{"id":867,"date":"2015-05-26T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/new-math\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:54:04","slug":"bs-in-mathematics-mathematics-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/degrees-programs\/bs-in-mathematics-mathematics-track\/","title":{"rendered":"BS in Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Mathematics course availability can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/math\/files\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-MTH-6-year-course-rotation-plan-1-1.xlsx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.All current course descriptions are in the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.wou.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOU catalog<\/a>.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/degrees-programs\/availability\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Advisors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Ebeaverc\">Dr. Cheryl Beaver <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Ebeavers\">Dr. Scott Beaver <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Eciancetm\">Dr. Matthew Ciancetta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/~coteb\/\">Dr. Ben Cot\u00e9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Enabitym\/\"> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mathematics Major Coursework<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.wou.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=4997&amp;returnto=2230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Core Courses listed in the 2025-2026 Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Depending on your initial placement, there are many possible four-year schedules to earn this degree<\/li>\n<li>For your personalized four-year schedule plan, please see a Mathematics advisor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/academics\/mathematics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Western Oregon University sample four-year plan page <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2>Satisfactory Grade Use<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Between the major and the concentration a total of up to 16 credits of Mathematics may be fulfilled with a grade of S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics course availability can be found here.All&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":765,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"BS in Mathematics - Mathematics Department","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Mathematics course availability can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/degrees-programs\/availability\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. All current course descriptions are in the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.wou.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WOU catalog<\/a>.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/degrees-programs\/availability\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n<h2>Advisors<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Ebeaverc\">Dr. Cheryl Beaver <\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Ebeavers\">Dr. Scott Beaver <\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Eciancetm\">Dr. Matthew Ciancetta<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/~coteb\/\">Dr. Ben Cot\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/people\/merrill\/\">Dr. Leanne Merrill<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/%7Enabitym\/\">Dr. Matthew Nabity <\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Mathematics Major - Mathematics Concentration Coursework<strong>\r\n<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<table style=\"width: 600px\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"56px\" border=\"1\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 251 Calculus I<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 252 Calculus II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 253 Calculus III Sequences and Series<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 254 Multivariate Calculus<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 280 Introduction to Proof<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 311 Advanced Calculus I<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 312 Advanced Calculus II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 341 Linear Algebra<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 344 Group Theory<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 345 Ring Theory<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 365 Mathematical Probability<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 366 Mathematical Statistics<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\" colspan=\"2\">MTH 401 Introduction to Senior Project<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">1<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 403 Senior Project I<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">MTH 404 Senior Project II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\"><span>Choose one:<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\">MTH 337 Geometry<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\">MTH 346 Number Theory<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\"><span>MTH 355 Discrete Mathematics<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\">MTH 441 Linear Algebra II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\"><span>Choose one:\r\n<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\"><span>CS 137 Introduction to MATLAB Programming\r\n<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 10px\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 375px\"><span>CS 161 Computer Science I <em><\/em> <\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 9px\"><\/td>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 385px\">Three approved upper-division mathematics electives<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px;width: 50.95px\">12<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\r\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;height: 24px\">Mathematics majors must have a grade of C- or better in courses that are used to satisfy the major requirements.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;text-align: right\" colspan=\"3\"><strong>Total credits <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: 6px;text-align: center\">76<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Schedule<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Depending on your initial placement, there are many possible four-year schedules to earn this degree<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For your personalized four-year schedule plan, please see a Mathematics advisor<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/academics\/mathematics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Western Oregon University sample four-year plan page <\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul><\/ul>\r\n<h2>Satisfactory Grade Use<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Between the major and the concentration a total of up to 16 credits of Mathematics may be fulfilled with a grade of S.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22415,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867\/revisions\/22415"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}