Department of Mathematics

Below are listed past winners of undergraduate awards and scholarships administered by the Department of Mathematics. (For more information on the awards, see the history of the awards..)

Awards were designated in the spring of the years indicated below; Strauss TAs taught and scholarships were received in the following academic year. A dash ("--") indicates we have no record of a winner (in particular, no winner is recorded in the University graduation commencement program of that year). In most or all of these cases, the award was not given in that year. Except for the Mathematics Competition / Krahn scholarships and possibly the dashes, so far as we know the record for scholarships and awards is complete. Any further information is welcome and may be sent to .

There are also photos of past winners in the following years 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Undergraduate Student Award Recipients 2022 Math Department Award Ceremony

2019 Math Department Award Ceremony

Math Department Award Ceremony 2016

Abramowitz Award

2025. Andrew Parker, Lisette Shaffer, Ekaterina Gribok, Quentin Ludet, Linsen Liu, Erin Hopper, David Koralov, Gary Peng, Katherine Krotkov, Tahmid Zaman, Dennis Oleg, Noah Kupinsky
2024 Ezra Aylaian, Emerson Hemley, Liron Karpati, Daniel Levy, George Li, Samuel Lidz, Turner McLaurin, Karthik Sellakumaran Latka, Matthew Schneider
2023 Ezra Aylaian, Emerson Hemley, Isaiah Hilsenrath, Saul Hilsenrath, George Li, Hugh McLaurin, Sriya Potlury, Matthew Simmons
2022 Ruijie Zheng
2021 Linden Yuan
2020 Justin Hontz, Erik Metz
2019 Erik Metz
2018 Justin Hontz
2017 Joseph Aaron Smiga and Kevin Jacob Smith
2016 Prayaag Venkat
2015 Stephen Gilles and Nicolas Paskal
2014 Douglas S. Ulrich
2013 Mandeep Singh Bedi
2012 Daniel Hauser
2011 Richard Matthew McCutchen
2010 Jacob Konikoff
2009 Ammar Husain and John Silberholz
2008 Matthew McGonagle and Ermin Wei
2007 Gaurav Thakur
2006 Bryant Lee
2005 Greg Crosswhite
2004 Jonathan Dahl
2003 Jared English
2002 Jonathan Pindrik
2001 William (Pat) Hooper
2000 William (Pat) Hooper
1999 Matthew Bainbridge
1998 David J. Clark
1997 Julie Freidlin
1996 Theresa H. Chow
1995 Dursun Bulutoglu
1994 Richard V. Durand
1993 Sergey Brin
1992 --
1991 --
1990 --
1989 --
1988 Harold K. Knight
1987 Sylvie A. Ryckebush
1986 Eric Bruce Zeisel
1985 Elise Cawley
1984 Chaya Joshi
1983 Geoffrey D. Birky, Alexander Stanoyevitch
1982 --
1981 Valerie Matthews, Steven Bonner
1980 Gary N. Stolovy
1979 --
1978 Glenn Joseph Galfond
1977 Charles Collins
1976 Robert B. Johnson
1975 William C. Quinn
1974 Jonathan L. Merzel
1973 Mary E. Morley, Eric Schecter
1972 Robert A. Fefferman, Russel M. Reid
1971 Thomas W. Hall, Jr.
1970 Karen Posey and Philip Feinsilver
1969 Michael Eddy
1968 Ralph P. Pass
1967 Robert M. Higginbotham
1966 Charles Fefferman
1965 Riho Terras
1964 Robert R. Clough
1963 Audrey Bowdoin (later Audrey Terras)
1962 Daniel M. Hyman
1961 First year of the award: Sallie A. Harwood

Antman Undergraduate Award

2025 Jeremy Kuznetsov
2024 Maria Nikolaitchik

Aziz Mathematics Scholarship

2025 Yuval Amit, Kelin Zhu
2024 Svetlana Semenova
2023 Latka Karthik Sellakumarin
2022 George Li
2021 David Fang
2020 Siddharth Taneja
2019 Justin Hontz
2018 William Marcus Golding
2017 William Marcus Golding
2016 James John Ledwell
2015 Liam Fowl
2014 Luke William Schurman
2013 Alexander Sherman
2012 Mandeep Bedi
2011 Srinivas Vasudevan
2010 Allen R. Gehret and Richard Matthew McCutchen
2009 Richard Matthew McCutchen and Henry Scher
2008 Henry Scher
2007 Philip Isett
2006 Jeffrey Donatelli
2005 Michael A. Hall
2004 Juan Lleras
2003 Andrew Snowden
2002 First year of the award: Andrew Snowden

Euclid Teaching Assistants

2011 Caroline Peverly
2010 Caroline Peverly, Matthew L. Shriver and Kelsey N. Young
2009 Joseph Altmann, Cory Cummings, Jamie Petretti, Ed Yasutake
2008 Christian Pazdersky, Cynthia Tran, Allison Weatherford, Juliet Han

Milton Higginbotham Award

2025 Allen Bao, Brooke Guo, Clarence Lam
2024 Adam Melrod
2023 John Brownfield
2022 Leopold Bertholet
2021 Elliot Kienzle
2020 Steven Jin
2019 Ryan Synk
2018 Erik Metz
2017 William Marcus Golding
2016 Chalres William Parker
2015 Michael Roberts and Kyle Vance
2014 Rafael Goissis Setra
2013 Roger Curley
2012 Edward Lister and Srinivas Vasudevan
2011 Andrew Lohr and Derrick Wigglesworth
2010 Henry B. J. Scher
2009 Greg Laun
2008 Rachel Kirsch
2007 John Silberholz
2006 Andrew Parrish
2005 James White
2004 Bianca Viray
2003 Greg Crosswhite
2002 Lawrence D'Anna
2001 Chad Groft and Jared Speck
2000 Matthew Bainbridge and Jeffrey S. Brown
1999 Kathryn Saftner
1998 John Armstrong
1997 David S. Bindel
1996 Sudheer Shukla
1995 Sudheer Shukla
1994 Uri D. Nodelman
1993 Matthew Baker and Alan Preis
1992 Emiliano Gomez
1991 Ilya Lyubomirsky
1990 Christopher Monsour and Richard Penn
1989 --
1988 --
1987 Michael J. Raue
1986 Sylvie A. Ryckebush
1985 Sylvie A. Ryckebush
1984 Elise Cawley and Eric Zeisel
1983 David Wasson
1982 Mary Flather
1981 Ravi Boppana
1980 Steven Bonner
1979 --
1978 Eric Irwin Kuritzky
1977 Glenn J. Galfond
1976 Glenn J. Galfond
1975 Robert B. Johnson
1974 Steven Spriggs
1973 Edward L. Korn
1972 Edward Korn
1971 Robert A. Fefferman
1970 First year of the award: Mark Meyerson

High Honors

2025 Samuel Lidz, Linsen Liu, Quentin Ludet, Adam Melrod, David Koralov
2024 John Brownfield, Daniel Levy, Ezra Aylaian, Turner Mclaurin, Emerson Hemley, Karthik Sellakumaran Latha, George Li, Uma Tikekar
2023 Isaiah Hilsenrath, Saul Hilsenrath, Matthew Simmons
2022 David Fang, Nathan Hayes, Steven Jin, Steppan Konoplev, Jonathan Lin, Caroline Nunn, Ari Pomeranz, Ruijie Zheng
2021 Aaron Benda, William Cao, Tyler Hoffman, Pratik Rathore, Linden Yuan
2020 Erik Metz, David Miller, John Nolan, Jacob Prinz, Ryan Synk, Tanay Wakare
2019 Aaron Steven George, William Marcus Golding, Yotam Yaniv

Honors

2025 Addison Hanrattie
2024 Anh Cao
2023 Saahiti Potluri
2022 Meihe Chen, Yuang Shen, Zhenyu Yue, Danae Rupp
2021 Joseph Ostuni
2020 Margaret Brown
2019 Al-Fahad Muhammed Al-Qadhi, Alejandro Nicolas Diaz, April Rosina Nellis

Carol Karp Award

2025 Adam Melrod
2018 Aaron George
2004 Meghan Gwyer
2003 Lawrence D'Anna
2002 Jessica Metcalf-Burton
1999 Daniel Schick and David Spivak
1995 (Geoffrey) Chris Hruska
1992 Fawzi P. Emad
1988 Terri G. Marquiss
1987 Paul Robert Harris
1985 Elbert Porter
1984 Jonathan A. Epstein
1983 Selman P. Hershfield
1982 Jordana Enig
1981 Mary Flather
1980 Joyce N. Migdall
1978 Lonny Richard Gorban and Robert Karl Schwenk

Edgar Krahn (Mathematics Competition) Scholarship

2008 Andy Zheng, Mitchell Katz, Henry Scher
2007 Mitchell Katz
2006 Rudolph Henkel, Matthew Jordan
2005 Rudolph Henkel
2004 Rudolph Henkel, Nikolai Yakovenko
2003 Rudolph Henkel, Nikolai Yakovenko
2002 Nikolai Yakovenko
2001 Nikolai Yakovenko, Evan Cohen
1998 Jeremy Ou, Allan Tong
1997 Jeremy Ou, Kevin Scaldeferri, Allan Tong
1996 Jeremy Ou, Kevin Scaldeferri, Allan Tong

Outstanding Senior Award

2025 Samuel Lidz
2024 John Brownfield
2023 Leopold Bertholet
2022 Steven Jin
2021 Aaron Benda
2020 John Nolan, Tanay Wakhare
2019 Aaron George, William Marcus Golding
2018 William Kunkel
2017 Katherine Cordwell and Charles Parker
2016 Liam Haughie Fowl
2015 Rafael Setra
2014 Alexander Sherman
2013 Edward Lister and Alexander Youcis
2012 Derrick Wigglesworth
2011 Allen Gehret
2010 John M. Silberholz
2009 Jeffrey Birenbaum
2008 Philip Isett
2007 Jeffrey Donatelli
2006 Timothy Dulaney and Michael Hall
2005 Neha Gupta
2004 Andrew Snowden
2003 Lawrence D'Anna
2002 Chad Groft
2001 Matthew Bainbridge
2000 David Spivak
1999 David S. Bindel
1998 David S. Bindel
1997 Sudheer Shukla
1996 Dursun Bulutoglu, Peter Calabrese and Mikhail Konikov
1995 Joseph S. Miller
1994 Matthew Baker
1993 First year of the award: Sergey Brin

Secondary Education-Mathematics Scholarship

2008 Christian Padzursky
2007 Matthew Holmes and Laura Stevens
2006 Katelyn Busby and Candace Karanovich
2005 Madeline Ahearn, Mark Widemeyer
2004 Alyssa Manna, Olivia Walters
2003 Meghan Carr, Tiffany Murphy, Bethany Miskelly and Alicia Utterback
2002 First year of the award: Sebastien Bacle and Shan Susan Hsiung

Strauss Scholarship

2024 Noah Kupinsky
2023 Adam Melrod
2022 John Brownfield
2021 Steven Jin
2020 Elliot Kienzle
2019 Lanqi Fei
2018 Aaron George
2017 Suh Hyun Kim
2016 William Marcus Golding
2015 Christopher Yaeger
2014 Ilse Yafiet Haim
2013 Daniel Kaufman
2012 Alexander Youcis
2011 Peter Mueller
2010 Robert A. Maschal
2009 Allen Gehret
2008 Jon Anderson
2007 Burhan Sadiq
2006 Anton Lukyanenko
2005 Timothy Dulaney
2004 Neha Gupta
2003 Jonathan Dahl
2002 Marshall C. Williams
2001 Marshall C. Williams
2000 Bryan Osborn
1999 Wesley Yin
1998 Sarah Oppenheim
1997 --
1996 --
1995 Peter Calabrese and Mikhail Konikov
1994 Anna Borovikova and Dursun Bulutoglu
1993 Eli Hawkins and Lev Novick
1992 --
1991 --
1990 Eric Boesch and Amy Galitzer
1989 First year of the scholarship: Annegret Paul and Richard Philip Penn

Strauss Teaching Assistants

2025 Bhavya Rajasekaran, Sofia Fontana, Brooke Guo, Anthony Spinelli, Quinn Carmack, John Dinkel, Anning Cui, Emma Davie
2024 Kevin Flanary, Linsen Liu, Quentin Ludet, Dongxing He, Noelle Mitchell, Gary Peng, David Koralov, Jacob Riddle
2023 Akash Dutt, Sydney Gravel, Daniel Levy, Sam Lidz, Jacob Riddle, Matthew Schneider, Karthik Sellakumaran Uma Tikekar, Matthew Tremba
2022 Nocholas Baranello, Daniel Levy, Jiatong Liang, Hugh McLaurin, Reynald Oliveria, Raymond Schleien, Matthew Schneider, Uma Tikekar, Karthik Sellakumaran Latha
2021 Joshua Batkhan, Leopold Bertholet, Julia Dixon, Mordechai Goldberger, Fucheng Li, Uro Lyi, Caroline Nunn, Johnny Rajala, Melinda Yan
2020 Aaron Benda, Julia Dixon, Asher Fink, Jeremy Folsom, Tyler Hoffman, Ekesh Kumar, Jonathan Lin, Siri Neerchal, Samuel Silver, Yunmeng Wu, Ruijie(Frank) Zheng
2019 Margaret Brown, Ryan Craver, Alexander Davydov, Conner Gorman, Siddhartha Harmalkar, David Yu Miller, Franklin Olmsted, Nataliya Stepanova, Ryan Synk, Matthew Watson
2018 AlFahad AlQadhi, Ryan Craver, Alejandro Diaz, Dat Huynh, Brittany Kuznitz, April Nellis, Avital Ron, Ryan Synk
2017 Maddy Alizadeh, Nadia Maria Batkhan, Keaton Ellis, Aaron George, Brittany Kuznitz, Edward Nusinovich, Shihao Sun, Davin Wang
2016 Michael Dworken, Emily Anne DeBoy, Joseph Zev Kaplowitz, John Bianco Padgett, Jacob Renn, John Young Shi, Tien-Yuan Yi
2015 Michael Dworken, Liam Fowl, Christopher Hollrah, Rouzhen Ma, Jason Schoenfeld, Xinhu Wang, Jin Wu
2014 David J. Bekkerman, Christopher Allen Hollrah, Race Ren-Hui Hsu, Daniel T. Kaufman, Meghana Mohan Raja, Rosemary Arabella Smith
2013 Alexander Baden, David Bekkerman, Rohan Bhale, Jacob Brintzenhofe, Charles Davis, Lisa Silverman
2012 Rohan Bhale, Amy Hudson, Edward Lister, Alex Sherman, Lisa Silverman, Marco Tapia
2011 Joshua Brule, Holman Gao, Edward Lister, Colette Nataf, Andy Zheng
2010 David Burstein, Chaohua Huang, Daniel Secrest
2009 Jonathan Cohen, Mickey Salins, Jacob Konikoff, Brad Sanders
2008 Sean Burke, Lisa Hoffmeister, Joel Witten and (deferred to 2009) Jacob Konikoff
2007 Aimee Felts, Christina Frederick, Daniel Marcin, Jesse Sugar-Moore
2006 Mohamed Abutaleb, Philip Isett, Daniel Marcin, Samuel Pinkava
2005 Stephen Colodner, Jeffrey Donatelli, Erin Lynch
2004 Patrick Curran, Joseph Ryan, David Sivakoff, Bianca Viray
2003 Patricia Castellanos, Neha Gupta, Juan Lleras
2002 Michael Gill, Jonah Kanner, David Moyer, Michael Ostrowski, Jessica Schulte, Ariel Weinberger
2001 Jared English, Chad Groft, Jessica Metcalf-Burton, Michael Ostrowski, Michael Thompson
2000 Brent Becker, James Bremer, Kristen DeVault, Svetlana Fedotova, Philip Folkemer, Thomas Landers, Jonathan Turnes
1999 Jeffrey Brown, Michael Kuta, Bryan Osborn, Daniel Schick, David Spivak, Jonathan Turnes
1998 Evelyn Gilmore, Masha Sapper, Cara Stockham, Timothy Strobell, Wesley Yin
1997 Kenneth Gosier, David Hamilton, William Holochwost, Sarah Oppenheim, Masha Sapper, Timothy Strobell
1996 David Clark, Mark Hess, One Keam (Spring only), Michael Neely, Kevin Scaldeferri, Sudheer Shukla
1995 Jeremy Calvert, Theresa Chow, Vishnumohan Jejjala, Melvin Laney, Helen Loennig
1994 Peter Calabrese, Geoffrey (Chris) Hruska, Uri Nodelman,Michael Starsinic, Karen Thurber
1993 Andrea Dickerson, Mee Kim, Sherman Lo
1992 Matthew Baker, Didon Pachner (Fall only), Alan Preis, Michael Swisdak
1991 Emiliano Gomez, William (Grady) Miller
1990 Ilya Lyubomirsky, Didon Pachner
1989 Christopher Monsour, Richard Penn
1988 William Hix, Christopher Monsour
1987 William Hix, Christopher Monsour

Daniel Sweet Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2025 Anirudh Satheesh, Bhavya Rajasekaran
2024 David Koralov, Quentin Ludet
2023 David Koralov, Daniel Levy, Matthew Schneider
2022 Daniel Levy, Matthew Schneider
2021 Danial Ludwig, Ruijie Zheng
2020 Linden Yuan
2019 Tanay Wakhare, John Nolan
2018 Tanay Wakhare, John Nolan
2017 Aaron George and Jane Gerard
2016 Sun Hyun Kim
2014 Kevin Diemer Stubbs
2013 Rafael Setra
2010 Joseph T. Woodworth
2008 Kaitlyn Tuley
2007 Jesse Sugar-Moore, Christina Frederick.

The Daniel Sweet Fellowship (above) replaced the Daniel Sweet Scholarship (below).

Daniel Sweet Scholarship

2006 Sinan Ariturk
2005 Stephen Herwig (first year of the scholarship)

John and Sabrina Kontner Award

2025 Samuel Galita, Allen Du
2024 Sydney Gravel, Lauren Sherr, Grace Tao
2023 Maria Anna Nikolaichik, Diana Yoonjung Shin
2022 Elliot Kienzle
2021 Yuang Shen
2020 Ryan Craver
2019 April Nellis
2018 Nadia Batkhan, Arianne Schwartz
2017 Patrick David Owen
2016 Michael Benjamin Roberts
2015 Guoqing Wang
2014 Geoffrey Ji
2013 Alyssa Maccarone and Kevin Smith
2012 Justin Kyle Shugarman (first year of the award)

Dan Shanks Award

2025 Anurag Kumar
2024 Uma Tikekar
2023 Samuel Lidz
2022 David Fang
2021 Caroline Nunn
2020 Steven Jin
2019 Pratik Rathore
2018 William Kunkel
2017 Tanay Vijay Wakhare
2016 Katherine Cordwell
2015 Daniel Kaufman and Logan Crew
2014 David J. Bekkerman
2013 Srinivas Vasudevan

Grant Family Outstanding Achivement Award in Computer Science and Mathematics

2025 Julia Chen, Minsi Hu, Jacob Lane, Akshay Trivedi

Putnam Problem Solver

2025 Daniel Yuan

Other Awards

2025 Harikesh Kailad (Goldwater)
2023 Bowman, Devin (Goldwater)
2022 Steven Jin (Churchill Scholarship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship)
2022 Elliott Kienzle (NSF Graduate Research Fellowship)
2022 Naveen Raman (Churchill Scholarship)
2021 Linden Yuan (National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship)
2021 Naveen Raman (Goldwater)
2021 Tyler Hoffman, John Lathrop, Jesse Matthews (NSF Graduate Research Fellowships)
2020 Jesse Matthews (Goldwater)
2019 Yaelle Goldschlag (Goldwater)
2018 Tanay Wakhare (Goldwater)
2016 Katherine Cordwell (Goldwater)
2015 Nathan Ng (Goldwater)
2014 Daniel Albarnaz-Farias (Goldwater, honorable mention)
2014 Geoffrey Li (Goldwater)
2014 Rafael Setra (Goldwater)
2013 Stephen Randall (Goldwater)
2013 Katherine Rennenkampf (Fullbright)
2013 David Vernet (SMART Scholarship, Department of Defense)
2009 John Silberholz (Goldwater)
2009 Zachary Russ (Goldwater)

What should be a plan by semester for taking courses to succeed in the math major? There is relevant objective information elsewhere on our Math Majors webpage. Our remarks are a mix of facts and strategy, based on experience, for successfully navigating through the math major requirements and opportunities.

Generalities: There is a great range in our majors. Some aim for grad school, some for secondary education, some for a job after a bachelor's degree. Some are very strong in mathematics, others do not have such great natural talent. Some have no outside commitments; others work 20 hours a week. Many are double majors. There is no path through the major which is best for all students.

As you change and grow during the college years, your aims and circumstances and self-assessment will probably change. It's unlikely they will be the same at the end of your Maryland years as at the beginning. Nevertheless, it is valuable to make some plan for how you might go through the math major. If you think you have a goal and work on a plan to achieve it, then you will achieve it, or discover you want or need to change goals. If you have no plan, you might not confront the reality of your current goal until your options for change become limited.

Math 410: Math 410 is the watershed course for most math majors. There you do serious proofs which give you a true mathematician's understanding and open the door to further work. If you get through Math 410-411 in the junior year (preferably Fall), then you are over the hump in the math major, and in good shape for all the rest. If at all feasible, plan your program to give a good chance of success in Math 410 not later than the end of your junior year.

Math 410 is very challenging, and you should take it with sufficient preparation.

Effective Fall 2013, Math 310 will be a major requirement. It will also be a prerequisite for Math 410. One may be exempted from MATH310 if:

one receives A's in Math 240 and Math 241, or
one receives B's in Math340 and Math 341, or
one receives a B in CMSC250

Math 410 is our "gateway mathematical maturity course."
It is generally a bad idea to take Math 403 or Math 405 a semester before Math 410, as a "warmup". These courses should be and generally are of comparable difficulty as serious proof courses. Math 403 also covers material less familiar to the students. If you are not ready to take 410, then your are probably not ready for 403.

Loads

In your junior and senior year, typically, it is appropriate to include two upper level math courses in a semester, and not more. That is about the pace for finishing in four years. This constraint may vary with the complementary course load, student, nature of the courses, etc. Talented students can take more.
Roughly, the hardest math undergraduate courses are 410, 411, 403 and 405. These are serious proof classes. Usually the first of these taken is 410. Except for a really strong student, the complementary math load should be light for the first hard class, and perhaps later.
On the other hand, a strong straight A student might be fine taking both 403 and 410. Just be careful about such a load. You can discuss with your math advisors what load might be appropriate for you.
For a typical math major: working more than 10 hours a week part time will tend to interfere with success with a full math major load. Rather than pass this limit, it may be better to borrow more money, get extra help from parents or or reduce the course load.

Course Selection

The mathematics department serves a wide range of students and recognizes that students come to us with various interests, talents, and career goals. Some students, especially those who plan to attend graduate school in mathematics and become professional mathematicians, should consider taking the more theoretical math courses when they are academically ready. Other students may be more interested in a general broad-based undergraduate education in mathematics, perhaps to supplement their other major, perhaps to further hone their analytic and quantitative skills. These students will find that we have a large range of courses, both theoretical ones and less theoretical ones, that will suit their needs. In particular:

Algebra Requirement.
Math 403 and 405 are hard. Math 401 is easier.

AMSC Requirement.
AMSC 460 is less theoretical than AMSC 466. AMSC 460 is the standard choice. Students with a theoretical inclination, especially those thinking of going to graduate school in mathematics or applied mathematics, are encouraged to take AMSC 466.

Differential equations requirement.
Almost all our majors satisfy this with Math 246. Math 436 (Differential Geometry) will satisfy this requirement.

Stat 400-401 vs. Stat 410-420.
Stat 400 and Stat 401 are introductory probability and statistics (respectively), as are Stat 410 and Stat 420. The latter two are much more theoretical and challenging and include many graduate students.

Graduate School: The program of a student aiming at graduate school in mathematics should include Math 403, 405, 410, 411, and 463. For students aiming at graduate school outside of mathematics, Math 410, 411 and 405 are usually the most valuable. The career center runs workshops on "How to apply for graduate school".

Tracks: There are four tracks through the math major: traditional, education, applied math and statistics.

Traditional (less theoretical option).
An example would be MATH 246, 401, 410, 411, 406, 420, STAT 400, STAT 401, AMSC 460.
Traditional (more theoretical option).
An example would be MATH 410, 411, 403, 405, AMSC 466 and two graduate classes.
Education.
This track is aimed at secondary education/math double majors. These students have extremely crowded schedules and math course requirements which are a bit more lenient.
Statistics.
This track is especially aimed at students who want to graduate with a marketable package of skills along with the Bachelor's degree. A strong student aiming at graduate school in statistics should take not only stat courses but also Math 411. The core of the usual Stat track is Stat 400, 401, 410, 430 (probability, statistics and data manipulation with SAS).

Sample four year plans: The following sample four year plans cover the mathematics major requirements. These plans do not include the general education CORE requirements. There are many variations on these plans.

Traditional/Statistics/Applied MathTrack

Year	Fall	Spring
Freshman	Math 140 CMSC106 or 131 FSAW DSSP	Math 141 Math 206 (recommended) DSNL DSSP DSHU
Sophomore	Math 240 Math 241 Supporting sequence I DSHU SCIS	Math 246 Math 310 Supporting sequence II DSNS FSOC
Junior	Math 410 Math 4** Supporting sequence III FSPW	Math 4 Math 4 DSHU DSHS
Senior	AMSC 460/466 Math/Stat 4** DSHS DVUP	Math 4 Math 4 DVUP/DVCC SCIS

Education Track

Year	Fall	Spring
Freshman	Math 140 CMSC106 or 131 Engl 101 Humanities (DSHU/I Series) TLPL	Math 141 Math 206 (recommended) Oral Communitcations (FSOC) History and Soc Sc (DSHS, DVUP, I Series) TLPL 102
Sophomore	Math 240 MATH274 Supporting Sequence I (also DSNL) TLPL Knowing and Learning (DSHS)	Math 241 Math 310 Supporting Sequence II (also DSNL) TLPL Classroom Interactions (DVCC)
Junior	Math 410 Math 401 Professional Writing (FSPW) TLPL Reading	Math 406 Math 430 TLPL Functions and Modeling TLPL Reseach Methods (DSSP)
Senior	Stat 400 Math 402 Math 4** TLPL Project Based Instructions EDCI355	Student Teaching

Math 340-341 and honors: This is the very high road. A student finishing Math 340-341 in the freshman year is a year ahead and should be a very strong student. An A student in 340-341 should be quite ready for Math 410. We hope a good number of these students go into Math 410-411 in the sophomore year. Then the student will have a lot of freedom, and the potential for extremely strong credentials in applying to graduate school. Below is one example (among a great many). The key is 410-411 in the sophomore year.

Traditional Track (Dept. Honors)

Year	Fall	Spring
Freshman	Math 340 Cmsc 106 or 131 FSAW DSSP	Math 341 DSNL DSSP DSHU
Sophomore	Math 410 Math 463 Supporting sequence I DSHU SCIS	Math 411 Math 405 Supporting sequence II DSNS FSOC
Junior	Math 403 Math 432 or Math 436 Supporting sequence III FSPW	Stat 410 AMSC 466 DSHU DSHS
Senior	Math 630 Math 600 DSHS DVUP	Math 631 Math 601 DVUP/DVCC SCIS

Course Offerings: Most 400-level math major classes are offered every semester. This includes

Every semester: MATH 310, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 410, 411, 416, 423, 424, 430, 456, 462, 463, 464, and 475
STAT 400, 401, 410, 420, 426, 430, 440, and 470, and AMSC 460 and 466.

Others are only offered during certain terms. The current sequencing (which we hope to keep stable) is below.

Fall semester: MATH407, 431, 432, 436, 445.
Spring semester: MATH 404, 420, 437, 446, 470, Stat422
Every three semesters: Math452.

In addition, many 400-level math major courses are offered during the summer. These usually include:

Summer: MATH 310, 401, 406, 423, 410, 462, 463, 475, and STAT 400, 401, 410, 430, 470, and Amsc460.

The listings above are subject to change based on enrollment and need.

AMSC 460/466 prerequisites: Before a student attempts AMSC 460 or 466, he/she should have completed a computer course like CMSC 106, or have obtained similar experience elsewhere. Because these AMSC courses generally use MATLAB, this is a "computational maturity" requirement, but from experience a good one.

Statistics: Employers like students with some statistics. STAT 400 (probability) can be followed by STAT 401 (statistics) and/or STAT 430 (doing statistics on data with SAS). These are particularly good upper level electives for students not headed to grad school.

Special Course Offerings: Don't forget to consider Special Course Offerings. Look for fliers describing these courses in detail.

Graduate Classes: With permission from the undergraduate office and the dean's office, talented undergraduate students (typically, this means students who have excelled in an appropriate number of challenging undergraduate courses) may take graduate classes. The undergraduate office will usually not approve graduate classes for a student who has not progressed successfully and with fine grades through most of the major. The dean's office has at times denied a student permission to take a graduate course when the student has not made appropriate progress on CORE/GenEd requirements.

Miscellany

Here are some items to consider discussing with the math professor advising you.
- Course selection for this semester.
- Course selection for future semesters.
- Career Plans.
- Undergraduate Research.
  Research Interactive Teams (RITs) can carry academic credit counting toward the upper level mathematics requirement.
- Internships.
  See the CMNS Internships Website for more information.

Good luck! Also, we welcome feedback, if you want to suggest additions or changes to this page, or find it helpful.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The course requirements listed below are for informational purposes only. Math majors should refer to their degree audits (available via Testudo) to check their progress in the major.

If you are going to be a mathematics major, or are thinking about majoring in mathematics, this page is for you. Please read it carefully. You should use it in conjunction with advice from your advisor to plan your program of study. It also will be necessary for you to refer to the Undergraduate Catalog or a departmental brochure for course descriptions. For further information please drop by the Department to see the Mathematics Advisor: Ida Chan, Room: 1115, Math Building, Phone: (301) 405-7582, Email: .

MATH MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

The program in mathematics leads to a degree of Bachelor of Science in mathematics and offers students training in mathematics and statistics in preparation for graduate work, teaching, and positions in government or industry. See our career opportunities page. Mathematical training is integrated with the computer use in several courses. Because a strong mathematical background is important in several fields, over a third of UMCP mathematics majors are double majors. For the description of all campus courses see the Undergraduate Catalog.

There are four tracks for the major:

The Secondary Education Track is for students seeking to become certified to teach mathematics at the secondary level (for more information click here). However, students planning to complete the Five-Year Integrated Master's with Certification Program are required to complete the Traditional Track. The Statistics Track is either for students preparing for graduate work in Statistics or who would like to prepare for one of the many occupations that require a strong Statistics background.

Traditional Track

1. The introductory sequence MATH 140, 141, 240, 241, 246, or the corresponding honors sequence MATH 340-341. Completion of MATH 340 satisfies the requirement for MATH 241; completion of MATH 340-341 satisfies the requirement for MATH 240-241-246. In addition, the MATH 240 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH461. In addition, the MATH 246 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH 436 or 462. If MATH 436 or 462 is used to fulfill the MATH246 requirement, it may also be used to fulfill the upper level math requirement in (3)(f) below. Please note that MATH462 requires MATH246 as a prerequisite.

2. MATH 310, unless otherwise exempted.

3. Eight MATH, AMSC and STAT courses at the 400 level or higher, at least four of which are taken on the College Park campus. The eight courses must include the following.

At least one course from MATH 401, 403, 405, 423
One course from AMSC 460, 466
MATH 410
A one-year sequence which develops a particular area of mathematics in depth, chosen from the following list: (i) MATH 410-411, (ii) MATH 403-404, (iii) Math 403-405, (iv) STAT 410-420 (v) Math410-463.
Effective Fall 2019, one STAT4xx, other than STAT464
The remaining 400 level MATH/AMSC/STAT courses are electives, but cannot include any of: MATH 461, 478, 480-484, or STAT 464. Also, students with a strong interest in applied mathematics may, with the approval of the Undergraduate Office, substitute two 400 level-courses with strong mathematics content (courses that require a MATH/STAT course that has MATH141 as prereq, such as MATH241, STAT400 [effective Fall 2025]) from outside the Mathematics Department for one upper level elective course

4. One course from CMSC 106, 131, 132, AOSC247, BIOE 241, ENAE 202, ENME202, ENME 351, ENME489I, ENEE150, PHYS 165, PHYS265, AOSC358L.

5. One of the following supporting three-course sequences. These are intended to broaden the student's mathematical experience. Other sequences might be approved by the Undergraduate Office--but they would have to make use of mathematical ideas, comparable to the sequences on this list.

PHYS 161, 260/1, 270/1
PHYS 171, 272, 273
ENES 102, PHYS 161, ENES 220 (non-Engr students may not be able to access ENES courses)
CMSC 131, 132, 216 (non-CS students may not have priority to CMSC courses)
CHEM 146/77, 237, 247
CHEM 131/2, 231/2, 241/2
ECON 200, 201, and one of ECON 305, 306, 325 or 326
BMGT 220, 221, 340 (note holdfile requirement for BMGT 340)
BSCI 105 or (170 and 171), 106 or (160 and 161), and one of CHEM 131/2 or CHEM 146/7.
ASTR 120, 121 and one of PHYS 161 or PHYS 171
GEOL 100/110, and two of GEOL 322, 340, 341, 375
AOSC 200/1 and any two additional 400-level AOSC courses

Secondary Education Track (Please check with College of Education regarding GPA requirements)

1. The introductory sequence MATH 140, 141, 240, 241 or the corresponding honors sequence MATH 340-341. Completion of MATH 340 satisfies the requirement for MATH 241; completion of MATH 340-341 satisfies the requirement for MATH 240-241-246. In addition, the MATH 240 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH461.

2. MATH 310, unless otherwise exempted.

3. One of MATH 246, MATH 341, MATH 401, MATH 452, MATH 462, AMSC 460, AMSC 466.

4. Seven MATH, AMSC and STAT courses at the 400 level or higher, at least four of which are taken on the College Park campus. The seven courses must include the following.

MATH 410
MATH 402 or 403
MATH 430
STAT 400 or STAT 410
At least one course from MATH 406, 445, 446, 456 or 475
At least one course from MATH 246, 341, 401, 452, 462 or AMSC 460 or 466. If MATH 246 or Math 341 is chosen, it will not count as one of the seven upper level courses
The remaining 400 level MATH/AMSC/STAT courses are electives, but cannot include any of: MATH 461, 478, 480-484, or STAT 464

5. One course from CMSC 106, 131, 132, AOSC247, BIOE 241, ENAE 202, ENME202, ENME 351, ENME489I, ENEE150, PHYS 165, PHYS265, AOSC358L.

6. All of the following education courses, many of which also satisfy General Education requirements: TLPL 101, 102, MATH274, TLPL (Knowing and Learning), TLPL (Classroom Interactions), TLPL (Reading), TLPL (Functions and Modeling), TLPL (Research Methods), TLPL (Project Based Instructions), EDCI355, EDCI474, EDCI450, EDCI451.

7. One of the following supporting two-course sequences. These are intended to broaden the student's mathematical experience.

CHEM 131/2 and 231/2
PHYS 161 and 260/1
BSCI 105 and 106
ASTR 120 and 121
GEOL 100 and 110, and one of GEOL 322, 340, 341, and 375
AOSC 200, AOSC 201 and any 400-level AOSC course.

Statistics Track

1. The introductory sequence MATH 140, 141, 240, 241, 246 or the corresponding honors sequence MATH 340-341. Completion of MATH 340 satisfies the requirement for MATH 241; completion of MATH 340-341 satisfies the requirement for MATH 240-241-246. In addition, the MATH 240 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH461. In addition, the MATH 246 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH 462 instead (however, this does not count towards the 400-level requirements).

2. MATH 310, unless otherwise exempted.

3. Eight additional courses, at least four of which must be taken at College Park. The eight courses are prescribed as follows.

MATH 410
One course from AMSC 460 and 466
One course from Math 401, 405, 423
STAT 410
One course from STAT 401 and 420
STAT 430
Two additional courses from the following list.
1. Any 400 level or higher STAT courses except STAT 464
2. MATH 411, 420, 424, and 464
3. BIOM 402

4. One course from CMSC 106, 131, 132, AOSC247, BIOE 241, ENAE 202, ENME202, ENME 351, ENME489I, ENEE150, PHYS 165, PHYS265, AOSC358L.

5. One of the three-course supporting sequences listed in the "Traditional Track" above.

Applied Math Track

All new students matriculating in Fall 2012 or later must earn a grade of C- or better in all of the following courses. In addition, students must earn an overall 2.000 average in these major courses to meet graduation requirements.

1. The introductory sequence MATH 140, 141, 240, 241, 246 or the corresponding honors sequence MATH 340-341. Completion of MATH 340 satisfies the requirement for MATH 241; completion of MATH 340-341 satisfies the requirement for MATH 240-241-246. In addition, the MATH 240 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH461. In addition, the MATH 246 requirement may be fulfilled by MATH 462 instead. If MATH 462 is used to fulfill the MATH 246 requirement, it may also be used as one of the upper level math requirements in (3)(f) below. Please note that MATH462 requires MATH246 as a prerequisite.

2. MATH 310, unless otherwise exempted.

3. Eight additional courses, at least four of which must be taken at College Park. The eight courses are prescribed as follows.
   a. MATH410
   b. STAT410
   c. STAT4xx (any STAT course other than STAT400, STAT 410, STAT 464)
   d. One course from MATH 401, 405, 423
   e. One of AMSC 460 or AMSC 466
   f. One of MATH416, 420, 424, 431, 452, 456, 462, 463, 464, 475
   g. A one-year sequence which develops a particular area of mathematics in depth, chosen from the following list: (i) MATH 410-411 or (ii) MATH 416-464 or (iii) STAT410-420 or (iv) MATH462-463 or (v) math410-463
   h. The remaining 400 level MATH/AMSC/STAT course is an elective, but cannot include any of: MATH 461, 478, 480-484, or STAT 464

4. One course from CMSC 106, 131, 132, AOSC247, BIOE 241, ENAE 202, ENME202, ENME 351, ENME489I, ENEE150, PHYS 165, PHYS265, AOSC358L.

5. One of the three-course supporting sequences listed in the "Traditional Track" above.

COURSE SEQUENCE

Students majoring in mathematics should complete the basic sequence of MATH 140, 141, 240, 241 (or the corresponding mathematics honors sequence MATH 340, 341) as quickly as possible. These courses prepare you for the upper division courses. However, you are urged to take some upper division courses, and/or MATH 310, before completing the basic sequence. (Courses such as MATH 445 or STAT 400 may be taken after MATH 141 but before completing the basic sequence.)

CORE PROGRAM/UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The University CORE/GenEd program requirements must be satisfied by all MATH/STAT majors. Consult the Undergraduate Catalog for these requirements.

MATHEMATICS HONORS PROGRAM

The Mathematics Honors Program is designed for students showing exceptional interest and ability in mathematics. For those interested in this program, a special honors brochure is available from the Undergraduate Office or see the Honors Program page.

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The Department of Mathematics educates its majors in a broad range of modern mathematics while instilling in them a strong ability to solve problems, apply mathematics to other areas, and create rigorous mathematical arguments. The program prepares the majors to further their mathematical education in graduate school, or to teach at the secondary school level, or to work in government or business.

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Math-Stat Majors Course Requirements
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