MAT 430 - Probability 1 Discrete Distributions

Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of both MAT 150 and MAT 166 with a grade of C- or better.
An overview of discrete probability theory. Topics include: Axiomatic approach to probability; Elementary methods in combinatorics; Inclusion-Exclusion; Independence; Conditional Probability; Discrete Random Variables; Expectation, variance, and higher moments; Generating Functions; Standard Distributions: uniform, binomial, geometric, negative binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson; Joint distributions; covariance; Introduction to Markov chains.

Hours: 3