Mathematics & Statistics

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  • Mathematics / Statistics
    202-885-3120
    Fax: 202-885-3155
    mathstat@american.edu
    Gray, Room 103

    Miller-Greene, Linda K
    Administrative Coordinator

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BS in Applied Mathematics


Admission to the Program

Formal admission to the major requires a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and departmental approval. 


University Requirements

  • A total of 120 credit hours 
  • 6 credit hours of college writing 
  • 3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination 

General Education Requirements

  • A total of ten courses, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level course in an approved sequence from each of the five curricular areas 
  • No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline 

Major Requirements

  • 56 credit hours with grades of C or better 

Course Requirements

  • CSC-280 Introduction to Computer Science I (4) 
  • MATH-221 Calculus I (4) 
  • MATH-222 Calculus II (4) 
  • MATH-313 Calculus III (4) 
  • MATH-310 Linear Algebra (3) 
  • MATH-321 Differential Equations (3) 
  • MATH-501 Probability (3)
  • MATH-503 Foundations of Higher Mathematics (3)
  • MATH-550 Complex Analysis (3) 
  • STAT-202 Basic Statistics (4)
  • STAT-502 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (3)
  • A two course sequence selected from this list (Note: This requirement may be waived for students with more than one major in this department):
  • BIO-110 General Biology I 5:1 (4) and BIO-210 General Biology II 5:2 (4)
  • CHEM-110 General Chemistry I 5:1 (4) and CHEM-210 General Chemistry II 5:2
  • PHYS-110 Principles of Physics II 5:2 (4) PHYS-210 Principles of Physics II 5:2 (4)
  • STAT-302 Intermediate Statistics (3) and STAT-515 Regression (3) or STAT-516 Design of Experiments (3)
  • Two additional MATH 500 level courses
  •  Four additional mathematics (MATH), statistics (STAT), or computer science (CSC) electives; to be selected with the approval of student's advisor.