Mathematics Major Concentration (B.A.)
46 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Guidelines for Course Selection
Students who received advanced standing or the CEGEP equivalent of the 100-level Math courses listed below are no longer required to take them. Whenever an exemption without credits is granted for a 200-level and above required Math course, the latter must be replaced with a complementary course chosen in consultation with a program advisor. Where appropriate, Honours-level courses may be substituted for their Majors-level counterparts. Students planning to undertake graduate studies in mathematics are urged to make such substitutions. If there is no major counterpart available for a course, please see a departmental advisor to discuss its inclusion into your program as a complementary course in the lower section. Students interested in computer science should consider the courses MATH 317, MATH 318, MATH 327, MATH 340, MATH 417, and take the Minor Concentration Computer Science. Students interested in probability and statistics should consider either taking the Minor Concentration Statistics under option C or taking the major concentration in statistics. Students interested in applied mathematics should consider the courses MATH 317, MATH 319, MATH 324, MATH 326, MATH 327, and MATH 417. Students interested in careers in business, industry or government should consider the courses MATH 317, MATH 319, MATH 327, MATH 417, MATH 423, and MATH 447. Students who have done well in MATH 242 and MATH 235 at the end of their first term should consider, in consultation with their adviser and the instructors of the courses involved, the possibility of entering an Honours program in Mathematics, in Applied Mathematics, in Probability and Statistics, or a Joint Honours program in Mathematics and another discipline.
Required Courses (28 Credits)
- MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 235 Algebra 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 236 Algebra 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 242 Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 243 Analysis 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 323 Probability (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
Complementary Courses (18 Credits)
9-18 credits from: (9–18 credits)
9-18 credits from:
- MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 314 Advanced Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 316 Complex Variables (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 317 Numerical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 318 Mathematical Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 324 Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 340 Discrete Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 346 Number Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 378 Nonlinear Optimization (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 417 Linear Optimization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 451 Introduction to General Topology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
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0-9 credits from: (0–9 credits)
0-9 credits from:
- MATH 208 Introduction to Statistical Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 308 Fundamentals of Statistical Learning (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 319 Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 326 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 327 Matrix Numerical Analysis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 335 Groups, Tilings and Algorithms (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 348 Euclidean Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 352 Problem Seminar (1 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 410 Majors Project (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- MATH 420 Independent Study (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- MATH 423 Applied Regression (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 427 Statistical Quality Control (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 430 Mathematical Finance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 447 Introduction to Stochastic Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 463 Convex Optimization (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 478 Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
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