Four Year Program for the Math Option

Updated Sat May 8 13:58:53 PDT 2004

Students who follow the program below will complete the requirements for the Math Option of the Mathematics Major in four years if they earn at least a C in every course. The program does not include university requirements outside the math major, such as general education requirements, statutory requirements, the graduate writing assessment requirement, etc. Students should take care also to include these classes in their plans.

Notice regarding general education.

• Math majors do not need to take MAT 105 because the math major requires MAT 193 which satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
• Math majors do not need to take PHY 100 because the math major requires PHY 130 which satisfies the natural sciences requirement.

Suggested Programs for the Math Option

All courses are offered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday or Monday and Wednesday in the morning or early afternoon unless otherwise indicated.

# indicates courses offered in the evening.

First two years of Math Option.

• For students who need MAT 153

  	Fall	Spring
  Freshman year	MAT 153 CSC 121	MAT 191 (CSC 123 recommended)
  Sophomore year	MAT 193 MAT 271 Phy 130	MAT 211 PHY 132

• For students who don't need MAT 153.

  	Fall	Spring
  Freshman year	MAT 191 PHY 130	MAT 193 PHY 132
  Sophomore year	MAT 271 CSC 121	MAT 211 MAT 281 (CSC 123 recommended)

Final two years of Math Option.

It is important to choose your program carefully because MAT 403 is offered only in spring semesters of odd numbered years (2005, 2007, etc.) and MAT 421 is offered only in spring semesters of even numbered years beginning in 2006.

• Plan A: Choose plan A if you have completed the first two years' program described above and plan to graduate in the spring semester of an even year (2006, 2008, etc.).

  	Fall	Spring
  Junior year	MAT 331 MAT 401	MAT 281*** MAT 403 MAT 321
  Senior year	MAT 311* #MAT 361**	MAT 333 MAT 421

  #	indicates course offered in the evening.
  *	You may substitute MAT 411 or PHY 306 or PHY 310 or PHY 380 for MAT 311.
  **	You may substitute MAT 347 or MAT 447 for MAT 361.
  ***	If not already taken. Students who don't need MAT 153 should already have taken MAT 281 in their sophomore year.

• Plan B: Choose plan B if you have completed the first two years' program described above and plan to graduate in the spring semester of an odd year (2007, 2009, etc.).

  	Fall	Spring
  Junior year	MAT 311* MAT 331	MAT 281*** MAT 333 MAT 421
  Senior year	MAT 401 MAT 361**	MAT 403 MAT 321

  *	Students may substitute MAT 411 or PHY 306 or PHY 310 or PHY 380 for MAT 311.
  **	Students may substitute MAT 347 or MAT 447 for MAT 361.
  ***	If not already taken. Students who don't need MAT 153 should already have taken MAT 281 in their sophomore year.