School of Graduate Studies Requirements:

Degree Verification: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or a similarly recognized international university is required for admission to and completion of a graduate program. An official transcript must be sent directly to the School of Graduate Studies.
Overall Graduate GPA at least 3.0 and no grades of C- or lower: Graduate students are required to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA for degree-program courses. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted for a graduate degree.
Matriculation Start Semester: A master’s degree must be completed within six years of entering the degree program. Additional time may be requested by the student’s advisor and submitted to the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies for review.
Coursework Validity: Coursework over eight years old at the time of degree completion may not be used for a graduate degree unless it is revalidated by the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies.
Course Number Acceptability: The program of study cannot include more than 12 semester credits of courses below the 6000 level. Credits in the following areas are not acceptable in a degree program: foreign languages (unless included in an approved Program of Study), continuing graduate advisement, individual home study, military science, and courses numbered below 5000.
Master’s forms: Approval of the Program of Study is required by the School of Graduate Studies.

Program Requirements:

This degree requires 30 credits of coursework. At least 18 credits must be at 6000 level or above, excluding course and course (Continuing Graduate Advisement), with no more than 12 credits allowed at the 5000 level. Credits below the 5000 level are not acceptable for a graduate degree.
Supervisory Committee Approval by the end of the second semester
Program of Study submitted by the end of the second semester
Thesis/Project Approval Form by the third semester (Plan A students)
Appointment for examination form submitted 10 days before defense and during defense semester must be registered for credit
Record of Examination Form
Thesis/Dissertation format and Style and Electronic Publication Form (Plan A students)
Authorship and Copyright form (Plan A students)
Plan B Report/Creative Project form (Plan B students)
Graduation application

This degree requires 30 credits of approved coursework at or above the 5000 level. At least 18 of these credits must be at the 6000 level or above, excluding course and course (Continuing Graduate Advisement). Generally, most of the coursework will be in mathematics, but the student’s supervisory committee may approve courses in statistics, physics, engineering, or any other discipline if it seems such coursework is appropriate for the student’s program of study.

All students in the MS program in Mathematics must pass a written qualifying examination in either Advanced Calculus or Algebra. Students may take this exam before beginning formal coursework in the MS program but must take the exam by the end of the first full year of matriculation. The exam is typically given twice a year, in May and once during Fall semester. Matriculated students who fail on their first try must pass the exam at the next scheduled opportunity.

MS Mathematics students must obtain a minimum grade of B or better in at least two topic tracks from the 5000-level or the 6000-level topic tracks listed below. MS Mathematics students may substitute one topic track if they can document they have had something equivalent in a previous degree program.

Plan A option:

The Plan A option for a master’s degree requires the preparation and defense of a thesis. Students are required to complete 6 semester credits of thesis research (course). Successful defense and submission of the thesis to the library is required.

Plan B option:

A Plan B option requires the production and defense of a research project which can be conveyed in a technical report or journal-manuscript format. Students are required to complete 3 semester credits of thesis research (course). Successful defense and submission of the paper/project to the library is required.

There is no Plan C option for this program.

Mathematics - MS

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