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Department of Mathematics

Master of Arts Degree in Mathematics

Professor Gaston M. N'Guerekata
Chairperson
Carnegie 251
443.885.3964

Associate Professor Xiao-Xiong Gan,
Graduate Coordinator
Carnegie G66
443.885.3079

Objective
The cis designed for qualified students who contemplate pursuing graduate work beyond the master's degree and for qualified secondary school teachers who wish to improve their subject matter competence by earning a master's degree in pure Mathematics.

Admission to Program
For unconditional admission, applicants must have earned a minimum undergraduate academic average of 3.0 in their major area of study and not less than 3.0 average overall. In addition, applicants must present an undergraduate major in mathematics or its equivalent, including at least 12 semester hours above a year in calculus.

For conditional admission, applicants must have earned a minimum undergraduate academic average of 2.5 in their major area of study, and not less than 2.5 average overall. In addition, applicants must present an undergraduate major in mathematics or its equivalent, including at least 12 semester hours above a year in calculus.

General Requirements for Degree

  1. Candidates for the Master of Arts degree in Mathematics must complete a minimum of thirty (30) credit hours and submit an acceptable thesis.
  2. All candidates must pass a written comprehensive examination. This examination will deal more with comprehension of ideas and concepts than with taking inventory of manipulative skills.

Program of Study

Required Courses (24 hours) Credits
MATH.505-506 Abstract Algebra I and II 6
MATH.521-522 Introduction to Analysis I and II 6
MATH.541 Point Set Topology 3
MATH.799 Thesis Seminar 3
Sub-total 18
Electives (6 hours)  
MATH.501 Set Theory and Related Topics 3
MATH.512 Probability and Statistics 3
MATH.518 Modern Geometry 3
MATH.525 Theory of Numbers 3
MATH.527 Complex Analysis 3
MATH.551, 552 Algorithms and Computations I, II 3
MATH.555 Introduction to Functional Analysis 3
MATH.557 Foundation of Harmonic Analysis 3
MATH.559 Numerical Analysis 3
MATH.561 Mathematical Modeling 3
MATH.631 Biostatistics 3
MATH.633 Applied Regression and Correlation Analysis  
MATH.788-789 Supervised Research 6

Electives may be chosen in computing, mathematical modeling, statistics, and classical mathematical areas.