Honors Degree in Mathematics
The Mathematics Honors Program provides a challenging, rigorous and intellectually stimulating education in mathematics for those who are well-prepared or plan to attend graduate school. Students who complete it will be recognized with an honors designation on their degree. This program will place students in a strong position for entry into graduate programs and can also serve as a core of liberal arts courses for those who will pursue other interests, such as law and medicine. The program culminates in a senior thesis project. This is an opportunity to work, one on one, with a faculty advisor. As such, it adds tremendously to the overall undergraduate experience at the university.
Students should plan to complete all required lower division courses, including the physics sequence, before the junior year. Students are enouraged to select a thesis/project and advisor themselves, but the honors advisor is available to help with this and other issues. The final choice of topic needs to be made before the senior year and approved by the honors advisor.
To receive an honors degree in mathematics, a student must receive at least a B in each course required for the program, and must maintain a GPA of at least 3.5 in these courses, as well as a 3.5 overall grade point average. Students in this program are encouraged to fulfill their general education requirements by taking courses from the University Honors Program.
Students planning to earn an honors degree should meet with the honors advisor:
Fernando Guevara Vasquez
LCB 212
801 581 7467
fguevara@math.utah.edu
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Course Numbers
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Title
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Credit Hours
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Required courses: |
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or Math 1210, 1220, 2210
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Calculus I, II, III
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4,4,3
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Math 2900*
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Freshman/Sophomore Seminar
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2
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Math 2270
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Linear Algebra
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4
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Math 2280
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Differential Equations
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4
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Math 3000
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Undergraduate Colloquium
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1
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Math 3210, 3220
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Math 5210
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Real Analysis
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4
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Math 4200
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Complex Analysis
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3
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Math 4950
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Honors Thesis/Project
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*Math 2900 is an important introduction to exploratory mathematics. However, upper division Math students who have participated in an individual or group REU project through the Mathematics Department or at another University, or who have participated in a University of Utah UROP project, are enouraged to consider an honors thesis and degree. If such students are so mathematically advanced as to make Math 2900 no longer appropriate, and upon approval of the Honors Advisor, this research experience may substitute for Math 2900. |
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Electives:
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>21
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Math 2200
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Discrete Mathematics (or CS 2100)
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3
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Math 4400
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Introduction to Number Theory
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3
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Math 4510
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Introduction to Topology
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3
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Math 4530
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Curves and Surfaces
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3
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Math 4510, 5520
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Topology
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3,3
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Math 5010, 5040
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Probability and Statistics
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3,3
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Math 5010, 5080
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Probability and Statistics
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3,3
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Math 5110, 5120
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Math Biology I, II
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3,3
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Math 5310, 5320
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Modern Algebra
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3,3
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Math 5410, 5420
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Ordinary Differential Equations
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4,3
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Math 5610, 5620
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Numerical Analysis
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4,4
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Math 5710, 5720
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Applied Mathematics
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3,3
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Any course numbered above 5000
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Any 6000 level sequence
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Allied courses: |
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or Physics 3210, 3220
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Physics for Scientists I, II
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4,4
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