Degree Requirements

Advanced Placement Examinations in Mathematics

The university grants four units of credit in mathematics for scores of 3, 4 or 5.

Pre-Major Requirements

MATH 125, MATH 126 or MATH 127, MATH 225, MATH 226 or MATH 227 are required.

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics

Six math courses at the 400 level or above including MATH 410, MATH 425a and either MATH 434 or MATH 435, are required.

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Eight math courses at the 400 level or above, excluding MATH 434 and MATH 450, but including:

Required courses		Units
MATH 410	Fundamental Concepts of Modern Algebra	4
MATH 425ab	Fundamental Concepts of Analysis	4-4
MATH 471	Topics in Linear Algebra	4

Required physics courses		Units
PHYS 151L	Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics	4
PHYS 152L	Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism	4
PHYS 153L	Fundamentals of Physics III: Optics and Modern Physics	4

Four additional courses in natural sciences or computer science, but excluding courses in mathematics, are required. At least two of these must be upper division courses, and each of the four courses must be acceptable for the Bachelor of Science degree in the department in which it is offered.

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics and Computational Mathematics

Pre-major requirements:  Math 125, Math 126 or Math 127, Math 225 or Math 245, Math 226 or Math 227.

In mathematics:  Math 407, Math 458.

At least 4 more courses from the following:  Math 370, Math 408, Math 410, Math 425a, Math 430, Math 432, Math 435, Math 445, Math 466, Math 467, Math 471.

In computing:  At least one programming course such as CSCI 101L, ITP 109x, ITP 110x, ITP 150x, ITP 165x or other programming courses approved by the program advisors.

Electives:  At least 3 additional courses with significant quantitative content, in mathematics, natural sciences, computer science, engineering, economics or other fields approved by the department.  At least 2 of these must be outside the mathematics department; moreover, at least 2 of these three must be in the same department, one of which must be an upper division course.

The list of approved electives will be made available by the program advisors.

Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computational Mathematics

Pre-major requirements:  Math 125 or equivalent, Math 126 or Math 127, Math 225 or Math 245, Math 226 or Math 227.

In mathematics:  Math 407, Math 408, Math 425a, Math 458.

At least 3 more courses from the following:  Math 370, Math 410, Math 425b, Math 430, Math 432, Math 435, Math 445, Math 466, Math 467, Math 471.

Students contemplating a graduate degree in mathematics are advised to take Math 410, Math 425b and Math 471.

In computing:  At least one programming course such as CSCI 101L, ITP 109x, ITP 110x, ITP 150x, ITP 165x or other programming courses approved by the program advisors.

Electives:  At least 5 additional courses with significant quantitative content, in mathematics, natural sciences, computer science, engineering, economics or other fields approved by the department.  At least 3 of these must be outside the mathematics department; moreover, at least 3 of these three must be in the same department, and at least 2 of which must be an upper division course.

The list of approved electives will be made available by the program advisors.

Grade Point Average Requirements

For each undergraduate degree an overall GPA of 2.0 in all upper division courses taken for the degree is required. In addition, any upper division course specifically listed as required must be passed with a grade of C (2.0) or better (e.g., MATH 410, 425ab and 471 for the B.S. degree).

Minor in Mathematical Finance

This interdisciplinary minor was created for students in business, economics and mathematics, whose majors already require some of the introductory course work.  students in other programs are welcome by should expect the minor to require more units than it does for students in these programs.

Students must include at least 4 upper-division courses and 4 courses dedicated exclusively to this minor (which may be the same 4 courses).  Finally, students must select 4 courses outside their major department.  Economics majors must choose 4 courses outside of economics; math majors must choose 4 courses outside of math; Econ/Math majors must elect 4 courses outside of both economics and mathematics; business majors must choose 4 courses outside of the Marshall School of Business.  These may be the same courses used to meet the first two conditions.

Requirements:  Econ 203, Econ 205

Choose 1 of the following 2 sequences:
Econ 303 and Econ 305
or
BUAD 305 and BUAD 351

Choose 2 courses, one from each of the following pairs:
Math 118 or Math 125
and
Math 218 or Math 407

Choose 2 courses from the following list:
Math 126 or Math 127, Math 225 or Math 245, Math 226 or Math 227, Math 408 or Math 467.

Choose 1 from the following:
BUAD 306, BUAD 310 ECON 350, ECON 357, FBE 441

Choose 1 from the following:
ECON 452, ECON 457, FBE 324, FBE 421, FBE 443, FBE 445, FBE 459, FBE 462, FBE 464

Choose 1 from the following:
ITP 165x, ITP 168x

Mathematics Minor Requirements

MATH 125, MATH 126 or MATH 127, MATH 225 or MATH 245, MATH 226 or MATH 227 and four math courses at the 400 level or above, one of which must be from MATH 410, MATH 425a, MATH 435, MATH 440 or MATH 471. These four courses at the 400 level or above must total at least 16 units.

Combined Mathematics/Economics Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science

Students are required to take seven courses in economics, seven courses in mathematics and one course in computer programming languages. Pre-major requirement: MATH 125 or equivalent.

In Economics: ECON 203, ECON 205, ECON 303, ECON 305, ECON 414 and at least two other ECON courses at the 400 level or above.

In Mathematics: MATH 126 or MATH 127; MATH 225 or MATH 245; MATH 226 or MATH 227; MATH 407, MATH 408 and at least two other MATH courses at the 400 level or above.

In Computing: At least one course chosen from ITP 110x, ITP 150x, ITP 165x; CSCI 101L.

Electives must be approved by the program advisors.

Language

Those students intending to go on to graduate school should satisfy the language requirement in French, German or Russian.