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High achieving students who graduated with a degree in ISU's Accelerated Mathematics undergraduate program are allowed to apply up to 12 hours of approved graduate courses to both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Students must complete either Option I or Option II. Option I requires a culminating experience in the form of an approved master's project, comprehensive exam, or professional practice. Thesis Option II requires a master's thesis. Students may complete a sequence in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Applied Statistics, Biomathematics or in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Education. Students in the Biomathematics sequence must complete Option II. The culminating experience/thesis project must be approved in advance by the Department's master's program committee.

All electives are subject to approval by the department's graduate advisor.

Option I — Non-Thesis

This 32-hour option requires:

• 26 hours in mathematics
• 3 hours: culminating experience in the form of or Ìý
• Electives as needed to reach required credit minimum

Option II — Thesis

This 30-hour option requires:Ìý

• 24 hours in mathematics
• Electives as needed to reach required credit minimumÌý
• (4-6 hours)

Biomathematics is a cross-disciplinary program whose requirements are different from the other sequences. For more information, please consult the description of the Biomathematics Sequence.

Mathematics Sequence

• 11 hours: , , and
• 3 mathematics courses numbered 407 or above, excluding , , and
• Options I or II

Students with the following interests are advised to take the corresponding courses: (1) Secondary mathematics education: , , , ; (2) Doctoral study in mathematics: , ; (3) Computational mathematics: , , , ; (4) Applied mathematics:Ìý , , , , , , .

Actuarial Science Sequence

• 1 course selected from: , , and
• 12 hours: 3 courses selected from: , , , , , , ,
• 3 mathematics courses numbered 407 or aboveÌý
• Options I or IIÌý

The Department reserves the right to enforce professional standards of practice as specified by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. These standards may be taken into consideration in program retention decisions.

Actuarial Science Online Sequence

Option I — Non-Thesis
This 32-hour option requires:

• 1 course selected from:Ìý , , and
• 12 hours: 3 courses selected from: , , , , , , ,
• 3 hours: culminating experience in the form of or
• 14 credit hours of electives:
  • Electives outside of the department are eligible to satisfy this requirement. A maximum of 6 credit hours can be taken outside of the department. No more than one graduate level course outside of mathematics allowed. Please see your academic adviser.

Notes:

• The Department reserves the right to enforce professional standards of practice as specified by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. These standards may be taken into consideration in program retention decisions.
• At least 3 courses need to be at MAT 407 or higher (excluding , , , , , )

Option II — Thesis
This 30-hour option requires:

• 1 course selected from:Ìý , , and
• 12 hours: 3 courses selected from: , , , , , ,
• 4-6 credit hours:
• 11-13 credit hours of electives:
  • Electives outside of the department are eligible to satisfy this requirement. A maximum of 6 credit hours can be taken outside of the department. No more than one graduate level course outside of mathematics allowed. Please see your academic adviser.

Notes:

• The Department reserves the right to enforce professional standards of practice as specified by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. These standards may be taken into consideration in program retention decisions.
• At least 3 courses need to be at MAT 407 or higher (excluding , , , , , )

Applied Statistics Sequence

Ìý

• ,
• 1 course from: , , and
• 3 courses selected from: , , , , , or Ìý
• Options I or II

Biomathematics Sequence

Biomathematics is an interdisciplinary graduate program offering courses and research opportunities in basic and applied mathematical biology. In order to accommodate students in the biological, mathematical or physical sciences, some substitutions may be approved at the discretion of the master's degree director.ÌýPersons seeking cross-disciplinary training in mathematics and biology may select this sequence. This 30-hour sequence requires:Ìý

• Thesis option IIÌý
• BioCore: , , , ,Ìý taken twice under different topicsÌý
• 12 hours from the School of Biological SciencesÌý
• 13 hours at the 400 level from outside of the BioCoreÌý
• An area of emphasis may be chosen from the following:

Emphasis in Biostatistics and Modeling

A choice of courses from , , , , , , , ; and ,ÌýÌý, , , , , .

Emphasis in Computation and Bioinformatics

A choice of courses from , , ,Ìý ; and , , ,Ìý, , , , BSC 471.

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Education Sequence

Persons who are teaching or who plan to teach at the elementary or middle school level may elect this sequence. This program does not lead to licensure.

• , , , , and
• Options I or IIÌý
• Students in this sequence who are considering entering the Mathematics Education Ph.D. program at Â鶹´«Ã½¼¯ÍÅ are advised to take and and, as part of their master's program, the following courses: , Ìýor , , , , , , , and . Please see the Ph.D. advisor for more information.

The typical program is approximately 90 hours. A full-time student should expect to complete the required coursework for the program in 3 to 4 years past the master's degree.

Two options are available K-8 or K-12.

Program requirements include:

• 6 hours of graduate mathematics content coursesÌý
• 30 hours in mathematics educationÌý
• 3 hours for a professional projectÌý
• 12 hours in research methodsÌý
• 6 hours of electives in areas such as mathematics, technology, curriculum, educational psychology, evaluation, supervision, human development, learning theory or measurementÌý
• a minimum of 15 hours of dissertation credit

Students in the program must demonstrate competence in teaching prospective or practicing mathematics teachers. Some of these requirements may be satisfied by work completed prior to acceptance into the program. The student must also meet the other university requirements for Ph.D. programs listed elsewhere in this catalog. Students must meet the Graduate School's residency requirement for a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

Co-Curricular Program Requirements

Approved 6/8/2022

The co-curricular program requirements consist of experiences in teaching, research and engaging with a community of scholars. Activities used to address each of the co-curricular program requirements must be pre-approved by the department.

Teaching Competence: Students who do not have previous PreK–12 teaching experience will be expected to gain teaching experience in PreK–12 classrooms. Additionally, students must demonstrate competence in teaching prospective or practicing mathematics teachers.

Research: Students must engage in a guided research process by preparing and submitting a manuscript to an educational, or educational related, research or teaching journal.

Community of Scholars: Students must actively participate with the mathematics education community at Â鶹´«Ã½¼¯ÍÅ. This requirement can be met in a variety of ways. The focus should be on engaging with the mathematics education community as part of a teaching, research, or service team.