Scholarship Application

1. See your Math Department faculty advisor every semester for advice about classes and degree requirements. The advisor can be of your choosing, but the default assignment is the department chair (Dr. Fisher, mailto:fishrobe@isu.edu).

2. Get started on the Calculus sequence immediately.

3. Get through the common Math/Stat core courses efficiently and early.

4. Taking Math 287 before Math 326 is strongly encouraged.

5. Taking Math 406 before Math 407 is suggested.

6. Take at most three math classes per semester.

7. Take one senior-level sequence before your senior year.

8. If you are interested in applied math, recommended courses are Math 362, 421-2, 441-2, 450-1, 465, and it is recommended that you take some Biology (Biol 101, 101L meet Goal 4) and Physics courses (Phys 211-2 plus 113-4 meets Goal 5 ).

9. If you are interested in grad school in mathematics, Math 362, 423-4, and 407-8 are recommended.

10. If you want to get a job in industry, take 400-level statistics and English 307

(Professional and Technical Writing).

Sample Course of Study (This is only a sample; variations are possible.)

	Fall term	Spring term
Freshman year	Math 170	Math 175 Math 240 Eng 165-6
Sophomore year	Math 275 Math 287	Math 326 Math 360
Junior year	Math 423 or 407 Math 352 or 362	Math 424 or 408
Senior year	Math 407 or 423 Math 441 or 450	Math 408 or 424 Math 442 or 451

Math Department prerequisite tree

• Math Department prerequisite tree for Math majors.

Other links/resources

• ISU Math Club.
• Careers in mathematics.
• Research experiences for undergrads.
• The Graduate Record Exam and the Graduate Record Exam subject test in mathematics.
• Mathematics Association of America.
• American Mathematical Society.
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
• ISU 2009-2010 online Undergraduate Catalog .
• Math Department scholarships.