Mathematical Science Degree Requirements — General Option

• Prerequisite Chart

1. General Education and Entrance into Major Requirements (63 credits)

2. Core Requirements (57 credits)

3. Additional Requirements

• English (9 credits)

	English Composition [GWS]		ENGL 015 or 030
	Technical Writing [GWS]		ENGL 202C
	Speech [GWS]		CAS 100

• Mathematics (18 credits)

	Calculus I* [GQ]		MATH 140 (4 credits)
	Calculus II* [GQ]		MATH 141 (4 credits)
	Matrices [GQ]		MATH 220 (2 credits)
	Calculus and Vector Analysis		MATH 230 (4 credits)
	Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations		MATH 251 (4 credits)

• Natural Sciences


9 credits of any courses with a GN suffix

• Arts


6 credits of any courses with a GA suffix

• Humanities


6 credits of any courses with a GH suffix

• Social & Behavioral Sciences


6 credits of any courses with a GS suffix

• Health & Physical Activities


3 credits of any courses with a GHA suffix

• General Electives


6 credits of any 200-level or above courses

• Required Courses (30 credits)


	CMPSC 121	Object-Oriented Programming for Mathematics and Sciences I
	MATH 315*	Foundations of Mathematics
	MATH 318	Elementary Probability
	MATH 401*	Introduction to Analysis I
	MATH 430*	Linear Algebra and Discrete Models I
	MATH 435	Abstract Algebra
	MATH 449	Applied Ordinary Differential Equations
	MATH 455*	Introduction to Numerical Analysis I
	MATH 475W	Introduction to the History of Mathematics (US, IL)
	STAT 301	Statistical Analysis I

* Mathematical Sciences students with the General Math Science Option must receive a grade of C or better in this course.

• Technical Electives (18 credits)
Select 18 credits of 300-400 level Math classes. Up to 6 of these credits may be replaced by any 200 or higher level CMPSC courses or CMPSC 122.

• Other Electives (9 credits)
Select 9 credits of 300-400 level courses in consultation with an academic advisor and in support of the student's interests.

• First-Year Seminar, 1 credit of any course with a S, T, X, or PSU designations.

• United States Cultures and International Cultures Requirements, 3 credits of any course with a US designation and 3 credits of any course with an IL designation. These can be satisfied simultaneously with any of the above requirements, or any course in the degree requirements.

• Writing Across the Curriculum requirement is satisfied by MATH 475W, a required course in the MASC degree program.