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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Mathematics, with an option in Statistics & Data Analysis (B.S.)


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Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

The Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics develops a level of skill that will enable the student to apply his/her knowledge in industry or teaching and prepares the student for advanced study of mathematics and other fields.

Students may either choose to do a “Bachelor of Science in Mathematics”, or a “Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Statistics and Data Analysis Option”. Please see the different requirements in the concentration electives.

More information on Mathematics as a professional activity and on career opportunities is available on the department webpage:

https://sse.aucegypt.edu/programs/undergraduate/mathematics

A total of 130 credits is required for a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Students may be exempted from the MACT 1121  requirement based on high school certificate and score in mathematics or by passing a placement examination.

Students from most other majors in the School of Science and Engineering can complete the Mathematics major requirements with 15 to 25 additional credits. Contact the department for more details.

Core Curriculum (36 credits)


The science/ lab requirements of the core curriculum electives is satisfied by the collateral requirements of the major.

General Electives (18 credits)


Courses to be chosen in consultation with the advisor, excluding MACT 1111  and MACT 1112 .

Concentration Electives (30 credits)


Please refer to Groups A-D of courses described below.

For the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: Students need to take each of the following:

  • (3 credits) One course from Group A
  • (6 Statistics credits) Either Both courses of Group B or (MACT 3224  and one course from Group C)
  • (21 credits) to be chosen in consultation with the advisor. The courses in Group D are recommended electives with the following two conditions:
  1. At least 9 credits must be taken from MACT courses.
  2. The chosen courses must not overlap with the 6 Statistics credits chosen above. 

For the Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Statistics and Data Analysis Option: Students need to take each of the following:

  • (3 credits) One course from Group A 
  • (6 credits) Both courses of Group B
  • (12 credits) All four courses of Group C
  • (3 credits) MACT 4232  
  • (6 credits) Two other MACT or DSCI courses from Group D

Note: All Concentration Electives courses are chosen in consultation with the advisor. In particular, practical internships and selected topics courses need to be approved by the department.

Group D (Advanced Mathematics):


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