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Math Electives

MATH elective course for LAS & Engineering Physics
Algebra:
MATH 415—Linear Algebra (corequisite for PHYS 486)
MATH 417—Intro to Abstract Algebra  
MATH 426—Honors Linear Algebra  
MATH 453—Elementary Theory of Numbers  
 
Discrete Mathematics:
MATH 412—Graph Theory  
MATH 413—Intro to Combinatorics  
MATH 414—Mathematical Logic  
MATH 482—Linear Programming  
 
Analysis:
MATH 347—Fundamental Mathematics  
MATH 348—Fundamental Mathematics-ACP fulfills the Advance Composition requirement (gen ed)
MATH 424—Honors Real Analysis  
MATH 441—Differential Equations  
MATH 442—Intro Partial Diff Equations  
MATH 444—Elementary Real Analysis  
MATH 446—Applied Complex Variables (strongly recommended for grad school in physics)
MATH 447—Real Variables  
MATH 484—Nonlinear Programming  
MATH 489—Differential Equations II  
 
Geometry:
MATH 402—Non Euclidean Geometry  
MATH 403—Euclidean Geometry  
MATH 423—Differential Geometry  
MATH 432—Set Theory and Topology  
MATH 481—Vector and Tensor Analysis  
 
Probability and Statistics:
MATH 461—Probability Theory I  
MATH 463—Statistics and Probability I (same as STAT 400)
 
Numerical Methods
MATH 257—Numerical Methods cross listed with CS 257
MATH 450—Introduction to Numerical Analysis  
MATH 455—Numerical Methods for PDE’s  
MATH 458—Numerical Linear Algebra  
MATH 459—Numerical Approx and ODE’s  

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