Graduate Program Overview
"It is important for him who wants to discover not to confine himself to one chapter of science, but to keep in touch with various others."
...Jacques Hadamard
The teaching and research programs of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics span modern applied mathematics. The department's curriculum in Probability/Statistics covers probability theory, stochastic processes, and applied and theoretical statistics. Its Operations Research/Optimization program includes continuous and discrete optimization, numerical optimization, network programming, and game theory. Its curriculum in Discrete Mathematics includes graph theory and combinatorics. Its program in Computational and Applied Mathematics includes computing, numerical analysis, matrix analysis, functional analysis, and mathematical modeling of systems. The programs of the department together emphasize mathematical reasoning, mathematical modeling, abstraction from the particular, innovative application of mathematics, and development of new methodology. The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics offers programs leading to the following degrees, M.A., M.S.E. and Ph.D.