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Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

I.   DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II.   MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (55 credits)*  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  CS 13001 Computer Science I: Programming and Problem Solving 4
KCM MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5
    12003 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 5
    21001 Linear Algebra with Applications 3
    22005 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III 4
    32044 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations 3
    40011 Introduction to Probability Theory and Applications 3
    40012 Introduction to Statistical Concepts 3
    41021 Theory of Matrices 3
    42031 Mathematical Models and Dynamical Systems 3
WIC   42091 Seminar: Modeling Projects** 3
    42201 Introduction to Numerical Computing I 3
    42202 Introduction to Numerical Computing II 3
KBS PHY 23101 General University Physics I 5
KBS PHY 23102 General University Physics II 5
III.  ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (49-54 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language*** 8-10
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6
  Kent Core Additional 6
  General Elective (minimum 3 upper-division credit hours)
Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours		 14-15
IV. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15-16 credits) 
  Applied Mathematics (15)
  Computational Mathematics (16)
  Financial Mathematics (15)
  Probability and Statistics (15)
MINIMUM TOTAL 
121

 

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

*** Fulfills College General Requirement

 

Applied Mathematics Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)* Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  MATH 42041 Advanced Calculus 3
    42045 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 3
    42048 Introduction to Complex Variables 3
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Electives (upper division) 1-6
  BSCI 3/4xxxx Biological Science upper-division courses (1-6)  
  CHEM 3/4xxxx Chemistry upper-division courses (1-6)  
  CS 3/4xxxx Computer Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  MATH 3/4xxxx Mathematics upper-division courses (1-6)  
  PHY 3/4xxxx Physics upper-division courses (1-6)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 15

 

 

Computational Mathematics Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16 credits)* Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  CS 23001 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Abstraction 4
  MATH 23022 Discrete Structures for Computer Science 3
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Electives (upper division) 9
  BSCI 3/4xxxx Biological Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  CHEM 3/4xxxx Chemistry upper-division courses (1-9)  
  CS 3/4xxxx Computer Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  MATH 3/4xxxx Mathematics upper-division courses (1-9)  
  PHY 3/4xxxx Physics upper-division courses (1-9)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 16

 

 

Financial Mathematics Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)* Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
  FIN 36053 Business Finance+ 3
  MATH 40051 Topics in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes 3
    42045 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 3
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Elective 1-3
  BSCI 3/4xxxx Biological Science upper-division courses (1-3)  
  CHEM 3/4xxxx Chemistry upper-division courses (1-3)  
  CS 3/4xxxx Computer Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  MATH 3/4xxxx Mathematics upper-division courses (1-3)  
  PHY 3/4xxxx Physics upper-division courses (1-3)  
  ECON 32025 Money, Credit and Banking (3)  
    32040 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications (3)  
    32041 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (3)  
    32050 Applied Econometrics (3)  
  FIN 36054 Intermediate Business Finance (3)  
    36059 Investments (3)  
    46054 Financial Risk Management (3)  
    46055 Options and Futures Markets (3)  
    46064 International Business Finance (3)  
    46067 Portfolio Analysis (3)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 15


+Majors pursuing this concentration are required to take ECON 22060 and 22061 as prerequisites for FIN 36053; these
two ECON courses can them be used to satisfy part of the Kent Core Social Sciences for a B.S. degree in the College
of Arts and Sciences.

 

 

Probability and Statistics Concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)* Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title
Credits
  MATH

 		 40041

40042		 Statistical Methods for Experiments (3)
or
Sampling Theory (3)		 3
    40051 Topics in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes 3
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Elective (upper division) 9
  BSCI 3/4xxxx Biological Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  CHEM 3/4xxxx Chemistry upper-division courses (1-9)  
  CS 3/4xxxx Computer Science upper-division courses (1-9)  
  MATH 3/4xxxx Mathematics upper-division courses (1-9)  
  PHY 3/4xxxx Physics upper-division courses (1-9)  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 15