Bachelor's Degrees

The Mathematics Department at San Jose State University offers several Bachelor’s degrees in mathematics.  The B. A. Mathematics degree is our most flexible degree and is a good choice for  students planning to go on to graduate school in mathematics and students that just like mathematics who don’t yet have a specific career goal in mind.  The B. A. Mathematics Preparation for Secondary Teaching is designed for aspiring high school math teachers as its curriculum encompasses subject areas which satisfy the mathematics subject matter competency required by the credential program.

The  B. S. Applied and Computational Mathematics (B.S. ACM) degree is designed for students who want a career using mathematics in business, government, or industry.  Students pursuing this degree must select one of three emphases: Emphasis in Economics, Finance, and Actuarial Science,   Emphasis in Applied Mathematics  or Emphasis in Statistics.

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Master’s Degrees  

The mathematics department offers an MA Mathematics degree as well as an MS Mathematics degree.  For each of these degrees, a student must pass 30 units of classes,  pass two qualifying exams and write a thesis or writing project under the supervision of a math department faculty member.  We have a wide range of faculty research areas such as algebra, applied mathematics, dynamical systems, linear algebra, graph theory, combinatorics, statistics, and mathematics education.  

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Student Research in Applied Math - CAMCOS, Center for Applied Mathematics, Computation and Statistics

The CAMCOS experience provides  graduate and undergraduate students invaluable training in solving real-world problems.   Under the supervision of a faculty member, the student teams work on an applied math problem that is of interest to an industry sponsor.  

Minors in Mathematics

A minor in mathematics is suitable for a variety of students in computer science, physics, and engineering that already have to take a large number of mathematics classes as well as students who want to apply quantitative analysis in their chosen field such as biology, business, economics.  For students interested in teaching mathematics in middle school we have a minor in mathematics designed for K-8 teachers designed to expose them to a variety of topics in mathematics and a variety of pedagogical techniques geared towards middle school students.