Sam Kaplan, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Professor of Mathematics

Contact Information

  • skaplan@unca.edu
  • 232-5192
  • 304 Rhoades/Robinson Hall

Education

  • B.S., 1990, University of North Carolina
  • M.A., 1992, Boston University
  • Ph.D., 1996, Boston University

Courses Taught

  • MATH 155 Nature of Mathematics
  • MATH 167 Precalculus
  • MATH 191 Calculus I
  • MATH 192 Calculus II
  • MATH 273 Sp Top in MATH
  • MATH 274 Math and Social Justice
  • MATH 280 Foundations of Mathematics
  • MATH 291 Calculus III
  • MATH 365 Linear Algebra I
  • MATH 366 Linear Algebra II
  • MATH 368 Theory of Numbers
  • MATH 373 ST:Chaos Theory
  • MATH 373 ST:Math and Social Justice
  • MATH 381 Problems in Mathematics
  • MATH 394 Differential Equations
  • MATH 395 Partial Differential Equations
  • MATH 398 Complex Variables
  • MATH 480 Mathematics Seminar
  • MATH 491 Analysis I
  • MATH 492 Analysis II
  • MATH 499 Undergraduate Research in MATH
  • DRAM 179 Math and Fabrics Arts
  • ECON 373/MATH 373/POLS 373 ST:Voting Theory
  • HIST 373/WMST 373 ST:Jewish Women in American History
  • HUM 124 The Ancient World
  • HUM 324 The Modern World,  mid17th-20th Centuries
  • MLA 560 Evolution and Algorithm
  • RELS 373 Jewish Women and Religion
  • RELS 3980Jewish Women and Religion
  • Applications of Orthonormal Bases
  • Co-Orbital Dynamics

Professional Interests

Differential Equations, chaos, math and music