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2010-2011

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans and Requirements

Computational Mathematics

Computational Mathematics/Economics Option

The four "core" courses selected must include:

CM 340/CO 250 Introduction to Optimization 
CM 352/AMATH 342 Computational Methods for Differential Equations
CM 361/STAT 341 Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

In addition, the following courses are required:

All of

CM 375/CS 475 Computational Linear Algebra
CM 452/AMATH 442 Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations
CM 461/STAT 440 Computational Inference

One of

CM/CS 476 Numerical Computation for Financial Modeling
CO 372 Portfolio Optimization Models
CO 456 Introduction to Game Theory
STAT 443 Forecasting

One additional 400-level CM course.

All of

ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 201 Microeconomic Theory 1
ECON 202 Macroeconomic Theory 1
STAT 331 Applied Linear Models

One of

ECON 403 Topics in Economic Forecasting
ECON 405 Quantitative Finance
ECON 422 Topics in Econometrics
Note: Some of the courses on this list have prerequisites that are not plan requirements.

Two (2.0 units) additional ECON courses at the 300- or 400-level.

Note: ACTSC 371 may be used in place of one of these additional ECON courses at the 300- or 400-level.


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