Program Requirements

• The MSc can be done on either a part-time or full-time basis.
• Full-time students normally complete the program in one full year of study.
• Part-time students may take up to six years to complete the program.

Option 1 - Supervised Research Project Option

1a. Completion of 6 half-courses (or the equivalent combination of half- and full-year courses). The normal course load for full-time graduate students is 3 courses in the fall term and 3 in the spring term. Doctoral-stream students are required to take four half-course credits in core material.

1b. Completion of the Supervised Research Project (MAT 4000Y). This project is intended to give the student the experience of independent study in some area of advanced mathematics, under the supervision of a faculty member. The supervisor and the student, with the approval of the graduate coordinator, decide the topic and program of study. The project is normally undertaken during the summer session, after the other course requirements have been completed, and has a workload roughly equivalent to that of a full-year course.

Option 2 - MSc Thesis Option (less common than option 1)

Students who take this option will be required to take and pass four half-courses and submit an acceptable thesis which should consist of a minimum of 20-pages of scholarly work. A presentation of the thesis results, in the form of a seminar, is required.

The following is a list of the core courses offered to graduate students for the academic year. These are the basic beginning graduate courses. They are designed to help the student broaden and strengthen their general background in mathematics prior to specializing towards a thesis. A complete listing of all graduate courses on offer in a given year is available from the Department of Mathematics website.