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This program prepares students for careers in industry or a variety of graduate and professional programs.

Prerequisite Grade Requirement

To enrol in a course offered by the Department of Mathematics, a student must obtain a grade of C- or better in each prerequisite course. Some courses may require higher prerequisite grades. Check the MATH course’s Calendar description for details.

Students will not normally be permitted to enrol in any course for which a D grade or lower was obtained in any prerequisite. No student may complete, for further credit, any course offered by the Department of Mathematics which is a prerequisite for a course the student has already completed with a grade of C- or higher, without permission of the department.

Program Requirements

The program requires the completion of 132 units. The Faculty of Science stipulates that a minimum of 48 units must be in upper division, and that additional upper division units will be required to total a minimum of 60 (excluding EDUC 401 to 406).

The specific requirements for this particular program are divided into three parts: required lower division courses, required upper division courses, and completion of an interdisciplinary requirement.

In addition to the program requirements set out below, general university regulations must be met.

Computing science courses that are completed in the operations research honours program will count towards the requirement that 12 units must be completed from outside of the Faculty of Science.

A minimum program 3.00 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) must be obtained on the overall major program requirements, as well as a minimum program 3.00 grade point average in the upper division major courses.

Lower Division Core Requirements

Students complete a minimum total of 39 units, including either one of

• CMPT 126 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (3)
  
• CMPT 128 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming for Engineers (3)
  

or both of

• CMPT 120 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I (3)
  
• CMPT 125 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II (3)
  

and all of

• CMPT 225 Data Structures and Programming (3)
  
• MACM 101 Discrete Mathematics I (3)
  
• MACM 201 Discrete Mathematics II (3)
  
• MATH 208W Introduction to Operations Research (3)
  
• MATH 251 Calculus III (3)
  
• STAT 270 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3)
  
• STAT 285 Intermediate Probability and Statistics (3)
  

and one of

• MATH 150 Calculus I with Review (4)
  
• MATH 151 Calculus I (3)
  
• MATH 154 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences* (3)
  
• MATH 157 Calculus I for the Social Sciences * (3)
  

and one of

• MATH 152 Calculus II (3)
  
• MATH 155 Calculus II for the Biological Sciences* (3)
  
• MATH 158 Calculus II for the Social Sciences * (3)
  

and one of

• MATH 232-3 Applied Linear Algebra* (3)
  
• MATH 240-3 Algebra I: Linear Algebra (3)
  

*with a B grade or better

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 48 units, including all of

• MATH 308 Linear Optimization (3)
  
• MATH 348 Probabilistic Models in Operations Research (3)
  
• MATH 402W Operations Research Clinic (4)
  

and five of

• MATH 309 Continuous Optimization (3)
  
• MATH 320 Introduction to Analysis II (3)
  
• MATH 408 Discrete Optimization (3)
  
• MATH 448 Network Flows (3)
  
• STAT 350 Linear Models in Applied Statistics (3)
  
• STAT 380 Introduction to Stochastic Processes (3)

and at least two additional courses from Table I below

• ACMA 445 Loss Models: Estimation and Selection* (3)
  
• BUEC 433 Forecasting in Business and Economics† (5)
  
• STAT 340 Introduction to Statistical Computing and Exploratory Data Analysis (3)
  
• STAT 390 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics (3)
  
• STAT 402 Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Modelling (3)
  
• STAT 410 Statistical Analysis of Sample Surveys (3)
  
• STAT 430 Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)
  
• STAT 460 Bayesian Statistics (3)
  
• STAT 475 Applied Discrete Data Analysis (3)
  
• STAT 490 Selected Topics in Probability and Statistics (3)
  

*students must meet the entry requirements for the actuarial science program to enrol in this course
†see BUEC courses for prerequisites

and at least one from Table II below

• CMPT 305 Computer Simulation and Modelling (3)
  
• CMPT 307 Data Structures and Algorithms (3)
  
• MACM 316 Numerical Analysis I (3)
  
• MATH 343 Applied Discrete Mathematics (3)
  
• MATH 345 Introduction to Graph Theory (3)
  
• MATH 445 Graph Theory (3)
  

To complete the required 48 upper division units, students complete additional Table III courses (see list below). At least four
courses from Table III must be at the 400 division. One upper division MATH course that is not shown in Table III may be
substituted.

• CMPT 305 Computer Simulation and Modelling (3)
  
• CMPT 307 Data Structures and Algorithms (3)
  
• CMPT 361 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3)
  
• CMPT 405 Design and Analysis of Computing Algorithms (3)
  
• CMPT 461 Advanced Computer Graphics (3)
  
• MACM 316 Numerical Analysis I (3)
  
• MACM 401 Introduction to Computational Algebra (3)
  
• MACM 409 Numerical Linear Algebra (3)
• MACM 416 Numerical Analysis II (3)
  
• MACM 442 Cryptography (3)
  
• MATH 310 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (3)
  
• MATH 314 Boundary Value Problems (3)
  
• MATH 322 Complex Variables (3)
  
• MATH 338 Advanced Linear Algebra (3)
  
• MATH 342 Elementary Number Theory (3)
  
• MATH 343 Applied Discrete Mathematics (3)
  
• MATH 345 Introduction to Graph Theory (3)
  
• MATH 348 Probability Models in Operations Research (3)
  
• MATH 418 Partial Differential Equations (3)
  
• MATH 438 Linear Algebra (3)
  
• MATH 443 Combinatorial Theory (3)
  
• MATH 445 Graph Theory (3)
  
• MATH 447 Coding Theory (3)
  
• MATH 461 Continuous Mathematical Models (3)
  
• MATH 462 Fluid Dynamics (3)
  
• MATH 467 Dynamical Systems (3)
  
• MATH 470 Variational Calculus (3)
  
• PHYS 395 Computational Physics (3)
  

Interdisciplinary Requirement

With advisor approval, students also complete at least 15 units from application areas. Application courses are chosen from ACMA, BUEC, BUS, ECON, MACM, MATH, REM and STAT courses. Courses used to fulfil upper division requirements cannot be used to fulfil this requirement. If the operations research honours is completed as part of a second bachelor's degree, then the interdisciplinary requirement may be waived if the previous degree contains an approved major. Approvals are given individually. Those majors that are approved will not be limited to the disciplines listed above.

Faculty of Science Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, students must also satisfy Faculty of Science honours program requirements as follows.

• students are required to complete additional upper division units to total a minimum of 60 upper division units (excluding EDUC 401 to 406)
• students who were enrolled at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV between fall 1991 and summer 2006 are required to complete a minimum of 12 units in subjects outside the Faculty of Science (excluding EDUC 401 to 406) including six units minimum to be completed in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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