Mathematics - B.S. - Kent State Univ

The Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Kent State University provides a solid foundation in mathematical concepts and their applications. The program equips students with the skills necessary for various careers in finance, education, research, and more. It offers flexibility in coursework, allowing students to customize their studies based on their interests and career aspirations. The program is accredited by the Mathematical Association of America, ensuring the quality and rigor of its curriculum.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics provides a deep understanding of mathematical concepts and their practical applications. The program equips students with the skills needed to pursue a variety of careers in fields such as finance, education, research, and more. The program is recommended for students interested in a flexible option of careers or graduate study in mathematics. Coupled with the Education minor, the program can lead to Ohio teacher licensure. Students may apply early to the M.S. in Pure Mathematics program and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs.

Outline:

The program comprises core areas in algebra (number systems, equations, discrete structures), analysis (functions, limits, continuous processes), geometry (space, shape, form) and associated generalizations and abstractions.

Coursework:

Major Requirements:
MATH 20011 DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY - 3 credit hours
MATH 21001 LINEAR ALGEBRA (min C grade) - 3 credit hours
MATH 31011 PROOFS IN DISCRETE MATHEMATICS (min C grade) - 3 credit hours
MATH 41001 MODERN ALGEBRA I (ELR) (WIC) (min C grade) - 3 credit hours
MATH 41002 MODERN ALGEBRA II (ELR) (WIC) - 3 credit hours
MATH 41021 THEORY OF MATRICES - 3 credit hours
PHY 23101 GENERAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I (KBS) (KLAB) - 5 credit hours
Computer Science Elective (choose from the following):
CS 10062 PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING IN SCIENCES
CS 13001 COMPUTER SCIENCE I: PROGRAMMING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
CS 13011 & CS 13012 COMPUTER SCIENCE IA: PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING and COMPUTER SCIENCE IB: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Pure Mathematics Electives (choose from the following):
MATH 42048 COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 45011 DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
MATH 45021 EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
MATH 45022 LINEAR GEOMETRY
MATH 46001 ELEMENTARY TOPOLOGY
MATH 47011 THEORY OF NUMBERS
Applied Mathematics Sequence (choose from the following):
MATH 40011 & MATH 40012 PROBABILITY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS and THEORY OF STATISTICS (WIC) - 2 credit hours
MATH 40055 & MATH 40056 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS I (ELR) (WIC) and ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS II - 2 credit hours
MATH 42041 & MATH 42045 ADVANCED CALCULUS and PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 42201 & MATH 42202 NUMERICAL COMPUTING I and NUMERICAL COMPUTING II
Allied Area Electives (choose from the following):
BSCI 30050 HUMAN GENETICS
BSCI 40020 BIOLOGY OF AGING
CHEM 30301 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
CHEM 40302 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
CHEM 40303 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
CHEM 40555 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
CHEM 40556 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
CS 33007 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE SYSTEM DESIGN
CS 33101 STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
CS 33211 OPERATING SYSTEMS
CS 33901 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
CS 35101 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
CS 35201 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
CS 38101 INTRODUCTION TO GAME PROGRAMMING
CS 43202 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
CS 43203 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
CS 43301 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR ROBOTICS
CS 43305 ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN
CS 43401 SECURE PROGRAMMING
CS 44001 COMPUTER SCIENCE III-PROGRAMMING PATTERNS
CS 44003 MOBILE APPS IN IOS PROGRAMMING
CS 44105 WEB PROGRAMMING I
CS 44106 WEB PROGRAMMING II
CS 44201 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CS 45203 COMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY
CS 45231 INTERNET ENGINEERING
CS 47101 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
CS 47206 DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY
CS 47207 DIGITAL FORENSICS
CS 47221 INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOLOGY
CS 48101 GAME ENGINE CONCEPTS
ECON 32040 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
ECON 32041 INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY
ECON 32050 APPLIED ECONOMETRICS I (ELR)
ECON 32051 APPLIED ECONOMETRICS II
ECON 42050 DATA ACQUISITION, PREPARATION AND VISUALIZATION
ECON 42070 GAME THEORY
ESCI 31080 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
ESCI 32066 GEOMORPHOLOGY
ESCI 41025 GENERAL GEOPHYSICS
ESCI 41080 TECTONICS AND OROGENY
ESCI 42030 REMOTE SENSING
GEOG 31062 FUNDAMENTALS OF METEOROLOGY
GEOG 31064 CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GEOG 39002 STATISTICAL METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY
GEOG 41065 APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
GEOG 49070 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
GEOG 49080 ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
GEOG 49085 WEB AND MOBILE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
GEOG 49162 CARTOGRAPHY
GEOG 49230 REMOTE SENSING
MATH 30055 MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF INTEREST
MATH 38001 HANDS-ON MATHEMATICS
MATH 40011 PROBABILITY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
MATH 40012 THEORY OF STATISTICS (WIC) - 2 credit hours
MATH 40015 APPLIED STATISTICS
MATH 40028 STATISTICAL LEARNING
MATH 40051 TOPICS IN PROBABILITY THEORY AND STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
MATH 40055 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS I (ELR) (WIC) - 2 credit hours
MATH 40056 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS II
MATH 40059 STOCHASTIC ACTUARIAL MODELS
MATH 42011 MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION
MATH 42024 NUMBERS AND GAMES
MATH 42039 MODELING PROJECTS (ELR) (WIC) - 2 credit hours
MATH 42041 ADVANCED CALCULUS
MATH 42045 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 42048 COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 42201 NUMERICAL COMPUTING I
MATH 42202 NUMERICAL COMPUTING II
MATH 45011 DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
MATH 45021 EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
MATH 45022 LINEAR GEOMETRY
MATH 46001 ELEMENTARY TOPOLOGY
MATH 47011 THEORY OF NUMBERS
MATH 47021 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
MATH 49992 INTERNSHIP IN MATHEMATICS (ELR)
PHIL 41035 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
PHIL 41038 INTERMEDIATE LOGIC
PHIL 41045 METALOGIC
PHY 34000 COSMOLOGY
PHY 35101 CLASSICAL MECHANICS
PHY 36001 INTRODUCTORY MODERN PHYSICS
PHY 36002 APPLICATIONS OF MODERN PHYSICS
PHY 44802 ASTROPHYSICS
PHY 45201 ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY
PHY 45301 THERMAL PHYSICS
PHY 45401 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS
PHY 45501 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND MODERN OPTICS
PHY 46101 QUANTUM MECHANICS
PHY 46301 INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
PHY 46401 INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Additional Requirements:
UC 10001 FLASHES 101 - 1 credit hour
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below) - 8 credit hours
Kent Core Composition - 6 credit hours
Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) - 9 credit hours
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) - 6 credit hours
Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) - 6-7 credit hours
Kent Core Additional - 6 credit hours
General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours) - 12 credit hours
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120 credit hours
Graduation Requirements:
Minimum Major GPA: 2.000
Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000
Foreign Language College Requirement, B.S.
:
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 8 credit hours of foreign language.
The following programs are exempt from this requirement: The Bachelor of Science in Cybercriminology and the Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science.
Minimum Elementary I and II of the same language.
UC 10001 FLASHES 101 - 1 credit hour
Computer Science Elective - 4 credit hours
Foreign Language - 4 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
MATH 20011 DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY - 3 credit hours
PHY 23101 GENERAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I (KBS) (KLAB) - 5 credit hours
Foreign Language - 4 credit hours
Total Credit Hours: 17
Semester Three:
MATH 21001 LINEAR ALGEBRA - 3 credit hours
MATH 31011 PROOFS IN DISCRETE MATHEMATICS - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
MATH 41021 THEORY OF MATRICES - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Total Credit Hours: 15
Semester Five:
MATH 41001 MODERN ALGEBRA I (ELR) (WIC) - 3 credit hours
Allied Area Elective - 3 credit hours
Pure Mathematics Elective - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Total Credit Hours: 15
Semester Six:
MATH 41002 MODERN ALGEBRA II (ELR) (WIC) - 3 credit hours
Pure Mathematics Elective - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 3 credit hours
Kent Core Requirement - 1 credit hour
General Elective - 3 credit hours
Allied Area Elective - 3 credit hours
Applied Mathematics Sequence - 3 credit hours
General Electives - 6 credit hours
Applied Mathematics Sequence - 3 credit hours
Pure Mathematics Elective - 3 credit hours
General Elective - 3 credit hours
Total Credit Hours: 12
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120

Careers:

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries:
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary: 1.3% slower than the average, 60,100 number of jobs, $73,650 potential earnings
Mathematicians: 3.0% about as fast as the average, 2,900 number of jobs, $110,860 potential earnings
Natural sciences managers: 4.8% about as fast as the average, 71,400 number of jobs, $137,940 potential earnings
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education: 3.8% about as fast as the average, 1,050,800 number of jobs, $62,870 potential earnings

Other:

The program is delivered in person on the Kent Campus and Stark Campus.
The program is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematics and prepare them for a variety of careers or graduate study.
The program is flexible and allows students to tailor their coursework to their interests and career goals.
The program is taught by experienced faculty who are experts in their fields.
The program utilizes state-of-the-art facilities.
The program is accredited by the Mathematical Association of America.
The program is designed to meet the needs of students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents, and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
The program is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent.
International students must provide proof of English language proficiency.
Transfer students must apply as undergraduate transfer students.
Former Kent State students or graduates who have not attended another college or university since Kent State may complete the reenrollment or reinstatement form on the University Registrar’s website.
Admission policies for undergraduate students may be found in the University Catalog's Academic Policies.
Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program.