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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Mathematics MS


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►  Graduate School Policies and Procedures  apply to this program.

Program Requirements

Students must present 30 hours of course work and maintain a 3.0 GPA or above for the MS degree. At least 24 of these hours must consist of graduate-level (numbered 5000 or higher) mathematics courses. The remaining 6 hours must be either mathematics courses numbered 5000 or above or approved courses outside the department numbered 4000 or above.

Up to 9 semester hours of prior course work may be transferred in (subject to approval); these must be at the 5000 level or above with a B- or better grade. Courses already applied toward another degree (graduate or undergraduate) cannot be used toward the MS degree in applied mathematics. Additionally, the following MATH courses will NOT count toward a graduate degree:  MATH 5000-5009, 5010, 5012-5015, 5017, 5198, 5250, and 5830.

A student may devote from 4 to 6 hours (of the 30 required hours) to the writing of a thesis. Following completion of course work, all candidates must make a one-hour oral presentation of a project or a thesis before a committee consisting of three graduate faculty members.

Students must take MATH 5070 Applied Analysis or MATH 6131 Real Analysis and MATH 5718 Applied Linear Algebra. Additionally, students must either complete the degree requirements for an MS without concentration area or must fulfill specific course work requirements for one of the following areas of specialization:

  • Applied Probability
  • Applied Statistics
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Mathematics of Science and Engineering
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operations Research

All master’s degree students are encouraged to participate in the Math Clinic, a unique program in which students have an opportunity to work on real-world problems supplied by local businesses, research firms and government agencies.

For more detailed information about the applied mathematics MS, see www.math.ucdenver.edu/ms

Course Requirements for the M.S. Degree without a Concentration Area


Students must complete at least three courses chosen from the following list.  Note that MATH 6131 (Real Analysis) can be used both to satisfy the analysis core requirement and as one of the three courses satisfying this requirement.

Additional course options may be added later at the discretion of the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, e.g., as new courses are introduced to the graduate program.

Concentration Area Requirements


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