The Department of Mathematics has an active honors program, allowing strong undergraduate students to take four years of honors math courses. It is not necessary to have honors standing within the College of Arts and Sciences to do the honors math program.
- Honors Track 1
- Students that completed Math 1181H and Math 2182H their first year.
- Requirements for Honors Track 1
- Schedule for Honors Track 1
- Honors Track 2 (Recommended for Math PhD Bound Students)
- Students that completed Math 4181H and Math 4182H their first year.
- Requirements for Honors Track 2
- Schedule for Honors Track 2
- Other Honors Math Tracks
- Honors Distinction in Mathematics
Students may review the requirements and sample schedule for the Math Honors Track 1 on the Math Honors Track 1 Requirements and Sample Schedule [pdf] handout, and the Math Honors Track 2 on the Math Honors Track 2 Requirements and Sample Schedule [pdf] handout.
Honors Track 1 Requirements
Prerequisite Courses:
- Math 1181H Honors Calculus I (Autumn only)
Honors Track 1 Course Requirements:
- Math 2182H Honors Calculus II (Spring only)
- Math 3345 Foundations of Higher Mathematics (Autumn and Spring)
- Math 5520H Honors Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
- Stat 4202 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II
- Math 4181H Honors Analysis I
- Math 4182H Honors Analysis II
- Math 5529H Honors Combinatorics
- Math 5530H Honors Probability
- Math 5590H Honors Abstract Algebra I
- Math 5591H Honors Abstract Algebra II
- Math Major Electives (choose one of the following):
- Math 5522H Honors Complex Analysis
- Math 5540H Honors Differential Geometry
- Math 5576H Honors Number Theory
* Any deviations from this curriculum must be approved by an Academic Advisor.
Honors Track 1 Sample Schedule
Year 1
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 1181H Artssci 1100.01 GE GE GE |
5 1 3 3 3 |
Math 2182H Math 3345H English 1110.01 GE |
5 3 3 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | Total Hours | 14 |
Year 2
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 4181H | 5 | Math 4182H | 5 |
| Math 5529H* | 5 | Math 5530H** | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | ||
| Total Hours | 13 | Total Hours | 11 |
Year 3
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 5520H | 5 | Math 5522H | 5 |
| Stat 4202 | 4 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 | Total Hours | 11 |
Year 4
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 5590H | 5 | Math 5591H | 5 |
| Math Major Elective | 5 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| Total Hours | 13 | Total Hours | 11 |
Honors Track 2 Requirements
Honors Track 2 Course Requirements:
- Math 5520H Honors Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
- Stat 4202 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II
- Math 4181H Honors Analysis I
- Math 4182H Honors Analysis II
- Math 5529H Honors Combinatorics
- Math 5530H Honors Probability
- Math 5590H Honors Abstract Algebra I
- Math 5591H Honors Abstract Algebra II
- Math Major Electives (choose one of the following):
- Math 5522H Honors Complex Analysis
- Math 5540H Honors Differential Geometry
- Math 5576H Honors Number Theory
* Any deviations from this curriculum must be approved by an Academic Advisor.
Honors Track 2 Sample Schedule
Year 1
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 4181H | 5 | Math 4182H | 5 |
| ArtsSci 1100.01 | 3 | English 1110 | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | ||
| Total Hours | 17 | Total Hours | 11 |
Year 2
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 5520H | 5 | Math 5530H** | 5 |
| Math 5529H* | 5 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| Total Hours | 10 | Total Hours | 8 |
Year 3
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Math 5590H | 5 | Math 5591H | 5 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| Total Hours | 11 | Total Hours | 11 |
Year 4
| Autumn Semester | Spring Semester | ||
| Stat 4202 | 4 | Math Major Elective | 5 |
| GE | 3 | GE | 3 |
| Total Hours | 7 | Total Hours | 8 |
Other Honors Math Tracks
Students that wish to complete a specific math track and an honors degree can do so. Students completing a specific track and an honors degree need to complete the track requirements and the following:
- An honors analysis sequence (1181H-2182H or 4181H-4182H).
- Four semesters of honors math courses beyond honors calculus.
- Note that the analysis sequence does not count in this category.
- Two semesters of abstract algebra (4580-4581 or 5590H-5591H).
- Two semesters of real analysis (4547-4548 or 4181H-4182H).
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