Master of Arts in Mathematics
**THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS**
Students eligible to take 500-level courses or any courses for graduate credit are:
- Students who have been admitted to the MA in Mathematics Program of Jacksonville University.
- Students who hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Students who hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university and who are not presently seeking a degree. These students should apply as non-degree students.
Students may transfer six semester hours of appropriate graduate credit with an earned grade of "B" or higher from a regionally accredited college or university. Any work transferred to Jacksonville University will be entered on the JU transcript as hours earned only and will not be used in computation of the grade point average.
Admission Requirements
For a list of admission requirements to the MA program, see Graduate Program - MA in Mathematics Program Admission in the Admission section of this Catalog. Candidates for admission to the program leading to the MA in Mathematics are expected to have a background in basic differential and integral calculus. Students lacking in this prerequisite will be required to complete coursework in undergraduate calculus.
Tuition
Fall, spring and summer semesters - $615 (per semester hour)
Degree Requirements
The MA in Mathematics Program includes a thesis option and a non-thesis option. The Thesis option requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate work and a thesis. The non-thesis option requires a minimum of 36 credit hours of graduate work with no thesis. Regardless of option selected, all graduate work must meet the following requirements:
- At least 24 credit hours in graduate Mathematics taken at Jacksonville University.
- Up to six credit hours of graduate credit in a related field earned at Jacksonville University or another regionally accredited institution may be applied towards the degree.
- After a student is admitted to the MA in Mathematics Program, only work taken at another institution with prior written approval of the Chair of the Department of Mathematics will be accepted for transfer.
- A minimum academic average of “B” must be maintained in all work carried as a graduate student. No grade below a “C” will be credited toward the degree.
- Degree requirements must be completed within six years of the date of initial enrollment in the program or further graduation requirements may be imposed.
- A student automatically comes under the most recent Catalog after not attending for a full calendar year. Questions about specific course content will be directed to the advisor to the MA in Mathematics Program for resolution.
Independent Study
Independent study is available to MA in Mathematics students only in exceptional circumstances. Prior approval of the advisor to the MA in Mathematics Program is required. Independent study is not available for students on probation or for classes that are currently taught.
Probation and Dismissal
A graduate student will be placed on Academic Probation at the conclusion of any semester in which the student’s cumulative GPA is less than a 3.0 (B). The student has the following one semester (or two courses) to raise the cumulative GPA to a 3.0. A graduate student will be dismissed from the program if the student does not raise the cumulative GPA to a 3.0 within one semester (or two courses) of being placed on Academic Probation. A graduate student placed on Academic Probation more than one time during the program will be dismissed from the program. A graduate student earning one grade of “F” in any graduate course will be dismissed from the program.
Program Requirements
The courses offered in the MA in Mathematics Program are:
Important notes:
A student enrolled in the thesis option must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of grauate work. A thesis option student who has completed all coursework towards the MA in Mathematics degree but is still working on the thesis must remain continuously enrolled in MATH 699 Thesis Preparation and Research each fall and spring semester until the student completes the degree. MATH 699 does not count towards the required 30 semester hours for the MA degree or towards any other graduate degree.
A student enrolled in the non-thesis option must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours of graduate work, which must include three credits in MATH 540 Graduate Reading Seminar and six graduate credit hours from outside the Department of Mathematics. Non-thesis option students may not count MATH 600 Thesis Seminar or MATH 699 Thesis Preparation and Research towards any part of their MA in Mathematics program.