A One Year Course in Mathematical Model Building

When the mathematics department of the University of Toledo revised its multi-track masters degree programs in applied mathematics in 1978 into a single track program, two courses in mathematical modeling were introduced. One was a course in continuous models, the other in discrete models. Each course ran for an academic year (three quarters) and met for one hour per week. A lecture-discussion format was used during class sessions and an individual project required for the last quarter of each course.