The Department of Mathematics offers graduate studies leading to the Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. The department has 51 professors plus a number of postdoctoral and visiting faculty. The broad range of research specialties represented by the faculty provide for a PhD student to specialize in a wide variety of areas of pure and applied mathematics, including algebra, algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, knot theory, graph theory, matroid theory, optimization, control theory, partial differential equations, mathematics of materials science, scientific computing and numerical analysis, integral and evolution equations, Lie group representations, harmonic analysis, representation theory, number theory, quadratic forms, probability theory, stochastic analysis, mathematical physics, and topological algebra.<br><br>The program is designed to provide graduate students in the sciences an opportunity to obtain a mathematics degree directly related to their specialty. To benefit the most students, flexibility is required. The range of applications of mathematics continues to broaden, and the uses and training needed varies with the student and his research objectives.