Mathematics Honours (B.Sc.)
60–63 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
The minimum requirement for entry into the Honours program is that the student has completed with high Standing the following courses below or their equivalents.
Required Courses (33-36 credits)
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 251 Honours Algebra 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 255 Honours Analysis 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 325 Honours Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 356 Honours Probability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 358 Honours Advanced Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 454 Honours Analysis 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 455 Honours Analysis 4 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 456 Honours Algebra 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 457 Honours Algebra 4 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 470 Honours Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
Complementary Courses (27 credits)
3 credits selected from: (3 credits)
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3 credits selected from: (3 credits)
3 credits selected from:
12-21 credits selected from: (12–21 credits)
12-21 credits selected from:
- MATH 350 Honours Discrete Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 357 Honours Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 458 Honours Differential Geometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 475 Honours Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 488 Honours Set Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 518 Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 550 Combinatorics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 552 Combinatorial Optimization (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 553 Algorithmic Game Theory (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 564 Real Analysis and Measure Theory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 565 Functional Analysis (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 566 Advanced Complex Analysis and Riemann Surfaces (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 570 Higher Algebra 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 571 Higher Algebra 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 576 Geometry and Topology 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 577 Geometry and Topology 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 580 Advanced Partial Differential Equations 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 581 Advanced Partial Differential Equations 2 (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 587 Advanced Probability Theory 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 589 Advanced Probability Theory 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 590 Advanced Set Theory (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 591 Model Theory (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 592 Descriptive Set Theory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
0-3 credits from the following courses for which no Honours equivalent exists: (0–3 credits)
0-3 credits from the following courses for which no Honours equivalent exists:
- MATH 318 Mathematical Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 378 Nonlinear Optimization (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 430 Mathematical Finance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 451 Introduction to General Topology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 462 Machine Learning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
0-6 credits selected from: (0–6 credits)
0-6 credits selected from:
- MATH 352 Problem Seminar (1 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 365 Honours Groups, Tilings and Algorithms (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MATH 376 Honours Nonlinear Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 377 Honours Number Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 387 Honours Numerical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 398 Honours Euclidean Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 480 Honours Independent Study (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
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