Degree Requirements

• Satisfy the Graduate School's Degree Requirements for the Master's Degree.
• A minimum of 32 semester hours of course work including MA 599.
• Two two-course sequences (12 hours), selected from MA 511 & MA 512, MA 515 & MA 516, MA 518 & MA 519, MA 521 & MA 525, MA 535 & MA 536, MA 537 & MA 538, MA 542 & MA 543, MA 550 & MA 551, MA 555 & MA 560, MA 567 & MA 568, or MA 571 & MA 572 must be completed.
• Complete a thesis. A thesis committee will be appointed after the student selects a major professor to direct the thesis. A maximum of 6 semester hours of credit will be granted for the thesis. A student may not enroll in MA 599 (Thesis) until a thesis prospectus has been approved by the thesis committee, the graduate coordinator and the director of graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  A thesis defense is held upon the completion of the thesis. Thesis students are referred to the document Thesis/Dissertation Preparation, available at the Graduate School webpage.
• Complete two semesters of MA 592 (Seminar).
• MA 501, MA 502, MA 503, MA 504, MA 505, MA 506 do not satisfy degree requirements.

Policies And Procedures

The document "Department Policies and Procedures for the MS Degree Program in Mathematics" is posted on the departmental website. It contains details concerning advising, thesis, project based comprehensive examination, graduate assistant duties, student meetings and colloquia.