Graduate Minor in Mathematics
November 15, 1999
The Department of Mathematics offers a Graduate Minor to those graduate
students who complete substantial upper division or graduate work in
mathematics. A Ph.D. student must take at least two graduate courses
in mathematics. A statement of the precise requirements is on the following
page.
The requirements should guarantee that a Master's student minoring in
mathematics acquires at least as much mathematical competence as one
obtaining an undergraduate degree in mathematics. However, the Department
of Mathematics waives the following specific requirements.
- 1.
- Math 3613 and Math 4023
- 2.
- The two six hour breadth requirements for upper division hours in
Computer Science, Physics or other field or courses numbered 4000 and above
in Mathematics or Statistics.
The following courses are suggested as being especially suitable for
graduate students minoring in mathematics.
- Calculus of Several Variables (Math 4013)
- Advanced Calculus I & II (Math 4143 and Math 4153)
- Intermediate Differential Equations (Math 4233)
- Complex Variables (Math 4283)
- Numerical Mathematics: Analysis (Math 4513)
- Linear and Nonlinear Programming (Math 4553)
- Combinatorial Mathematics (Math 4663)
- Advanced Linear Algebra (Math 5023)
- Fourier Analysis (Math 5213)
- Partial Differential Equations (Math 5233)
- Ordinary Differential Equations I & II (Math 5243, Math 5253)
- Differential Geometry (Math 5413)
- Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control (Math 5523)
- Numerical Analysis for Differential Equations (Math 5543)
- Numerical Analysis for Linear Algebra (Math 5553)
- Case Studies in Applied Mathematics (Math 5580)
- Methods of Applied Mathematics (Math 5593)
- Automata and Finite State Machines (Math 5653)
- Computability and Decidability (Math 5663)
Requirements for a Graduate Minor in Mathematics
To receive a Graduate Minor in Mathematics a student must have completed
Math 2145 (Math 2144 after 2002), 2155 (2153 and 2163 after 2002), 2233, and 3013, or their equivalents, either at Oklahoma
State University or elsewhere. In addition,
- a Master's student must take 12 credit hours in mathematics courses
numbered 4000 or above, of which at least 9 credit hours must be completed
as a graduate student at Oklahoma
State University;
- a Ph.D. student must take 18 credit hours in mathematics courses
numbered 4000 or above, of which at least 15 credit hours must be completed
as a graduate student at Oklahoma State University
and at least 6 of those must be in courses numbered 5000 and above.
A list of courses to be used for the minor must be submitted to the
Graduate Committee of the Department of Mathematics for approval. No course
with grade below C can be used as part of a minor and the grade
point average for all coursework constituting the minor must be at least 3.0.
There is no minor for Ed.D. students.
10/25/2005