical Analysis I | |
| Instructor : | S. Ngoma (ngoma@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | A First Course in NUMERICAL METHODS (*Required) | |
| Author : | Uri M. Ascher, Chen Greif | |
| Software/Calculator: | We will use Matlab. As a Geneseo student you can download Matlab for free at https://wiki.geneseo.edu/display/cit/Software+at+Geneseo#SoftwareatGene… | |
| 360 : | Probability | |
| Instructor : | Chi-MIng Tang (tang@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientist (*Required) | |
| Author : | R E Walpole, R H Myers, S L Myers and Keying Ye | |
| Edition : | ninth | |
| ISBN : | 978-0-321-62911-1 | |
| 366 : | Mathematical Foundations of Actuarial Science | |
| Instructor : | Chi-Ming Tang (tang@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | SOA Exam P Study Manual (*Required) | |
| Author : | Samuel A Broverman | |
| Edition : | Spring 2018 | |
| ISBN : | 9 78-1-63588-185-1 | |
| Software/Calculator: | TI BAII plus | |
| 371 : | Complex Analysis | |
| Instructor : | J. Johannes (johannes@geneseo.edu) | |
| Title : | An Introduction to Complex Analysis and Geometry (*Required) | |
| Author : | John P. D'Angelo | |
| Edition : | first | |
| ISBN : | 9780821852743 | |
| 380 : | Bayesian Analysis | |
| Instructor : | L. Smith (smithl@geneseo.edu) | |
| MATH221-03 : | Calculus I | |
| Instructor : | G. Reuter (reuter@geneseo.edu) | |
| Software/Calculator: | Whatever graphing calculator you used in high school will be fine for Calculus I. | |
| Notes : | We'll use the OpenStax free .pdf textbook. I may ask you to purchase access to WebAssign (this would cost approximately $35), but I am looking into an option that would be free. If I don't think it is good, I'll email to let you know to buy WebAssign access. | |