Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (WR120). - Prerequisite for this course: First Year Writing Seminar (WR120). Writing in mathematics is distinctive for at least two reasons: i) in addition to written language, mathematical writing involves numbers, symbols, and images; and ii) mathematicians write not only to communicate their work, but more perhaps importantly to clarify and refine their own thinking. In this class, we explore how writing is used to both communicate and facilitate mathematics by participating in the process of writing across a range of discipline-specific genres, including proof writing and expository writing, for pure or applied math majors who have not yet taken a course involving proof writing, but who intend to do so in the future. Students who do not meet these criteria may only take the course with instructor permission. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course.

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