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2019-2020 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.

Course Requirements

The following course requirements must be satisfied by all students in the MS in Applied Mathematics Program:

  1. (Analysis Core Requirement) One of: MATH 5070 (Applied Analysis) or MATH 6131 (Real Analysis),
  2. (Linear Algebra Core Requirement) MATH 5718 (Applied Linear Algebra), and
  3. At least 24 additional semester hours of coursework, subject to the rule about 4000-level courses in disciplines outside of mathematics outlined above

Additionally, a student must either satisfy the course requirements for the MS degree without a concentration area or satisfy the requirements in one of the concentration areas listed below.Unless noted elsewhere, one course cannot be used to fulfill two requirements. Substitutions or changes to the requirements may be made with the written approval of a student’s academic advisor and the Graduate Committee.

MS 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 to satisfy both the analysis core requirement and may also count as one of the three courses satisfying this requirement.

Applied Statistics Concentration

Take all of the following courses:

Applied Probability Concentration

Discrete Mathematics Concentration

Four of the following courses:

Mathematics of Engineering and Science Concentration

Three of the following courses:

Numerical Analysis Concentration

Operations Research Concentration

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