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        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade Only"
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      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED STATISTICS",
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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          "subject": "MATH"
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      "subject": "MATH",
      "number": "248",
      "title": "FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE",
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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      "title": "CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT",
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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      "subject": "MATH",
      "number": "263",
      "title": "PRECALCULUS WITH TRIGONOMETRY",
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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          "subject": "MATH"
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        "Letter Grade Only"
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          "subject": "MATH"
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    {
      "code": "MATH 290",
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      "title": "INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH",
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      "hours": "1 hours per week: (1.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)",
      "prerequisite": "STAT C1000 or MATH 283 or MATH 287 or Instructor Approval or",
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      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "MATH 291",
      "subject": "MATH",
      "number": "291",
      "title": "INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH",
      "units": "1",
      "hours": "1 hours per week: (1.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)",
      "prerequisite": "MATH 290",
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      "description": "Provides students the opportunity for further experience and independence in mathematical research, either continuing research begun in Math 290 or starting a new research topic. Includes finding relevant journal articles, working on open problems in mathematics, writing up research results using an industry standard typesetting program, and finding opportunities to have original work published or disseminated.",
      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "MATH 295",
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      "title": "UNDERGRADUATE STEM SEMINAR",
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      "notes": [
        "Credit - Degree Applicable",
        "Letter Grade or P/NP"
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