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Attribute 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.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (55 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  CS

CS
CS		 13001

13011
13012		 Computer Science I-Programming and Problem Solving (4)
or
Computer Science IA - Procedural Programming (2)   and
Computer Science IB - Object Oriented Programming (2)		 4

C
C
KMC MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5 C
  MATH 12003 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 5 C
  MATH 21001 Linear Algebra with Applications 3 C
  MATH 22005 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III 4 C
  MATH 32044 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations 3 C 2
  MATH 40011 Introduction to Probability Theory and Applications 3  
  MATH 40012 Introduction to Statistical Concepts 3  
  MATH 41021 Theory of Matrices 3  
  MATH 42031 Mathematical Models and Dynamical Systems 3 C
WIC/ELR MATH 42039 Modeling Projects 3 C 3
  MATH 42201 Introduction to Numerical Computing I 3 C
  MATH 42202 Introduction to Numerical Computing II 3  
KBS PHY 23101 General University Physics I 5  
KBS PHY 23102 General University Physics II 5  
 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (48-53 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  Foreign Language 4 8-10  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  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 3-6 upper-division credit hours)
Credits required depend on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours		 13-17  
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15-16 credits) 
  Applied Mathematics (15)  
  Computational Mathematics (16)  
  Financial Mathematics (15)  
  Probability and Statistics (12)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 
120
  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Minimum C (2.000) grade required for Applied Mathematics and Financial Mathematics concentrations only.
  3. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  4. Fulfills College General Requirement.

 

Applied Mathematics Concentration

 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  MATH 42041 Advanced Calculus 3  
  MATH 42045 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 3  
  MATH 42048 Introduction to Complex Variables 3  
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Electives (upper division) 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 (1-6)    
  MATH 3/4xxxx Mathematics upper-division courses (1-6)    
  PHY 3/4xxxx Physics upper-division courses (1-6)    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 15  

 

 

Computational Mathematics Concentration

 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  CS 23001 Computer Science II-Data Structures and Abstraction 4  
  MATH 23022 Discrete Structures for Computer Science 3 C
  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

 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3  
  FIN 36053 Business Finance 1 3  
  MATH 40051 Topics in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes 3  
  MATH 42045 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 3  
  Choose from the following: Allied Area Elective 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 (1-3)    
  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)    
  ECON 32040 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications (3)    
  ECON 32041 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (3)    
  ECON 32050 Applied Econometrics (3)    
  FIN 36054 Intermediate Business Finance (3)    
  FIN 36059 Investments (3)    
  FIN 46054 Financial Risk Management (3)    
  FIN 46055 Options and Futures Markets (3)    
  FIN 46064 International Business Finance (3)    
  FIN 46067 Portfolio Analysis (3)    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 15  
  1. Students pursuing this concentration are required to take ECON 22060 and 22061 as prerequisites for FIN 36053; these two ECON courses can then 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

 CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title
Credits
 Min. Grade
  MATH 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 
 12