Graduate Degree Requirements

1. A minimum of 33 semester hours of credit.

2. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0.

3. Students entering without a prior course in abstract algebra must include 5821 in their program, to be taken in the earliest available semester; and students entering without a prior course in theoretical analysis must include 5851 in their program to be taken in the earliest available semester. These courses are not included in the 33 semester hour minimum requirement.

4. The student's combined undergraduate and graduate programs must include a mathematics core comprising the following courses or the equivalent:
a) MATH 5825 (advanced linear algebra);
b) MATH 5852 (theoretical multivariable analysis);
c) MATH 6915 or MATH 698016984 (foundations/topology);
d) MATH 6920 (advanced abstract algebra);
e) graduate level course in applied mathematical sciences and
f) MATH 6996 or 6999 (project or thesis)

5. Satisfactory performance on written and oral examinations. The subject matter for these examinations should in part reflect both the curriculum of (4) above and the option selected (see Description of Options) and must be approved by the Graduate Executive Committee. Additionally. the following distribution requirements apply:
a) written exams on three courses;
h) oral exam on thesis, or oral exam on a project and two courses; and
c) at least half of the hours of the courses examined must be at: the 6900 level; and
d) at least one course from 5825, 5852, 6915, or 6920 must be examined.

6. Before completing 12 semester hours, the student should submit, through an advisor, the entire degree program for approval by the Graduate Executive Committee in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Subsequent revisions to this program must be approved by the Graduate Executive Committee. An abstract of the proposed thesis for six semester hours, or project for three semester hours, must be submitted for approval prior to registering for these hours.

7. At least half of the hours of the student's approved program must be at the 6900 level.