Master of Arts
in Mathematics

Program Requirements

The following requirements (for a total of 30 semester hours) must be met for a Master of Arts degree:

1. At least 18 semester hours of 200-level mathematics courses including the following:
   • Linear Algebra (MATH 211) and Analysis I (221)
     
   • Any two courses chosen from:
     • Mathematical Logic (MATH 202), Topology (MATH 203), Complex Analysis (MATH 223), Probability (MATH 241), Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 261)
   
   
2. At least one course chosen from:
   • Applied Algebra (MATH 212), Analysis II (MATH 222), Statistics (MATH 242), Partial Differential Equations (MATH 262), Optimal Control Theory (MATH 267)
3. The remaining credits, subject to the approval of the coordinator of the program, may be chosen from any of the following: biology, computer science, business, or other appropriate graduate areas.
   
   
4. Completion of an oral comprehensive examination or a master's thesis including an oral defense (in which case, Master's Thesis (MATH 301) may be counted as part of the second requirement above).

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