Mathematics Major, MS

Requirements

The department offers two options for the Master of Science degree. The first option requires a thesis for which 6 hours must be earned along with 24 additional hours of work in acceptable courses numbered above 400. Of the additional hours, 6 may be in an area outside the department and 15 must be in courses in mathematics numbered above 500.

After one semester of graduate study, a student whose advisory committee gives its approval may choose the non-thesis option for which 30 hours in courses numbered above 400 are required. Of these, 21 hours (at least 15 of which must be in mathematics) must be in courses numbered above 500. Of the 30 hours, 9 in courses approved by the advisory committee may be taken in fields other than mathematics. This option also requires that a written final examination be passed and that credit be received for a reading course (MATH 598 ) in which a term paper or project is required.

Applied Mathematics Concentration

Requirements

For this concentration, available under the thesis or the non-thesis option, the student must complete the following.

• Prerequisites – MATH 371, MATH 471 , or MATH 472 ; MATH 512  or both MATH 431  and MATH 435 ; MATH 447 -MATH 448 ; or MATH 445 -MATH 446 ;  MATH 453 . 
• One hour of MATH 519  or MATH 589 . 
• One course from each of the following five areas.
  
  
  1. Foundations of Applied Mathematics – MATH 511 , MATH 515 , MATH 516 .
  2. Optimization – MATH 576 , MATH 577 , MATH 585 .
  3. Numerical Mathematics – MATH 571 , MATH 572 , MATH 578 .
  4. Modeling – MATH 475 , MATH 537 , MATH 581 .
  5. Statistics – MATH 525 , MATH 527 ; STAT 571 ; EEB 560 .