Admission Application Process
1.
Those wishing to apply should
access a printed or electronic
application for admission which should be completed and returned to the
Graduate School. Please read the below material BEFORE completing this
application.
a. The Department of Mathematical Sciences offers graduate programs only at the Master's level. You will be asked to indicate your degree objective on the first page of the application form. To do this, simply list one of our departmental majors (actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or mathematics education) on the next line, which is labeled "Subject of specialization (major)."
b. All applicants for admission to graduate programs in the Department of Mathematical Sciences must first meet standards judged to be equivalent to the admission requirements of the Graduate School.
c. This includes an undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale (all undergraduate course work, including work completed prior to the baccalaureate degree, is used to calculate the grade point average) OR a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the latter half of the baccalaureate.
d. The GRE is NOT required for admission. However, students not meeting the minimum admission requirements who are seeking probationary admission will be required to take the GRE. The GRE code for BSU is 1051.
2. Once you have sent all of the required documents to the Graduate School, the Graduate School will make the decision concerning whether or not you will be admitted to the Graduate School. But you must then still be admitted to the program of your choice, a decision which will be made by the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
a.
Upon successful admission to the
Graduate School copies of your materials will then be forwarded to the
Department of Mathematical Sciences for a decision on admittance into your
chosen program of study.
b.
This decision will be based primarily on the amount and quality of your undergraduate course work in the mathematical sciences. Please also note that there are program specific admission requirements for each program. See M.A. in Actuarial Science, M.A. in Mathematics, M.S. in Mathematics, M.A. in Mathematics Education - Option 1: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, M.A. in Mathematics Education - Option 2: Secondary Mathematics, M.A. in Statistics, or Certificate Program in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Leadership.
3.
The final decisions regarding your
admission to both the Graduate School and to the Department of Mathematical
Sciences program of your choice will be reported to you through a letter from
the Graduate School. Graduate Assistantship
Application Process The Department of Mathematical Sciences
generally supports about 20 students with
graduate assistantships. There are normally about 10 of these assistantships
available to award each year, although this number can vary significantly in
some years.
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If you wish to be supported by
a graduate assistantship, you must make application directly to this
department. It is NOT enough to merely indicate an interest in a
graduate assistantship on your graduate school application for admission.
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Please
complete the on-line application form,
download a copy of the application packet, or contact our Director of
Graduate Programs, Dr. Richard Stankewitz (rstankewitz@bsu.edu,
765-285-8645) to request that a packet be sent by mail. Please provide a full
mailing address in your e-mail message and also indicate your intended program
of study.
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The assistantship application
deadline for first-round offers is February 1 in any year in order to
receive first-round consideration. Applications will gladly be accepted after
that date, but the candidate will likely not be considered for the first round
of offers.
Summer GA available for Mathematics Education Only.
Assistantships outside of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
If you are interested in obtaining an assistantship outside of the Department of Mathematical Sciences (in case the department is not able to offer you one), please read the information provided at http://www.bsu.edu/gradschool/assistantships/ and http://www.bsu.edu/students/careers/students/viewjobs/. If you have any questions about these web sites, please use the contact information listed on the web sites.
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