To enter the program with Classified Graduate status, a student must have completed at least 36 quarter units of acceptable upper division mathematics with a GPA of B or better. Included among these units must be courses in four areas: analysis, abstract algebra, linear algebra, and differential equations.
A student with course or grade point deficiencies may be admitted to the program with Conditionally Classified status. Units taken to meet these deficiencies cannot be applied toward the M.S. degree, and no more than 20 units taken while in conditionally classified status can be applied toward the degree.
A student with classified status may apply for Advancement to Candidacy after (a) completing at least 16 units toward the M.S. degree with a B or better average (including at least three 6000-level math courses with a B or better) and (b) having approval of a complete course of study from the Mathematics Graduate Studies Committee. [Catalog reads "two" here, but the University requires 12 units. Thus, two math courses are only acceptable if they total 12 units, or if 6000-level classes in other departments are also present.]