In meeting these program requirements an effort is made to select courses that deal with concepts and skills related to central themes in secondary school mathematics programs. These themes are given substance in courses that deal with topics enabling students to review and build on their previous course work, to explore new areas, to develop thorough understandings of concepts that are initiated in secondary school mathematics courses, and to achieve a high level of mastery of skills associated with these concepts. Financial assistance The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers opportunities for financial support of graduate students through Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships. The Master of Science in Applied Mathematics emphasizes a broadly based study of the mathematical sciences, including statistics, differential equations, mathematical programming, computer science, and graph theory. The use of mathematical models to study practical problems will be heavily stressed.
Students receive broad training for professional employment in industry or government.
Those completing this program would also be prepared to teach in the area of mathematical applications. A promising student may be admitted with some deficiencies in these admission requirements. The missing work would then become an extra program requirement. With the approval of the advisor, a student may substitute approved electives listed below for any of the specified courses which were previously taken as an undergraduate. Complete at least 6 semester hours of approved electives which are different from the above selected courses.