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Graduate Handbook (2005-2006)
Breadth Requirements for the Ph.D.

In keeping with the emphasis in the doctoral program that each student acquire breadth in the mathematical sciences, each student in the program will demonstrate a satisfactory grasp of each of the areas listed below.
  1. A programming language other than BASIC
  2. Matrices/Linear Algebra
  3. Probability/Statistics
  4. Advanced Calculus
  5. Computational Mathematics or Computational Statistics

A student's satisfactory grasp of the areas listed above should be determined by the student's doctoral committee. In addition to 1 - 5, it is required that:

  1. A student concentrating in mathematics complete six semester hours of statistics course work at the 6000 level or above, and a student concentrating in statistics complete six semester hours of mathematics course work at the 6000 level or above.
With special permission from the departmental Graduate Coordinating Committee, a student may substitute six semester hours of graduate courses from outside the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for the requirement in (6).

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