Curriculum & Courses

Requirements for BS degree in Applied Mathematics (132 semester hours)

A student may not use one course to satisfy two separate degree requirements.

Required Mathematics and Statistics Courses (36 credit hours, C or higher)

  1. Introduction to Mathematics (Math 1)
  2. Calculus with Analytic Geometry I, II, III (Math 8, 21, 22)
  3. Elementary Differential Equations (Math 204)
  4. Engineering Statistics (Stat 215) or Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Stat 217), or Probability and Statistics (Stat 343)
  5. Linear Algebra I (Math 208)
  6. Foundations of Mathematics (Math 209)
  7. Advanced Calculus I, II (Math 309, 311)
  8. Math 361, 371, and 381 (Capstone seminar courses)

Mathematics Electives (at least 12 credit hours, C or higher)
The 12 hours must consist of two 6 hour sequences, chosen from two of the following groups. This is where your degree program can be tailored to fit your own objectives.

  1. Modern Algebra I (Math 305), Modern Algebra II(Math 306), Combinatorics (Math 307), Linear Algebra II (Math 308)
  2. Introduction to Real Analysis (Math 315), Topics in Geometry (Math 330), Introduction to Complex Variables (Math 351),Introduction to Topology (Math 385)
  3. Intermediate Differential Equations (Math 302),Mathematical Modeling (Math 303), Vector and TensorAnalysis (Math 322),Partial Differential Equations (Math 325), Introduction to Complex Variables (Math 351), Operational Calculus (Math 383)
  4. Probability and Statistics (Stat 343), Mathematical Statistics (Stat 344), Regression Analysis (Stat 346), Statistical Data Analysis (Stat 353)
  5. Introduction to Numerical Methods (CS 228), Numerical Approximations and Differential Equations (CS 328), NumericalLinear Algebra (CS 329), Regression Analysis (Stat 346), Mathematical Modeling (Math 303), Finance (Econ 321)

Science Requirements (1 credit hour of Lab Safety, 5 credit hours chemistry or 5 credit hours biological science, 10 credit hours physics, 6 credit hours computer science)

  1. Intro. to Laboratory Safety & Hazardous Materials (Chem 004)
  2. General Chemistry I (Chem 001) and General Chemistry Laboratory (Chem 002), or General Chemistry for Engineers(Chem 5), or General Biology (LifeSc. 110) and General Biology Lab (Life Sc. 112)
  3. General Physics I (Phys 021), General Physics Laboratory (Phys 022), General Physics II (Phys 025), General Physics Laboratory (Phys 026)
  4. Computer Science (select at least one from each of the following two groups)
    (a) Introduction to Programming (CS 53), Basic Scientific Programming (CS 073) and Computer Programming Laboratory(CS 077), Introduction to Programming Methodology (CS 074) and Programming Methodology Lab (CS 078)
    (b) Data Structures I (CS 153), Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science (CS 158), Introduction to Numerical Methods(CS 228)

English Requirements (at least 12 credit hours of English)

  1. Exposition and Argumentation (Eng 020)
  2. Writing and Research (Eng 060)
  3. Literature ( at least 6 credit hours of literature)

History Requirement (at least 3 credit hours of history selected from the following)

Modern Western Civiliztion (Hist 112), American History to 1877 (Hist 175), American History Since 1877 (Hist 176), or American Government (Pol Sc 090)

Economics Requirement (at least 3 credit hrs of economics selected from the following)

Principles of Macroeconomics (Econ 121) or Principles of Microeconomics (Econ 122)

Foreign Language Requirement (at least 8 credit hours of a foreign language)

For transfer credit 6 semester hours will meet this requirement. Also 3 years of a foreign language at the high school level will meet this requirement. The total number of hours for the major still must be met.

Technical Electives (at least 15 credit hours)

These must be courses in science, engineering, or economics. Here is another opportunity to customize your degree program. Advisors will help identify courses to strengthen their students degree programs.

Free Electives (21 credit hours)

The student may choose almost any course, with the advisers approval, to fulfill this requirement.

  • B.S. Applied Math sample program

Emphasis Areas

You have the option of customizing your undergraduate mathematics degree at Missouri S&T by choosing to complete one of the six emphasis areas which are available with our program. The links below contain the course requirements for each of the emphasis areas. Judicious choices of electives in the sample program above allows students to complete an emphasis area.

  • Actuarial Science
  • Algebra/Discrete Mathematics
  • Applied Analysis
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Secondary Education
  • Statistics