Admission to the Program
Formal admission to the major requires a cumulative grade point average of 2.00
(on a 4.00 scale) and departmental approval.
Students who wish to obtain credentials for teaching grade 7-12 mathematics
may take a 36-credit hour second major. Students must have a 3.00 grade point
average to be admitted to the second major in secondary education. For information
on admission and program requirements, see the Schools of Education, Teaching
and Health secondary education programs.
University Requirements
* A total of 120 credit hours.
* 6 credit hours of college writing.
* 3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination.
General Education Requirements
* A total of 10 courses, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level
in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas.
* No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline.
Major Requirements
* 53 credit hours with grades of C or better.
Mathematics:
* STAT 202 Basic Statistics (4)
* CSC 280 (4)
* MATH 221 Calculus I (4)
* MATH 222 Calculus II (4)
* MATH 313 Calculus III (4)
* MATH 310 Linear Algebra (3)
* MATH 321 Diff Equations(3)
* MATH 503 Foundations of Higher Mathematics (3)
* MATH 512 Introduction to Modern Algebra (3)
* MATH 520 Introduction to Analysis (3)
* MATH 550 Complex Analysis (3)
* One course from each of the following groups:
Group One
o MATH 521 Measure and Integration Theory (3)
o MATH 500 Advanced Calculus of Several Variables (3)
o Math 510 Geometry (3)
o Math 540 Topology (3)
Group Two
o MATH 601 Harmonic Analysis (3)
o MATH 505 Mathematical Logic (3)
o MATH 515 Number Theory (3)
o MATH 513 Rings and fields (3)
Group Three
o MATH 551 Partial Differential Equations (3)
o MATH 560 Numerical Analysis (3)
o MATH 570 History of Mathematics (3)
o MATH 501 Probability (3)
* With the department’s approval, a MATH 580 Topics Course might be used
as a substitute for a course in either of the above groups. A topic in pure
math may replace a course in the first two groups, a topic in applied/history
may replace a course in the third group.
* A two course sequence selected from this list:
o PHYS 110/110G, PHYS 210/210G
o CHEM 110/110G, CHEM 210/210G
o STAT 302/514 and STAT 502
o BIO 110/110G, BIO 210/210G
o Two additional MATH 500 level courses
o Note: This requirement may be waived for students with more than one major
in this department. With the department’s approval, two other courses may
be used to satisfy this requirement.
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