Mathematics, BS

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Admission Requirements:

Completion of the General Education Common Core, plus an additional 13 credit hours which must include Calculus I
A cumulative GPA of at least 2.50.

General Education (31 CR)

See Northern’s General Education Offerings .

Area I. Communications (6 CR)

Area II. Mathematics (3 CR)

MATH 1220 - College Algebra 3 CR

Area III. Laboratory Sciences (4 CR)

Area IV. Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 CR)

Area V. Humanities (3 CR)

Area VI. Fine Arts (3 CR)

Additional Nine Credit hours (9 CR)

COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 CR
Civics Course 3 CR
ENVS 2130 - Critical Thinking in Science 3 CR

Program Requirements (73 CR)

Required Supporting Courses in Physics and Chemistry (8 CR)

CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for Stem Majors 3 CR and
CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry for Stem Majors I Lab 1 CR
CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry for Stem Majors II Lab 3 CR and
CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Laboratory for Stem Majors 1 CR
or
PHYS 1230 - Algebra-Based Physics I 3 CR and
PHYS 1230L - Algebra-Based Physics I Lab 1 CR
PHYS 1240 - Algebra-Based Physics II 3 CR and
PHYS 1240L - Algebra-Based Physics II Lab 1 CR and
or
CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for Stem Majors 3 CR and
CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry for Stem Majors I Lab
PHYS 1230 - Algebra-Based Physics I 3 CR and
PHYS 1230L - Algebra-Based Physics I Lab 1 CR

Courses in Programming (6 CR)

Choose one of the following courses (3 or 4 CR)

EECE 3351L - Advanced Programming 3 CR
CHEM 3301 - Organic Chemistry I 3 CR and
CHEM 3301L - Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 CR
CHEM 3311 - Physical Chemistry 3 CR

Core Curriculum (32 CR)

Major (24 CR)

Applied Mathematics (21 CR)

Choose one of the following (3):

MATH 4441 - Probability 3 CR
MATH 4464 - Applied Matrix Theory 3 CR

Electives (16 CR)

Electives may be chosen from any NNMC college or department subject to advisor consultation. At least one of the electives needs to be a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) course (3)

*No course can count more than once toward a degree at Northern.

You must complete enough approved upper-division (300 or above) math, chemistry, engineering, or physics courses in order to fulfill the requirement of at least 40 credits of upper-division coursework. Your total hours need to sum to at least 120 credits.