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.
• Three two-course sequences (18 hours), selected from MA 511 & MA 512, MA 521 & MA 525, MA 535 & MA 536, MA 542 & MA 543 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: https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/mathstat/. It contains details concerning advising, thesis, project based comprehensive examination, graduate assistant duties, student meetings and colloquia.