UMass Boston

Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.

Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply: 

Apply as a First-Year Student

Apply as a Transfer Student

Required Courses (11 Credits)

• MATH 140 - Calculus I 4 Credit(s)
• MATH 141 - Calculus II 4 Credit(s)
• MATH 260 - Linear Algebra I 3 Credit(s)

Electives (12 credits minimum)

Complete four additional MATH courses. Only one may be at the 200-level (MATH 240 or 242 or 265 or 270 or 291) and a minimum of three must be chosen from the 300-level, or MATH 425 through 470, or MATH 480. No more than one Independent Study course may count in the minor.

• MATH 240 - Multivariable Calculus 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 242 - Multivariable and Vector Calculus 4 Credit(s)
• MATH 265 - Discrete Structures in Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 270 - Applied Ordinary Differential Equations 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 291 - Mathematical Software. An introduction to computer assisted math modeling and problem solving 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 309 - Financial Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 314 - Introduction to Proofs: a Transition to Advanced Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 320 - Applied Discrete Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 345 - Probability and Statistics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 350 - Applied Partial Differential Equations 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 358 - An Introduction to Complex Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 360 - Abstract Algebra 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 361 - Abstract Algebra II 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 370 - History of Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 380 - Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 390 - Mathematical Problem Solving Seminar 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 425 - Numerical Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 426 - Numerical Linear Algebra 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 440 - General Topology 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 447 - Probability Models 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 448 - Computational Statistics 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 450 - An Introduction to Real Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 455 - An Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 458 - Theory of Numbers 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 460 - Survey of Geometry 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 470 - Mathematical Logic 3 Credit(s)
• MATH 478 - Independent Study 1-3 Credit(s)
• MATH 480 - Special Topics 3 Credit(s)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Complete 23 to 24 credits from seven courses, including three required courses, one lower-level elective, and three upper-level electives.

Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.

Department of Mathematics
617.287.6460 
math [@] umb.edu