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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Common Core

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select one of the following three-course Calculus sequences:12-18
Sequence One
MAT 150
CALCULUS I
MAT 151
CALCULUS II
MAT 152
CALCULUS III
Sequence Two
MAT 147
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS I
MAT 148
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS II
MAT 149
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS III
Sequence Three
MAT 160
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS I
MAT 161
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS II
MAT 162
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS III
Sequence Four
MAT 170
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I
MAT 171
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES II
Select one of the following:
MAT 149
CALCULUS WITH INTEGRATED PRECALCULUS III
MAT 152
CALCULUS III
MAT 162
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE MAJORS III
Sequence Five 1
MAT 155
SUMMER CALCULUS I
MAT 156
SUMMER CALCULUS II
MAT 260MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS I4-4.5
MAT 261MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS II4-4.5
MAT 262LINEAR ALGEBRA4-4.5
MAT 215INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL REASONING4-4.5
or MAT 140
& MAT 141		 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I
and DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II
CSC 241INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I ( or a more advanced course in any programming language)4-4.5
MAT 398SENIOR CAPSTONE SEMINAR (Liberal Studies Program Capstone)4
Select four courses from any of the following:16
Natural Sciences
Computer Sciences:
All CSC courses may apply
Data Science:
All DSC courses may apply
Game Development:
GAM 244
GAME DEVELOPMENT I
GAM 245
GAME DEVELOPMENT II
GAM 350
PHYSICS FOR GAME DEVELOPERS
GAM 353
TOOL PROGRAMMING FOR GAME DEVELOPMENT
GAM 368 through GAM 391 2
GAM 394 through GAM 398 3
Information Technology:
IT 223
DATA ANALYSIS
IT 278
COMMUNITY-BASED TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
IT 231 through IT 240
IT 263
APPLIED NETWORKS AND SECURITY
IT 313 through IT 373
IT topics courses may only be accepted with advanced approval from the chair
Software Engineering:
All SE courses may apply
Select one of the following:
GEO 241
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING
GEO 243
EARTH OBSERVATION
GEO 345
PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON FOR GIS
Data Analysis Requirement, which can be satisfied via one of the following:
AP Statistics credit (score of 3 or better)
An applied statistics or data analysis course from this list: MAT 137, MAT 242, MAT 341 MAT 348, IT 223, PSY 240, BIO 206, ENV 260, SOC 279, MAT 353, HON 180. Other data analysis courses may satisfy the requirement with departmental approval. Note that this course may be taken as one of the four Natural or Computer Science courses required for the BS, as part of the major, or as an open elective.
The following concentration areas will automatically satisfy the data analysis requirement: Actuarial Science, Financial Math, Quantitative Analysis and Operations Research, and Statistics.
1

This Calculus sequence is offered only during the summer, in two 6-credit hour courses. Students successfully completing MAT 131, MAT 147, MAT 150 or MAT 160 should enroll in MAT 155; students who successfully complete MAT 148, MAT 151 or MAT 161 should enroll in MAT 156. Students who successfully complete MAT 155 may enroll in either MAT 151 or MAT 156.

2

Except CSC 382.

3

Courses may only be accepted with advanced approval from the chair.

Concentration Requirements

Students must also complete the requirements from one of the following concentrations: Pure Mathematics; Statistics; Actuarial Science; Financial Mathematics; Quantitative Analysis and Operations Research; Applied and Computational Mathematics; or Individualized.

If the student chooses to declare more than one Mathematical Sciences concentration, then the student must complete the requirements for each concentration, and take at least three additional 300-level courses overall. For example, a student earning two concentrations would have taken at least nine 300-level courses, and a student earning three concentrations would have taken at least twelve 300-level courses.​

Students are advised to talk with their advisor before double majoring, because some major combinations are prohibited.  No more than 50% of the credits that apply to one major may be drawn from another major. 

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