Requirements for a Major in Mathematics

A total of fifty-one (51) credits as follows:

1. MATH 122, 123, 201, 223, 261
   Note that MATH 123 is a 2 credit course that can be taken concurrently with MATH 122.
    
2. Twenty-eight additional credits of elective courses from among COMP 141 and mathematics courses numbered above 200 including at least four courses numbered above 300 (excluding 460, 495, and 496) with at least one course from each of the following breadth categories (where one course may count for more than one category):
   • Statistics: MATH 211, 212, 305, 311, 335
   • Modeling: MATH 209, 212, 214, 305, 315, 330; COMP 350; ECON 407
   • Proof: MATH 311, 321, 362, 370, 431, 482; COMP 350
3. Capstone Seminar Sequence: one credit of MATH 386, and four credits of 485 and/or 486
   Students may petition to substitute one credit of MATH 451/452 or participation in Research Fellowships/St. Jude Summer Plus program for this requirement if they have engaged in the corresponding research for at least two terms before their junior spring semester. Additionally, students studying abroad during the spring semester of their junior year may petition to substitute one study abroad course for this requirement.