Mathematical Modeling / Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 22

A minor in Mathematical Modeling will provide students with the tools for and experience of developing, analyzing, and simulating mathematical models as a transferable process that will prepare them to research and solve unknown problems in the future. The goal of mathematical modeling is to understand the process that led to observed data and build a model that simulates that process in order to make predictions about future behavior or in order to understand aspects of the process itself. By doing this, modelers can gain a deeper understanding of the process, conduct experiments (that would otherwise be unfeasible or even impossible to do), and predict future behavior. Students in this program will use mathematical tools to solve problems from a variety of disciplines, as modeling is an interdisciplinary activity in which two or more disciplines converge together to solve a problem.

Minor Requirements

Minor: MAMD

I. Required Courses (13)

MATH-12300Modeling our World with Mathematics

3

MATH-20600Applied Calculus

4

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MATH-20900Calculus 1

4

MATH-30500Linear Algebra

3

MATH-36500Mathematical Modeling

3

II. Statistics Course (3)

Choose one of the following courses:
BIOL-32000Biostatistics

3

BSAN-34900Business Statistics

3

MATH-21500Probability and Statistics Concepts for Educators

3

MATH-22000Applied Probability and Statistics

3

PSYC-30300Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

III. Elective Courses (6)

Choose two of the following courses:
MATH-30000Differential Equations

3

MATH-31500Probability Theory

3

MATH-31600Advanced Statistics

3

MATH-35000Numerical Analysis

3

CPSC-31500Scientific Computing

3

DATA-20000Introduction to Data Science

3

DATA-23500Programming for Data Analysis

3