MATH1004 · Mathematics
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Not open to students who have completed their Mathematics Core Curriculum Requirement without permission of the Department Chairperson (except for Psychology majors completing their second mathematics corequisite). This course, for students in the humanities, social sciences, and Lynch School of Education, is an introduction to finite combinatorics and probability, emphasizing applications. Topics include finite sets and partitions, enumeration, probability, expectation, and random variables.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.1 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.2 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.1 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.2 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
6 evaluations for this course
3.1 / 5
3.0 / 5
Visiting Instructor, Mathematics Department
3.4 / 5
2.8 / 5
4 evaluations for this course
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.6 / 5
4.2 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
3.9 / 5
3.4 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.2 / 5
4.3 / 5
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
4.6 / 5
4.2 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
5 sectionsFall 2024
5 sectionsSummer 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
4 sectionsFall 2023
8 sectionsSummer 2023
3 sectionsSpring 2023
7 sectionsFall 2022
6 sectionsSummer 2022
3 sectionsSpring 2022
6 sectionsFall 2021
8 sectionsSummer 2021
5 sections