Programs & Requirements

MS in mathematics

No concentration

This program requires a minimum of 24 semester hours plus a thesis or a minimum of 36 hours without a thesis. Non-thesis students who select the degree option with a minor will have a minimum of 27 hours in the major and a minimum of 9 hours in the minor. A student may select a minor or non-minor degree option.

Minimum undergraduate requirements:

  • MATH 3380  Analysis I
  • MATH 4307  Modern Algebra
  • MATH 4315  Analysis II
  • MATH 4330  General Topology
  • 18 hours of elective advanced Mathematics

MS in mathematics

Applied math concentration

This program requires a minimum of 24 semester hours plus a thesis or a minimum of 36 hours without a thesis.

The following undergraduate courses are required, each with at least a "C" grade, and no more than two courses with "C":

  • MATH 3323  Differential Equations
  • MATH 3376/3377  Linear Algebra
  • MATH 3380  Analysis I
  • MATH 3383  Numerical Analysis
  • MATH 4315  Analysis II

MS in mathematics

Statistics concentration

This program requires a minimum of 24 semester hours plus a thesis or a minimum of 36 hours without a thesis.

The following undergraduate courses are required, each with at least a "C" grade, and no more than two courses with "C":

  • MATH 3305  Intro to Probability and Statistics
  • MATH 3377  Linear Algebra
  • MATH 3380  Analysis I
  • MATH 4305  Probability and Statistics
  • MATH 4315  Analysis II

These requirements can be satisfied by evidence of equivalent courses elsewhere. Students are required to make up background courses if they do not have sufficient undergraduate mathematics. This background work should be ongoing or completed before applying to graduate school. Some applicants may be missing a single course, and if otherwise strong coursework leads to admission, then a leveling course may be available in a first semester of graduate school.


M.Ed. in Mathematics

Course requirements

This program requires a minimum of 27 hours of mathematics plus a minor selected from the approved minors. This degree does not have a thesis option. The mathematics courses are designed to prepare students to teach high school and community college.


Minimum undergraduate requirements:

  • MATH 2471  Calculus I
  • MATH 2472  Calculus II
  • 9 hours of junior/senior mathematics courses

These requirements can be satisfied by evidence of equivalent courses elsewhere. Students are required to make up background courses if they do not have sufficient undergraduate mathematics. This background work should be ongoing or completed before applying to graduate school. Some applicants may be missing a single course, and if otherwise strong coursework leads to admission, then a leveling course may be available in a first semester of graduate school.