Thursday, December 31, 2009

College student needs some advice about a Masters degree. Help?

Are students going for a masters degree in mathematics expected to know as much as a student with a bachelors degree in math? Or do they teach you all of that in graduate school? I'm not sure if I need a bachelors in math or if I will be able to get a masters in it (even though all the math I've done so far has been algebra, trigonometry, statistics, and business calculus).College student needs some advice about a Masters degree. Help?
You might not need a bachelors' in math, but you would need to have taken more high-level classes than you currently have: linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and so on. Advanced mathematics almost resembles philosophy in certain respects, in that it's as much about why equations work as actually working with them, and there's no way you'll be able to keep up if you don't have the training.College student needs some advice about a Masters degree. Help?
I would think you are expected to know more. Master students of math probably do not have to worry about a thesis which is good. Getting a bachelors in math is ok. Why not physics? The classes you take are similar. You could always minor in math and major in physics. To get into a math program you need so many upper level math courses. If you major in someting else like business and then apply for the math Master program you will have to take a lot of classes you did not.

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