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    This document provides a sample syllabus for an undergraduate course in probability theory. It lists two potential textbooks and gives the chapter outline that would be followed for each book. If using the Guttman text, the syllabus would cover elements of probability, discrete distributions, and probability distributions over 3-4 weeks. If using the Ghahramani text, topics like sample spaces, counting, conditional probability, random variables, special distributions, joint distributions, expectations, and the central limit theorem would be covered over 4-4-4 weeks. The course is 4 credit hours and has a prerequisite of Calculus II.

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    This document provides a sample syllabus for an undergraduate course in probability theory. It lists two potential textbooks and gives the chapter outline that would be followed for each book. If using the Guttman text, the syllabus would cover elements of probability, discrete distributions, and probability distributions over 3-4 weeks. If using the Ghahramani text, topics like sample spaces, counting, conditional probability, random variables, special distributions, joint distributions, expectations, and the central limit theorem would be covered over 4-4-4 weeks. The course is 4 credit hours and has a prerequisite of Calculus II.

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    DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
    244 MATHEMATICS BUILDING
    UG PHONE: (716) 645­6284, X 108

    SAMPLE SYLLABUS

    Course Number: MTH 411/511


    Course Title: Probability Theory
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Textbook(s): The Department offers instructors a choice between two texts:
    Introductory Engineering Statistics (3rd ed) by Guttman, Wilks, and Hunter ( Math Dept)
    or
    Fundamentals of Probability (2nd ed) by Saeed Ghahramani (Prentice Hall).
    Prerequisite: MTH 142 (Calculus II).
    Please note that functions of several variables are not treated in Calculus I or II.
    Syllabus: For each of the two textbook choices, syllabus is given below.

    If using Guttman et al text:


    [Chapter 2] Elements of Probability
    [Chapter 3] Some Important Discrete Distributions
    [Chapter 6] Probability Distributions

    If using Ghahramani text:


    4 weeks [Chapter 1] sample spaces, events, axioms of probability, basic theorems.
    [Chapter 2] counting, permutations, combinations, etc.
    [Sections 3.1 - 3.5] conditional probability, multiplication law, Bayes theorem,
    independence.
    4 weeks [Chapter 4] random variables, distribution functions, discrete random variables,
    expectation, variance.
    [Chapter 5] special discrete random variables: Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson,
    geometric, negative binomial, hypergeometric.
    [Chapter 6] continuous random variables: density function, expectation,
    variance.
    [Sections 7.1-7.4] special continuous random variables: uniform, normal,
    exponential, gamma
    4 weeks [Sections 8.1 - 8.3] joint distribution for two random variables, independence,
    conditional distributions
    [Section 9.1] joint distribution for many random variables
    [Sections 10.1 - 10.3] expectation of sums of random variables, covariance,
    correlation.
    [Chapter 11] moment generating functions, sums of independent random
    variables, Chebyshev inequality, law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
    This leaves 2 weeks for exams, extra material or a more leisurely pace. J. Dimock. March, 2005

    syllabus_mth411_2005_07_31.sxw July 31, 2005

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