{"id":396,"date":"2023-01-16T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2023-08-05T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:15:38","slug":"undergraduate-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/undergraduate-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Department of Mathematics offers a wide spectrum of <a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/content.php?filter%5B27%5D=MATH&amp;filter%5B29%5D=&amp;filter%5Bkeyword%5D=&amp;filter%5B32%5D=1&amp;filter%5Bcpage%5D=1&amp;cur_cat_oid=18&amp;expand=&amp;navoid=7395&amp;search_database=Filter#acalog_template_course_filter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undergraduate courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Math courses numbered 000\u2013299 are considered <strong>lower-division<\/strong> undergraduate classes and are largely <em>service courses<\/em>, meaning that that they serve students across USC&#8217;s colleges and majors.\u00a0 Lower-division classes tend to be more <em>computational<\/em> in nature, apart from Math 290 which acts as a bridge to upper-division courses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Math courses numbered 300\u2013499 are considered <strong>upper-division<\/strong> undergraduate classes, intended for <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/degree-requirements-undergrad\/\">Math<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/undergraduate\/\">Physics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/econ\/undergraduate\/\">Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.usc.edu\/academics\/\">Data Science<\/a>, or other similar STEM majors.\u00a0 Upper-division courses are largely proof-based and involve some level of abstract logical reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Math courses numbered 500+ are primarily intended for <strong>graduate<\/strong> students, PDP students, or undergraduate students considering graduate school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/content.php?filter%5B27%5D=MATH&amp;filter%5B29%5D=&amp;filter%5Bkeyword%5D=&amp;filter%5B32%5D=1&amp;filter%5Bcpage%5D=1&amp;cur_cat_oid=18&amp;expand=&amp;navoid=7395&amp;search_database=Filter#acalog_template_course_filter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> USC Catalogue<\/a> for descriptions of all our courses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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