Academic Programs Catalog

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics

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 Arts degree in Mathematics.
   
   The University's Tier II writing requirement for the Mathematics major is met by completing Mathematics 396 or 496 and Mathematics 309 or 310 or 418H.  Those courses are referenced in items 3. c. (1) and 3. c. (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 (11 or 12 credits):
   	(1)	One course of at least 3 credits in biological science, entomology, microbiology, physiology, plant biology, or  integrative biology. At least 2 credits in laboratory in biological science, chemistry, entomology, microbiology, physics, physiology, plant biology, or integrative biology.
   	(2)	One of the following courses (4 or 5 credits):							4
   		LB	273	Physics I					5
   		PHY	173	Studio Physics for Scientists and Engineers I					4
   		PHY	183	Physics for Scientists and Engineers I					4
   		PHY	193H	Honors Physics I - Mechanics
   	(3)	One of the following courses (4 credits):							4
   		CEM	141	General Chemistry					4
   		CEM	151	General and Descriptive Chemistry					4
   		CEM	181H	Honors Chemistry I					4
   		LB	171	Principles of Chemistry I
   b.	Second–year competency in a foreign language
   	or
   	For students who have been admitted to the teacher certification program, first–year competency in a foreign language and completion of the Professional Education Courses in the Department of Teacher Education.
   c.	A total of 36 to 43 credits in courses in the Department of Mathematics  including (36 to 43 credits):
   	(1)	One course from each of the following two groups (6 to 8 credits):							3
   		(a)	MTH	132	Calculus I				3
   			MTH	152H	Honors Calculus				4
   			LB	118	Calculus I				4
   		(b)	MTH	133	Calculus II				3
   			MTH	153H	Honors Calculus II				4
   			LB	119	Calculus II
   	(2)	One of the following courses (4 credits):
   		MTH	234	Multivariable Calculus					4
   		MTH	254H	Honors Multivariable Calculus					4
   		LB	220	Calculus III					4
   	(3)	One of the following two groups (4 or 7 credits):
   		(a)	MTH	299	Transitions				4
   			MTH	309	Linear Algebra I				3
   		(b)	MTH	317H	Honors Linear Algebra				4
   	(4)	The following course (3 credits):
   		MTH	496	Capstone in Mathematics (W)					3
   		The completion of Mathematics 496 fulfills the department's capstone course requirement. Students in the teacher certification program may substitute Mathematics 396 Capstone in Mathematics for Secondary Education for Mathematics 496.
   	(5)	A total of 27 credits in approved Mathematics courses at the 300–level or above. At least 4 of the approved Mathematics courses must be at the 400–level or above.  Mathematics 415 may not be used to fulfill the requirements of the major.  Students may use no more than one of MTH 309, 314, 317H to satisfy this requirement. One course from a list of approved cognates available in the Department of Mathematics may be used to satisfy this requirement. Statistics and Probability 430 is required for students in the teacher certification program. Either Statistics and Probability 430 or 441 may be substituted for one 300-level mathematics course. The 300-400 level courses referenced in item 3. c. partially satisfy this requirement.
   	(6)	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   		MTH	310	Abstract Algebra I and Number Theory					3
   		MTH	418H	Honors Algebra I					3
   	(7)	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   		MTH	320	Analysis I					3
   		MTH	327H	Honors Introduction to Analysis					3
   	(8)	One of  the following courses (3 credits):
   		MTH	330	Higher Geometry					3
   		MTH	340	Ordinary Differential Equations I					3
   		MTH	347H	Honors Ordinary Differential Equations					3
   		MTH	432	Axiomatic Geometry					3
   		Students in the teacher certification program must take either Mathematics 330 or 432. Students not in the teacher certification program must take Mathematics 340 or 347H. Students not in the teacher certification program with prior credit in Mathematics 235 may substitute an approved 400-level Mathematics course for Mathematics 340.
   	(9)	Two courses selected from two of the following three groups (6 credits):
   		(a)	MTH	411	Abstract Algebra II				3
   			MTH	414	Linear Algebra II				3
   			MTH	416	Introduction to Algebraic Coding				3
   			MTH	417	Topics in Number Theory				3
   			MTH	419H	Honors Algebra II				3
   		(b)	MTH	421	Analysis II				3
   			MTH	425	Complex Analysis				3
   			MTH	428H	Honors Complex Analysis				3
   			MTH	429H	Honors Real Analysis				3
   			MTH	442	Partial Differential Equations				3
   		(c)	MTH	441	Ordinary Differential Equations II				3
   			MTH	451	Numerical Analysis I				3
   			MTH	457	Introduction to Financial Mathematics				3
   			MTH	461	Metric and Topological Spaces				3
   			MTH	481	Discrete Mathematics I				3
   			Students with credit in MTH 418H may not use MTH 411 to satisfy this requirement
   d.	One of the following courses (4 credits):
   	CSE	231	Introduction to Programming I						4
   	CMSE	202	Computational Modeling and Data Analysis II						4