Mathematics Major, MS

Requirements

The Mathematics Department offers three options for the Master of Science degree: a thesis option, a project option, and a course-work option.

The thesis option requires a written thesis, 6 credit hours of thesis research, and 24 additional graduate credit hours in acceptable courses numbered above 400. Of the 24 additional graduate credit hours, 6 may be in areas outside the department and 15 must be in mathematics courses numbered above 500.

The project option requires 30 graduate credit hours in acceptable courses numbered above 400. Of these 30 graduate credit hours, 21 (at least 15 of which are in mathematics) must be in courses numbered above 500. Of the 30 graduate credit hours, 9 may be in areas outside the department. This option requires that a written final examination be passed and 3 credit hours be received for a reading course (MATH 598 ) in which a term paper or project is required.

The course-work option requires 30 graduate credit hours in acceptable courses numbered above 400. Of these 30 graduate credit hours, 21 (at least 15 of which are in mathematics) must be in courses numbered above 500. Of the 30 graduate credit hours, 9 may be in areas outside the department. This option requires that the student pass two written examinations with a PhD level score as required in the PhD program.

Applied Mathematics concentration

Requirements

For this concentration, available under all three options (listed above under requirements heading), 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 credit 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 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 537 ; EEB 560 .