Guidelines for Math Major

A Sample 4-year Course Plan for Math Majors
Peh Ng, Professor of Mathematics
(April 21, 2009) effective in Fall 2009

FIRST YEAR

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Calculus 1 (Math 1101) (5cr)	Calculus 2 (Math 1102) (5cr)
College Writing (English 1011) (4cr)	A Gen Ed course (4cr)
First Year Seminar (IS 1001) (2cr)	A Gen Ed Req in Sci or Sci-Lab (4cr)
A Gen Ed Req in Sci or Sci-Lab (4cr)	A non-math elective (2-4cr) or Mathematical Statistics (Stat 2611) (4cr)

SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Calculus 3 (Math 2101) (4cr)	Linear Algebra (Math 2111) (4cr)
computer science or computing course (4cr)	A non-math elective (2-4cr) or Mathematical Statistics (Stat 2611) (4cr)
Foreign Language 1 (4cr)	Foreign Language 2 (4cr)
Gen Ed Req (4cr)	Mathematical Perspectives (Math 2202) (4cr)

THIRD YEAR

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Analysis (Math 3221) (4cr)	Abstract Algebra 1 (Math 3231) (4cr)
Math Elective or Applied Math (Math x4xx) (4cr)	Math Elective or Applied Math (Math x4xx) (4cr)
Gen Ed Req (4cr)	Gen Ed Req (4cr)
Non-math course with significant math applications or elective (4cr)	Non-math course with significant math applications or elective (4cr)

FOURTH YEAR

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Senior Seminar (Math 4901) (2cr)	Senior Seminar (contd.)
Math/non-math Elective (4cr)	Math/non-math Elective (4cr)
Gen Ed Req (4cr)	Gen Ed Req (4cr)
Non-math Elective (4cr)	Non-math Elective (4cr)
Non-math Elective (4cr)	Non-math Elective (4cr)

Please note:

This is a guideline for both my advisees (students) as well as a guideline used by the Math Discipline for its 4-year plan.
Try to encourage students to take an average of 15 credits per semester.
Try to discourage first year students to overload their first semesters with a an excessive number of credits.
Please do not advise math majors to take four or 16 credits of math/stats/science courses in one semester. Encourage a mixture of math/stats/science and GER courses from other divisions.
Please note that a few pure math electives are 2cr courses.
If students want to participate in programs ( study abroad, internships, etc. ) that require them to be away from UMM campus, then plan for them to fit their courses in other semesters.
The course Math 4901: Senior Seminar is a capstone course for a student's mathematics major. A student should complete any courses which relate to their senior seminar project before they register for the senior seminar.
For example, if a student wishes to pursue a senior seminar that involves a topic in pure math, the student will have completed the pure math courses Math 3221 Analysis and Math 3231 Abstract Algebra I. Further, if the student's project involves geometry, they should have completed Math 3211 Geometry.

If you have any comments, please email: pehng@morris.umn.edu

If you would like to discuss any issues pertaining to the classes you are signing up for, your annual planning, graduation plans, applications to graduate or professional schools or internships or workforce, please feel free to contact me and stop by my office in Science 2330. We can chat.

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