Mathematics (Master of Arts)

**Note: Pending approval by President’s Council.

402 Murchie Science Building
(810) 762-3244
Fax: (810) 766-6880
http://www.umflint.edu/math

Director: Kenneth Schilling
Program Faculty: Professors Ricardo Alfaro, Robert Bix, Kenneth Schilling, Mehrdad Simkani; Associate Professors Lixing Han, Kristina Hansen, Shu-Yi Tu; Assistant Professors Daniel Coffield, Laura McLeman, Howard Thompson; Adjunct Assistant Professor Cameron McLeman.

The Master of Arts in Mathematics program addresses the needs of in-service teachers and other interested working professionals and students residing within the University of Michigan-Flint service region. The program responds to relatively strong national, statewide and regional demands; nationally, graduate degrees conferred in mathematics and closely related fields of study have consistently ranked among the top ten graduate degrees.

The program, consisting of 30 credit hours, provides students with great flexibility. Students take four core classes in foundations, applications and recent developments in mathematics, at least one course in each of the two core areas of mathematics, and complete the program with elective courses meeting their interests and needs.

Mission and Assessment

The mission of the M.A. in Mathematics is to provide its students a broader and deeper understanding of classical and contemporary mathematics, its applications, and its relevance to high school teaching. All students in the program take four core courses, tied directly to the goals of the program and chosen to give students a broad perspective on mathematics as a discipline, and elective courses which stress the essential knowledge and skill of particular areas of the mathematics. The program participates in the University-wide assessment effort to assess its academic programs. Information on assessment plan including goals, methods and outcomes is available at http://assessment.umflint.edu.

Admission

Applications for admission to the program are accepted for Fall, Winter, and Spring/Summer. Application deadlines are posted on the Office of Graduate Programs website.

Applicants must satisfy the following requirements to be considered for admission:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in mathematics or related field (e.g., physics, chemistry, computer science), including coursework through at least multivariate calculus and some proof-oriented courses.
A minimum overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4-point scale.
Submission of a statement of purpose describing the applicant’s reasons for pursuing the degree.
Submission of official copies of transcripts from each college and university attended.
Submission of three letters of recommendation.

Admission decisions are made by the program director in consultation with the program faculty.

Transfer of Credit/Repeat Policy

Up to six (6) semester credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted for transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Requests for transferring additional coursework may be made by submitting a petition to the program director.

Courses taken as an undergraduate, at UM-Flint or another institution, generally may not be repeated in the graduate program, although a request for an exception maybe made by submitting a petition to the program director. All petitions will be reviewed by the program director, in consultation with the program faculty.