Master of Science in Mathematics

The Department of Mathematical Sciences offers an MS in Mathematics with four different concentrations and an MS in Statistics. The Statistics degree will be discussed under Statistics. In addition, the department contributes to the Ed.D. in Pedagogy by offering the specialization in Mathematics Education. The Mathematics Education specialization is described under Pedagogy (Ed.D.).

The Master of Science degree in Mathematics is offered with concentrations in computer science, mathematics education, pure and applied mathematics, or statistics. Concentrations consist primarily of taking four to six courses in the area of the concentration. The master's degree in mathematics with a computer science concentration differs from the MS degrees in Computer Science, as does the master's degree with a statistics concentration differ from the MS in Statistics. The MS in Computer Science is discussed under Computer Science and the MS in Statistics is discussed under Statistics. The Mathematics degrees are discussed below. The MS degrees in Mathematics with concentrations in computer science, pure and applied mathematics, and statistics provide students with the advanced material needed for positions of leadership in business, industry and government as well as for teaching at the high school and community college level. The concentration in mathematics education will upgrade the skills of teachers and offers a special combination of courses in mathematics, mathematics education and the use of technology in mathematics education. This degree does not lead to certification. All the concentrations prepare students to pursue doctoral degrees.

At present, 19 full-time faculty members are teaching graduate courses in pure and applied mathematics, mathematics education or statistics. Our curriculum in mathematics has extensively integrated modern methods of computing. The special interests of the faculty include algebra, analysis, applied statistics, chaos theory, combinatorics, dynamical systems, game theory, graph theory, logic, mathematical modeling, mathematics/computer science education, methods and techniques of teaching mathematics, modeling in the biological, chemical and physical sciences, operations research, problem solving, representation theory, statistical computing and graphics, voting theory, and the use of technology in education. Our faculty in mathematics education are known throughout the United States.

Computer facilities comprise access to a VAX cluster, several stand-alone VAX microcomputers and a Sun Local Area Network. The Sun Local Area Network of workstations and servers consists of an Enterprise 450, SparcServer 1000, Ultra 30, Ultra 10's, Sparc 20's, and Sparc 5's. The VAX cluster which consists of DEC VAX 7620, 6610, 7620, 6310, 3500, 4000, 3500 microVAX II with four LSI/11 micros connected to it, and two ALPHA 2100. These VAX's may be accessed from the VAX laboratory that contains a variety of DEC terminals or via the MSUnet from numerous remote sites. Outside dial-ups to MSUnet are available. Software packages available through the VAX system include: ADA, Basic, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, GPSS, Ingress, Lisp, Macro, MAPLE, Minitab, Pascal, Pl/1, Prolog, SAS, SAS graphics, SPSSX, and SPSS graphics. The network of SUN Microsystems' file servers, computer servers and individual workstations operates under UNIX. Software packages and programming languages available on the SUN network include Maple, MATLAB, Iris Explorer, Rational Rose, SAS, S plus, Ingres, mSQL, JavaStudio and Java Workshop. Programming languages available include: C, C++, Java, gcc, Ada FORTRAN, Pascal, Lisp, Prolog, Perl, LaTEX, and smalltalk. The Sun network is also connected to MSUnet. Laboratories of Power Macintoshes and Dell Pentium PC's are available throughout the campus for student use and make a wide variety of software such as JMP, MacSpin, Data Desk, Solo, Statisix and Office available for student use.

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