The City College of New YorkCCNY
Department of Mathematics
Division of Science

Applied Mathematics Major (B.S.)

This page is out of date. For the current requirements, consult the bulletin entry for this degree.

This page describes the major requirements for the Applied Mathematics undergraduate degree (B.S.). You may also check the bulletin entry.

In addition to the Calculus sequence (20100, 20200/21200 and 20300), students must complete eight required courses plus one of the specialization options as well as CSC 10200 or CSC 10300.

Required Courses
NumberTitleCredits
34600Elements of Linear Algebra3
37500Elements of Probability Theory4
37600Mathematical Statistics4
37700Applied Statistics and Probability3
39100Methods of Differential Equations3
At least two Elective Courses from among the following:
32800Methods of Numerical Analysis3
36500Elements of Combinatorics4
36600Applied Mathematical Computation3
In addition one of the options below.
Option 1: Statistics
47800Mathematical Statistics II4
Option 2: Financial Mathematics:
38100Discrete Models of Financial Mathematics3
38200Continuous Models of Financial Mathematics3

Total credits for Specialization: 31-33

Honors

Students planning to attend graduate school in mathematics are urged to apply for admission to the department Honors Program, which may lead to a degree with honors. Candidates should see the departmental Honors Coordinator no later than the beginning of their junior year to plan a program of study.

Dr. Emil L. Post

Photograph of Emil Post

Emil L. Post was a City College alumnus and then returned after completing his Ph.D. from Columbia University to become faculty in 1936. His research contributed to various fields of mathematics including polyadic groups, recursively enumerable sets, degrees of unsolvability, and combinatorics. He is best known for his work in computability theory and mathematical models that are similar to the Turing machine model.

He graduated from City College (1917) with a B.S. in mathematics and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University (1920).

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