Major Requirements

Major and minor requirements in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics vary from time to time. Exact requirements in effect at any given time may be found in the USU online General Catalog. All grades for MATH and STAT courses applied toward a departmental major or minor must be C- or better. Major and minor requirements in effect at the beginning of Fall Semester 2011 are given below.

A. Required Courses (28 credits)

• BIOL 1610 - Biology I 4
• BIOL 1620 - Biology II (BLS) 4
• MATH 1210 - Calculus I (QL) 4
• MATH 1220 - Calculus II (QL) 4
• MATH 2270 - Linear Algebra (QI) 3
• MATH 2280 - Ordinary Differential Equations (QI) 3
• STAT 3000 - Statistics for Scientists (QI) 3

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• MATH 4230 - Applied Mathematics in Biology (QI) 3 or
• BIOL 4230 - Applied Mathematics in Biology (QI) 3

B. Elective Courses (8-12 credits)

Biology majors must take one course from the biology electives (listed below), and two courses from the mathematics and statistics electives (listed below). Mathematics and Statistics majors must take two courses from the biology electives, and one course from the mathematics and statistics electives. All other majors must take two courses from each set of electives.