Undergraduate Degree

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics, Advanced

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate  Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Advanced.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Mathematics, Advanced major is met by completing Mathematics 418H and 496.  Those courses are referenced in item 3. below.
   
   Students who are enrolled in the College of Natural Science may complete the alternative track to Integrative Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences that is described in item 1. under the heading Graduation Requirements in the College statement. Certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be used to satisfy the alternative track.
2. The  requirements of the College of Natural Science for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
   
   The credits earned in certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be counted toward College requirements as appropriate.
3. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	The following courses outside the Department of Mathematics (13 or 14 credits):
   	(1)	One course of at least 3 credits in biological science, entomology, microbiology, physiology, plant biology, or integrative biology.
   	(2)	One of the following courses (4 credits):
   		CEM	141	General Chemistry					4
   		CEM	151	General and Descriptive Chemistry					4
   		CEM	181H	Honors Chemistry I					4
   		LB	171	Principles of Chemistry I					4
   	(3)	One of the following courses (4 or 5 credits):
   		PHY	173	Studio Physics for Scientists and Engineers I					5
   		PHY	183	Physics for Scientists and Engineers I					4
   		PHY	193H	Honors Physics I – Mechanics					4
   		LB	273	Physics I					4
   	(4)	A minimum of  2 credits in laboratory courses in biological science, chemistry, entomology, microbiology, physics, physiology, plant biology, or integrative biology.
   b.	Second-year competency in a foreign language
   	or
   	For students who have been admitted to the teacher certification program, completion of the Professional Education Courses in the Department of Teacher Education and first-year competency in a foreign language.
   c.	A total of 34 to 37 credits in courses in the Department of Mathematics including:
   	(1)	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		MTH	132	Calculus I					3
   		MTH	152H	Honors Calculus I					3
   		LB	118	Calculus I					4
   	(2)	One of the following courses (4 credits):
   		MTH	133	Calculus II					4
   		MTH	153H	Honors Calculus II					4
   		LB	119	Calculus II					4
   	(3)	One of the following courses (4 credits):
   		MTH	234	Multivariable Calculus					4
   		MTH	254H	Honors Multivariable Calculus					4
   		LB	220	Calculus III					4
   	(4)	All of the following courses (25 credits):
   		MTH	317H	Honors Linear Algebra					4
   		MTH	327H	Honors Introduction to Analysis					3
   		MTH	347H	Honors Ordinary Differential Equations					3
   		MTH	418H	Honors Algebra I					3
   		MTH	419H	Honors Algebra II					3
   		MTH	428H	Honors Complex Analysis					3
   		MTH	429H	Honors Real Analysis					3
   		MTH	496	Capstone in Mathematics (W)					3
   		The completion of Mathematics 496 fulfills the department’s capstone course requirement.
   d.	A minimum of 12 credits in electives. Two courses must be selected from group (1) and two courses from group (2). Any MTH course at the 800-level or above may also satisfy the requirement from group (1). Any MTH course at the 400-level or above may also satisfy the requirement from group (2). Students in the teacher certification program must take MTH 432 to fulfill part of this elective requirement and may not use STT 430 towards fulfillment of this requirement. Any other substitutions must be approved by an advisor for the Mathematics, Advanced program.
   	(1)	Two of the following courses (6 credits):
   		MTH	416	Introduction to Algebraic Coding					3
   		MTH	417	Topics in Number Theory					3
   		MTH	441	Ordinary Differential Equations II					3
   		MTH	442	Partial Differential Equations					3
   		MTH	451	Numerical Analysis I					3
   		MTH	452	Numerical Analysis II					3
   		MTH	461	Metric and Topological Spaces					3
   		MTH	481	Discrete Mathematics I					3
   		MTH	482	Discrete Mathematics II					3
   		MTH	492H	Undergraduate Thesis (W)					3
   	(2)	Two of the following courses (6 to 8 credits):
   		CMSE	820	Mathematical Foundations of Data Science					3
   		CMSE	821	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations					3
   		CMSE	823	Numerical Linear Algebra					3
   		CSE	425	Introduction to Computer Security					3
   		CSE	450	Translation of Programming Languages					3
   		CSE	460	Computability and Formal Language Theory					3
   		CSE	472	Computer Graphics					3
   		CSE	802	Pattern Recognition and Analysis					3
   		CSE	803	Computer Vision					3
   		CSE	814	Computer Aided Verification					3
   		CSE	830	Design and Theory of Algorithms					3
   		CSE	835	Algorithmic Graph Theory					3
   		CSE	847	Machine Learning					3
   		CSE	860	Foundations of Computing					3
   		CSE	881	Data Mining					3
   		EC	820A	Econometrics IA					3
   		EC	820B	Econometrics IB					3
   		PHL	432	Logic and its Metatheory					4
   		PHY	410	Thermal and Statistical Physics					3
   		PHY	415	Methods of Theoretical Physics					4
   		PHY	422	Classical Mechanics II					3
   		PHY	471	Quantum Physics I					3
   		PHY	472	Quantum Physics II					3
   		PHY	480	Computational Physics					3
   		PHY	481	Electricity and Magnetism I					3
   		PHY	482	Electricity and Magnetism II					3
   		STT	861	Theory of Probability and Statistics I					3
   		STT	862	Theory of Probability and Statistics II					3
   		STT	881	Theory of Probability I					3
   		STT	882	Theory of Probability II					3
   		STT	886	Stochastic Processes and Applications					3