应用数学课程的目标是帮助学生成长为独立的学者，为研究，教学和工业中的生产性职业做好准备。AM学生使用数学方法和推理来解决工程，医学，物理和生物科学以及社会科学等众多学科中具有科学或决策性质的现实问题。理学硕士课程需要一个顶峰项目。对于MS学位，学生将在第二年（不超过四分之三）进行一项重点研究项目。学生必须在第四学期开始之前向潜在的教师赞助者提交建议。如果提案被接受，则教职员工将成为发起人，并将监督该项目的研究和写作。该项目将涉及所选应用领域中的一个或多个问题的解决方案。该项目完成并撰写后，将提交给两个人组
The goal of the applied mathematics programs is to help students develop into independent scholars who are prepared for productive careers in research, teaching, and industry. AM students use mathematical methods and reasoning to solve real-world problems of a scientific or decision-making nature in a wide variety of subjects, in engineering, medicine, the physical and biological sciences, and the social sciences. A capstone project is required for the M.S. degree. For the M.S. degree, students will conduct a capstone research project in their second year (up to three quarters). Students must submit a proposal to the potential faculty sponsor by the start of the fourth academic quarter. If the proposal is accepted, the faculty member will become the sponsor and will supervise the research and writing of the project. The project will involve the solution of a problem or problems from the selected area of application. When the project is completed and written, it will be submitted to and must be accepted by a committee of two individuals, consisting of the faculty adviser and one additional reader. Additional readers will be chosen appropriately from within the Applied Mathematics Department or outside of it. Either the adviser or the additional reader must be from within the Applied Mathematics Department.