Mathematics, BS
Requirements
All credit must be approved by the Mathematics faculty to be applied toward the major.
- At least four of the courses beyond MATH 233 CALCULUS III must be completed at Roosevelt University.
- Courses taken as pass/fail will be given a pass only for work at or above the C- level. The average grade for all courses taken in Mathematics must be C- or higher.
- All courses presented for the major must be completed with grades of C- or higher with an overall GPA of 2.0 in the major. A maximum of two grades of C- may be presented for the major.
Requirements for a major in Mathematics leading to the BS degree consists of the core and elective courses listed below. This is 42 credit hours, although it may vary slightly for transfer students (who took, for example, a 4 credit-hour calculus 1 course).
In addition, a minor or a supporting sequence of at least 15 credit hours in a science is required. Approved areas for the BS degree are:
- Actuarial Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science (courses must be numbered above 115)
- Physical Science Supporting Sequence (courses must be at or above PHSC 103 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE)
- Psychology
- Students who transfer in 15 credits in physics may use those for the supporting sequence.
Transfer students who have taken extensive coursework in areas of science such as physics or engineering should seek approval for this supporting sequence from the chair. All courses presented for the 15 credit supporting sequence must be completed with grades of C- or higher.
A total of at least 60 credit hours in actuarial science, mathematics, computer science, the natural sciences, or psychology is required. (Note that the completion of the standard general education requirements, the major requirements, and the science minor or supporting sequence will typically result in at least 60 semester hours.)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| MATH 231 | CALCULUS I | 5 |
| MATH 232 | CALCULUS II | 5 |
| MATH 233 | CALCULUS III | 3 |
| MATH 245 & MATH 290 | DISCRETE STRUCTURES and INTRODUCTION TO PROOF | 4 |
| MATH 246 | LINEAR ALGEBRA | 3 |
| MATH 320 | INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA | 3 |
| MATH 352 | ANALYSIS | 3 |
| MATH 390 | INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROBLEMS (EXL and Capstone Course) | 3 |
| Electives for the Math B.S. | ||
| Select a course in probability or statistics | 3 | |
| DATA MINING | ||
| BASEBALL STATISTICS | ||
| PROBABILITY THEORY | ||
| MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS | ||
| REGRESSION & TIME SERIES | ||
| Two 300 level electives | 6 | |
| Concentration or Minor in approved area | 15 | |
| Required programming course | ||
| CST 150 | COMPUTER SCIENCE I | 4 |
| General Education, University Writing Requirement, and Electives 1 | ||
| Courses to total 120 | 63 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
- Students who wish to teach at the middle school or high school level should choose electives using the concentration in Secondary Education. Students who wish to have a statistics concentration should choose electives from the list in that section.
Additional concentration in Secondary Education
Students pursuing a concentration in Secondary Education will take courses that prepare them for the Illinois Mathematics Content Test. They also need to register for the minor in secondary education. Students should speak with both the mathematics and education departments for course advising.
Standards
Courses taken as pass/fail will be given a pass only for work at or above the C- level. The average grade for all courses taken in mathematics must be C- or higher. In order to satisfy state teacher requirements, all courses presented for the major and the minor(s) must be completed with an overall GPA of 2.7 in the major. Repeated courses in the major or minor require specific approval.
Requirements for the concentration
Students choosing this concentration must complete the 30 credit hours of core requirements listed above along with a minor or concentration in a science. Three additional courses are required as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses required for the SEED concentration | ||
| MATH 316 | HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS | 3 |
| MATH 317 | GEOMETRY | 3 |
| Select one of the following Probability and Statistics courses: | 3 | |
| ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | ||
| PROBABILITY THEORY | ||
| BASEBALL STATISTICS | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Additional concentration in Statistics
Requirements for the Concentration
Students choosing this concentration must complete the 30 credit hours of core requirements listed above along with a minor or concentration in a science. Four additional courses are required as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses required for the Statistics concentration | ||
| MATH 347 | PROBABILITY THEORY | 3 |
| MATH 348 | MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS | 3 |
| MATH 349 | REGRESSION & TIME SERIES | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION/MODELING | ||
| DATA MINING | ||
| GAME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS | ||
| LINEAR PROGRAMMING & OPTIMIZATION | ||
| BASEBALL STATISTICS | ||
| MODELS FOR LIFE CONTINGENCIES | ||
| Alternate courses may be approved by advisor | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS (Requires Chair approval) | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
CORE Requirements (General Education)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First Year Success Course or Transfer Success Course | ||
| FYS 101 | FIRST YEAR SUCCESS COURSE | 1 |
| or TRS 101 | TRANSFER SUCCESS 101 | |
| Communication Requirement | ||
| ENG 101 | COMPOSITION I: CRITICAL READING & WRITING | 3 |
| ENG 102 | COMPOSITION II: INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC RESEARCH | 3 |
| COMM 101 | PUBLIC SPEAKING (or program specific CORE communications course) | 3 |
| Ideas of Social Justice | ||
| 3 credits in coursework categorized as Ideas. | 3 | |
| Humanities and Fine and Performing Arts 2, 3 | ||
| 9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Art History, English (excluding ENG 101 and ENG 102), History, Languages, Music, Philosophy, Theatre, Communication and Women's and Gender Studies | 9 | |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 110 | QUANTITATIVE LITERACY (or above) 1 | 3 |
| Science | ||
| One biological science and one physical science required (one must include a one credit lab). | 7-8 | |
| Social Sciences 2,3 | ||
| 9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies | 9 | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| 6 credits from coursework categorized as Experiential Learning. | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 47-48 | |
- 1
Higher level of Math may be required by major
- 2
Coursework must come from outside of students' major discipline
- 3
A maximum of 9 credits can be applied from a single discipline towards humanities and social science requirements
These quantitative requirements also apply to degrees.
- Students must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours.
- Students may apply no more than 60 credit hours of 100-level courses toward the degree.
- Students must apply no fewer than 60 credit hours of 200- and 300-level courses toward the degree.
- Students must have at least 18 credit hours (of the 60 credit hours above) at the 300 level.
- Students may transfer in no more than 70 credit hours from community colleges.
- Students earning less than 60 total hours in residence must take their final 30 hours at Roosevelt University. Note that some majors have additional requirements for RU hours.
- Students must have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher to graduate. Note that some majors have additional GPA requirements.
- Students may apply no more than 51 hours in the major (BA) or 57 hours in the major (BS)
Your degree map is a general guide suggesting courses to complete each term on the academic pathway to your degree. It is based on the most current scheduling information from your academic program. Your program’s degree map is reviewed annually and updated as schedules change (although you retain the same course requirements as long as you are continuously enrolled in your degree program).
Students should begin and continue in the calculus sequence: MATH 121 COLLEGE ALGEBRA, MATH 122 TRIGONOMETRY AND PRECALCULUS, MATH 231 CALCULUS I, MATH 232 CALCULUS II, MATH 233 CALCULUS III as soon as possible. Students should take MATH 352 ANALYSIS as soon as they complete MATH 233 CALCULUS III.
Always work closely with your academic advisor to understand curriculum requirements and scheduling, as each student’s academic plan can look slightly different.
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| ENG 101 | 3 | ENG 102 | 3 |
| FYS 101 | 1 | Ideas of Social Justice | 3 |
| MATH 1218 | 3 | CST 150 | 4 |
| BIOL 111 or 1122 | 4 | MATH 1228 | 3 |
| Humanities #1 | 3 | Physical Science 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| MATH 2318 | 5 | MATH 2328 | 5 |
| Humanities #2 | 3 | MATH 246 | 3 |
| Social Science #17 | 3 | Social Science #27 | 3 |
| COMM 101 | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| General Elective1 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 14 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| MATH 233 | 3 | MATH 352 | 3 |
| MATH 245 | 3 | MATH 390 (EXL #1)4 | 3 |
| MATH 290 | 1 | Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 |
| Social Science #37 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| Humanities #3 | 3 | MATH 320 | 3 |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| Probability or Statistics Course | 3 | Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | General Elective 1 | 3 |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | MATH 3XX3 | 3 |
| Experiential Learning Course #24, 6 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| MATH 3XX3 | 3 | General Elective1 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Credit Hours 122 | |||
- 1
Or course towards an optional Minor.
- 2
One Natural Science course must have a lab.
- 3
Any course at the 300 level within the discipline.
- 4
Satisfies CORE Experiential Learning requirement.
- 5
See advisor for coursework; CST 150 COMPUTER SCIENCE I, BIO, PSYC, or Physical science course may count as part of this requirement depending on choice of minor or concentration. The degree plan for the SEED minor assumes one of these courses which was previously listed as part of the minor or concentration.
- 6
Experiential Learning course must be 200/300 level. MATH 349 REGRESSION & TIME SERIES is recommended.
- 7
ECON 234 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS is recommended as it can act as a prerequisite for many of the courses in the major.
- 8
Where a student begins their math sequence depends on their placement, and so some students will start in MATH 231 CALCULUS I . Students should take this sequence of courses each semester until they complete MATH 232 CALCULUS II; they should take MATH 233 CALCULUS III in the next possible fall term.
Degree Map for the Mathematics BS with Secondary Education Concentration and Minor
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| ENG 101 | 3 | ENG 102 | 3 |
| FYS 101 | 1 | Ideas of Social Justice | 3 |
| MATH 1218 | 3 | MATH 1228 | 3 |
| BIOL 111 or 1122 | 4 | Physical Science 2 | 3 |
| Humanities #1 | 3 | EDUC 201 | 3 |
| EDUC 101 | 3 | ECON 234 | 3 |
| 17 | 18 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| MATH 2318 | 5 | MATH 2328 | 5 |
| Humanities #2 | 3 | MATH 246 | 3 |
| COMM 101 | 3 | Social Science #2 | 3 |
| EDUC 202 | 3 | SPED 219 | 3 |
| MATH 245 | 3 | CST 150 | 4 |
| MATH 290 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 18 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| MATH 233 | 3 | MATH 352 | 3 |
| Humanities #3 | 3 | MATH 390 (EXL course)4 | 3 |
| Social Science #3 | 3 | Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | MATH 320 | 3 |
| READ 363 | 3 | SEED 301 | 3 |
| MATH 317 or 316 | 3 | SEED 303 | 3 |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | Credit Hours | Spring | Credit Hours |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | SEED 360 (EXL course) | 12 |
| Science Minor or Sequence5 | 3 | ||
| SEED 323 | 3 | ||
| MATH 316 or 317 | 3 | ||
| SEED 350 | 3-4 | ||
| SEED 353 | 3 | ||
| 18-19 | 12 | ||
| Total Credit Hours 137-138 | |||
- 2
One Natural Science course must have a lab.
- 3
Any course at the 300 level within the discipline.
- 4
Satisfies CORE Experiential Learning requirement.
- 5
See advisor for coursework; CST 150 COMPUTER SCIENCE I, BIO, PSYC, or Physical science course may count as part of this requirement depending on choice of minor or concentration. The degree plan for the SEED minor assumes one of these required courses will be used as part of the minor or concentration.
- 8
Where a student begins their math sequence depends on their placement, and so some students will start in MATH 231 CALCULUS I . Students should take this sequence of courses each semester until they complete MATH 232 CALCULUS II; they should take MATH 233 CALCULUS III in the next possible fall term.