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This program provides students with a modern, well-rounded education covering key areas like advanced computing, numerical methods, optimization techniques, statistical approaches, and operations research. The department operates on the principle that mathematical sciences, computational methods, and data analysis serve as vital instruments for addressing real-world challenges. Our curriculum focuses on developing employer-sought competencies including analytical reasoning, data proficiency, quantitative interpretation, and crucially, the capacity to rapidly acquire new knowledge and techniques. These capabilities prepare graduates for successful careers across both corporate and academic sectors. Competitive funding opportunities like scholarships and assistantships are offered to graduate students.
Program requirements may undergo periodic updates by the department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences maintains discretion to approve individual exceptions or substitutions when warranted. Students are strongly encouraged to consult frequently with their academic advisors to ensure their study plans meet current guidelines before finalization.
A baccalaureate degree or master's degree (not necessarily in mathematics) from an accredited college or university, or completion of work equivalent to the baccalaureate degree or master's degree given at CU Denver with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA);
or
Sufficiently high performance on the GRE subject test in mathematics, or completion of at least 12 credit hours of graduate-level mathematical coursework.
In addition, students must have taken a minimum of 30 semester hours of undergraduate mathematics, at least 24 of which are upper division courses with a grade of B- or better. These courses must include:
one semester of advanced calculus or real analysis (or equivalent)
one semester of linear algebra
one semester of one of the following:
abstract algebra
differential equations
discrete mathematics
probability
English language requirements: Applicants must have a minimum score of TOEFL paper based test is 537, 75 IBT, Minimum IELTS Score Accepted: 6.5, the minimum score of Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic is 51.