University Catalog 2024-2025

EXPLORE PROGRAMS APPLY

Applied Mathematics (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Required Courses		72
See "Required Courses" listed below ^*
Total Hours		72

*: Must contain a minimum of 30 credit hours of 500-level or above MA courses

Required Courses by category

Course List
Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Select at least one course from each category below:
Continuous Mathematics
MA 513	Introduction To Complex Variables	3
MA 515	Analysis I	3
MA 531	Dynamic Systems and Multivariable Control I	3
MA 532	Ordinary Differential Equations I	3
MA 534	Introduction To Partial Differential Equations	3
MA 546	Probability and Stochastic Processes I	3
MA 551	Introduction to Topology	3
MA 555	Introduction to Manifold Theory	3
Discrete Mathematics
MA 505	Linear Programming	3
MA 520	Linear Algebra	3
MA 521	Abstract Algebra I	3
MA 523	Linear Transformations and Matrix Theory	3
MA 524	Combinatorics I	3
MA 526	Mathematical Analysis II	3
Computational Mathematics
MA 522	Computer Algebra	3
MA 540	Uncertainty Quantification for Physical and Biological Models	3
MA/CS 565	Graph Theory	3
MA 573	Mathematical Modeling of Physical and Biological Processes I	3
MA 580	Numerical Analysis I	3

Faculty

Full Professors

Bojko Nentchev Bakalov
Lorena Bociu
Alina Emil Chertock
Moody Ten-Chao Chu
Jo-Ann D. Cohen
Patrick Louis Combettes
Pierre Alain Gremaud
Mansoor Abbas Haider
Hoon Hong
Ilse Ipsen
Kazufumi Ito
Naihuan Jing
Erich L. Kaltofen
Carl Timothy Kelley
Irina Aleksandrovna Kogan
Rachel Levy
Zhilin Li
Alun L. Lloyd
Sharon R. Lubkin
Negash G. Medhin
Kailash Chandra Misra
Mette Olufsen
Tao Pang
Nathan P. Reading
Jesus Rodriguez
Ralph Conover Smith
Seth M. Sullivant
Hien Trong Tran
Semyon Victor Tsynkov
Dmitry Valerievich Zenkov

Associate Professors

Alen Alexanderian
Kevin Flores
Min Jeong Kang
Tye Lidman
Tien Khai Nguyen
Andrew Papanicolaou
David Papp
Arvind Krishna Saibaba
Radmila Sazdanovic

Assistant Professors

Erik Walter Bates
Zixuan Cang
Chao Chen
Mohammad Mehdi Farazmand
Laura Colmenarejo Hernando
Hangjie Ji
C. Jones
Zane Kun Li
Andrew Jason Manion
Jacob Paul Matherne
P. McGrath
Ryan William Murray
Dominykas Norgilas
Yairon Cid Ruiz
Andrew O'Shea Sageman-Furnas
T. Saksala
Yeonjong Shin
Fatma Terzioglu

Adjunct Faculty

Scott Christopher Batson
Jonathan D. Hauenstein
Patricia L. Hersh
John Lavery
Sarah Katherine Mason
Jordan E. Massad
Jessica Loock Matthews
Johnny T. Ottesen

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

Elisabeth M. M. Brown
L. Castle
Alina Nicoleta Duca
Molly A. Fenn
Mikhail Gilman
Bevin Laurel Maultsby
S. Paul
Brenda B. Williams

Emeritus Faculty