The Undergraduate Mathematics Honors Track:
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The formal requirements for students in the honors track are divided into three main groups of courses:
- 100-200 level courses. There are five required courses: the four semester calculus sequence and 250. Many honors students will receive AP credit for one or more of the calculus classes. honors track students should take honors sections of the calculus course; exceptions will be made to this requirement on a case-by-case basis. Honors track students should, if possible, choose one of the MATLAB sections of 250.
- The seminar requirement
- Courses at the 300 level or higher. Students are required to take 9 upper level courses. As described below, each student's program of study must be approved by the honors track committee.
A major part of the program is the requirement to take two rigorous semesters of real analysis (chosen from 411,412,501,502) and algebra (chosen from 451,452,551,552). Honors track students will normally take one or both of the sequences 411-412 and 451-452 during their junior year. We expect that about half the students in the honors track will take both sequences in their junior year while the other half will take only one of the sequences. Students will receive individual advice from their advisors and the honors track committee about this choice.
Students should prepare for these sequences during their 2nd year. The standard preparation is to take 300H, the honors section of 300, in the fall, followed by the freshman/sophomore honors seminar 196 in the spring. This class is designed to prepare students for these sequences. Alternatively, a student may take 300 in the spring (when there is no honors section) and take one of the courses 311,351 or 350 in the fall. Students demonstrating a strong background in doing mathematical proofs may request a waiver of the 300 requirement, and substitute another upper level course for it.
Students should also normally take a semester of complex analysis (403 or 503) and a semester of probability (477).
The honors track is designed so that students will be prepared to take some of graduate courses in mathematics in their senior year. Taking some graduate courses (suitably chosen) is generally encouraged, though not required for the program.
Each student in the honors track is assigned a faculty advisor. During the semester following their acceptance into the honors track, the student and advisor are expected to prepare a plan of study to be submitted to the honors track committee for approval.
The plan of study provides a tentative plan of the courses
the student will take as part of the honors track.
Of course, it is generally impossible to make a full plan
since the courses a student will take may depend on what they
learn from their current courses. So the initial plan can be
somewhat vague about the future, and revised as needed, subject
to committee approval.
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Questions or comments regarding this page may be sent to:
saks@math.rutgers.edu
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