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Masters degree: Industrial Track

Non-Thesis option

  1. Requires a minimum of 36 credit hours, at least 18 of which must be in mathematics.
  2. There must be a 15 credit hours core of mathematics courses* selected from the following:
    • MATH 609 (Numerical Analysis)

      • AND •

    • At least one of the following:
      • MATH 606 (Probability I)
      • MATH 619 (Applied Probability)
    • At least three of the following:
      • MATH 613 (Graph Theory)
      • MATH 651 (Optimization)
      • MATH 610 (Numerical Methods in Partial Differential Equations)
      • MATH 639 (Iterative Techniques)
      • MATH 660 (Computational Linear Algebra)
      • MATH 625 (Stochastic Differential Equations)
      • MATH 628 (Mathematics of Finance)
      • MATH 647 (Mathematical Modeling)
  3. There must be a minimum of 9 credit hours of mathematics, statistics, or computer science electives. Suggested outside courses are:
    • CPSC 606 (Software Engineering)
    • CPSC 608 (Database Systems)
    • STAT 601 (Statistical Analysis)
    • STAT 602 (Statistical Methods of Regression Analysis)
    • STAT 604 (Special Problems in Statistical Computation and Analysis)
    • STAT 610 (Theory of Statistics I)
    • STAT 611 (Theory of Statistics II)
    • STAT 615 (Stochastic Processes)
  4. There must be a minimum of 12 credit hours of electives in areas outside of the Mathematics Department. Typically these must come from the areas of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Suggested courses are:
    • INEN 618 (Stochastic Processes in the Assurance Sciences)
    • INEN 619 (Analysis and Prediction)
    • INEN 622 (Linear Programming)
    • INEN 623 (Non-linear and Dynamic Programming)
    • INEN 624 (Applied distribution and Queuing Theory)
    • INEN 625 (Simulation Methods and Applications)
    • INEN 626 (Model Building and Applications of Operations Research)
    • INEN 629 (Engineering Optimization)
    • INEN 668 (Integer Programming)

  5. Students are strongly encouraged to utilize the Professional Internship Course, MATH 684, as a math elective. Up to 4 hours of internship can be listed on a non-thesis degree plan. The Graduate Program Office and the campus Career Center will help students indentify suitable internship opportunities.

*Substitions for core courses may be allowed in special cases but require approval of the Graduate Office.


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