College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students wishing to transfer to USF from a Florida College System institution should complete the A.A. degree at the community college. Some courses required for the major may also meet General Education Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university.

A student who transfers without an A.A. degree and has fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit must meet the university's entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements. The transfer student should also be aware of the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.

Students should complete the following prerequisite courses listed below at the lower level prior to entering the university. If these courses are not taken at the community college, they must be completed before the degree is granted. Unless stated otherwise, a grade of "C" is the minimum acceptable grade.

• COP XXXX A Scientific Programming Course designed for Computer Science Majors
• MAC X311 Calculus I
• MAC X312 Calculus II - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
• MAC X313 Calculus III
• STA 2XXX Statistics
• BSC XXXX / XXXXL or CHM XXXX / XXXXL or PHY XXXX / XXXXL or GLY XXXX / XXXXL

Total Major Hours: 46 Hours

Major Core Courses - 31 Hours

Majors must complete the following five courses plus completion of one of the four lab-based Science courses (Minimum 19 credit hours):

• MAC 2311 Calculus I or MAC 2281 Engineering Calculus I
• MAC 2312 Calculus II or MAC 2282 Engineering Calculus II
• MAC 2313 Calculus III or MAC 2283 Engineering Calculus III
• STA 4102 Computational Methods for Applied Statistics
• Plus completion of one of the four lab-based Science courses below:
  • BSC XXXX / XXXXL
  • CHM XXXX / XXXXL
  • PHY XXXX / XXXXL
  • GLY XXXX / XXXXL

Required Courses (Minimum 12 credit hours):

• STA 2023 Introductory Statistics I
• STA 3024 Introductory Statistics II
• STA 4321 Essentials of Statistics
• STA 4442 Introduction to Probability

Major Elective Courses - 15 Hours

• STA 4222 Sample Survey Design
• STA 4502 Nonparametric Statistical Methods
• STA 4504 Categorical Data Analysis
• STA 4702 Multivariate Statistical Methods
• STA 4852 Applied Time Series
• MAP 2302 Differential Equations
• MAS 3105 Linear Algebra

One or two courses from another department which are of high statistical content may be taken as electives, with the prior approval of the Chair of the department.

STA 4930 Selected Topics in Statistics may be taken as electives, with the prior approval of the Chair of the department.

Additional Major Requirements

Major GPA Requirement

Minimum Grade Requirements

     In general, grades of C- or better are required for courses in the mathematics major and minor and in the statistics major. However, C- is not an acceptable grade for any course that is being used as a prerequisite for a follow-on course. For these courses a grade of C (2.00 grade points) or better is required. Students whose prerequisites are more than three years old will be expected to take a placement test prior to taking a follow-on course.

Major Grade Requirement

Minimum Grade Requirements

     In general, grades of C- or better are required for courses in the mathematics major and minor and in the statistics major. However, C- is not an acceptable grade for any course that is being used as a prerequisite for a follow-on course. For these courses a grade of C (2.00 grade points) or better is required. Students whose prerequisites are more than three years old will be expected to take a placement test prior to taking a follow-on course.

Additional Major Information

Major Advising

Please make sure to visit the following website http://math.usf.edu/resources/advising/ for additional information and all your advising needs.

Major Faculty

Chairperson: L. Skrzypek; Associate Chairperson: S. Suen; Distinguished University Professors: D. Khavinson, C.P. Tsokos; Professors: X. Hou, N. Jonoska, A.G. Kartsatos, G. Ladde, M.N. Manougian, E. Rakhmanov, K.M. Ramachandran, J.S. Ratti, M. Saito, B. Shekhtman, W.R. Stark, V. Totik, Y. You; Associate Professors: T. Bieske, C. Beneteau, B. Curtin, M. Elhamdadi, S. Kouchekian, W. Ma, G.L. McColm, M.M. McWaters, B.T. Nagle, L. Skrzypek, S. Suen, R. Teodorescu; Assistant Professors A. Danielyan, M. Krajcevski, S.Y. Lee, D. Shen, R. Wooten; Instructors: A. Bieske, F. Burgos, I. Chitikov,  F. Hopf, S.E. Rimbey, I. Rothstein; Scholar/Scientist/Engineer: A. Grinshpan; Professors Emeriti: W.E. Clark, S. Isaak, J.J. Liang, A. Mukherjea, K.L. Pothoven, F.J. Zerla, C.A. William.