Computational and Applied Mathematics


Students in the Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM) curriculum must fulfill the MSCS and Physics requirements listed below.

Course

Hours

Prerequisites and Special Advice

MATH 180, 181, and 210 
(Calculus I, II , and III)

13

C or better in each to continue 
 

MATH 220  (Differential Equations)

3

C or better in MATH 210

MCS 260, 275 
(C Programming and tools)

8

C or better in MATH 180 to start, then 
C or better in each course to continue. 
Courses must be taken in order.

MATH 310  (Applied Linear Algebra)

3

C or better in MATH 210

MCS 320 - Scientific Computing Systems 
(Packaged Programming Environments)

3

C or better in Math 210 
concurrent Math 310

STAT 381 (Applied Statistics)

3

C or better in Math 210

MCS 471 (Numerical Analysis)

3

C or better in MCS 275

MCS 472 (new course) Computing Methods in Industry

4

MCS 472 - Industrial problems and seniors in course are required to write a senior project  - satisfies writing in the discipline req.with registration in Math 300

Specialty Tracks: 
Applied Math: Math 410, Math 480, Math 481

 
Computational Science: EECS 360, EECS 370, EECS 488  (software and visualization)

Computational Number Theory: MCS 261 MCS 425, Math 435, Math 436

Statistics: Stat 481, Stat 486, Stat 471

9

 

11

 

12

9

See your advisor before registering! 

 

Physics 141 and 142

8

 C or better in Math 180, Placement exam


Sample Four Year Program Updated: March 13, 2000, Charles Tier