Mathematical Sciences - PhD

NOTE:

1. course DR: Modern Research in Math/Stats) - 1 credit

NOTE:

1. Students with a prior masters degree will take between 12-18 credits of course (repeatable for credit).

2. Students without a prior masters degree will take between 18-24 credits of course (repeatable for credit).

Each series of courses is a topic track. Students must complete at least 2 topic tracks with a minimum grade of B.

The Interdisciplinary Studies Specialization requires at least 9 credits of coursework in the student’s chosen interdisciplinary area (outside both Mathematics and Statistics). Recent students have taken external courses in the College of Education, from the Departments of Biology and Physics, or as part of the Program in Climate Adaptation Science. The student’s PhD supervisory committee should include two persons in the student’s selected interdisciplinary area, and the comprehensive examination (see below) should have a significant interdisciplinary component.

Students must take at least 45 total credits (Masters) or 72 total credits (no Masters) numbered 5000-level or higher. This includes research credits but excludes course/course and course (Continuing Graduate Advisement). Students are required to complete suitable electives at the 5000-level or higher, as approved by their supervisory committee, to meet the total credit thresholds after accounting for the required courses. No more than 12 of these elective credits can be numbered 5000-5999 and no more than 3 (Masters) or 6 (no Masters) can be course (repeatable for credit).