First get the complete URL of the page. Next tokenize it. The department has no formal foreign language or tool skill requirements, but Ph.D. advisory committees may require courses in addition to the major and minor that are essential for individual students. Foreign students are required to take a placement exam in English upon their arrival and may be required to take remedial courses in English. A reading knowledge of certain foreign languages may be obtained by enrolling in non-credit graduate courses in French, German, or Russian.
Many students take applied mathematics courses, statistics courses, or computer science courses.
Students are especially urged to consider courses in other departments. Only those courses listed in the graduate bulletin are eligible.