{"id":55,"date":"2025-12-17T14:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:03:19","slug":"mathematics-and-applied-mathematics-m-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/academics\/mathematics-and-applied-mathematics-m-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics and Applied Mathematics M.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The M.S. degree allows you to individualize your program of study, so in addition to courses in mathematics, you might include courses in computer science, engineering, and other applied areas. You can choose from two tracks: pure mathematics and applied mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Requirements <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose a Pure Mathematics or Applied Mathematics track.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete 30 credits or 24 credits plus a 6-credit thesis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earn at least 15 credits at the 500 level or above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-thesis students complete 1 credit of MTH 591 or MTH 592, including a substantial independent research paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/academics\/graduate-programs\/admission\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3228\">Learn more about admission to our graduate programs, and how to apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/academics\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">course descriptions<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/catalog\/#\/programs\/B1l2Rot_K?bc=true&#038;bcCurrent=Mathematics%20-%20MS&#038;bcItemType=programs\" title=\"\">catalog entry<\/a>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specializations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combinatorics and graph theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complex dynamical systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difference equations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Numerical analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applied analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The M.S. degree allows you to individualize your program of study, so in addition to courses in mathematics, you might include courses in computer science, engineering, and other applied areas. You can choose from two tracks: pure mathematics and applied mathematics. Program Requirements Learn more about admission to our graduate programs, and how to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/3307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}