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Apma guide BROWN UNIVERSITY Division of Applied Mathematics Guide to Undergraduate Programs Page Revised February CTable of Contents INTRODUCTION WHAT IS APPLIED MATHEMATICS CAREER PATHS APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT BROWN FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CHOOSING COU

BROWN UNIVERSITY Division of Applied Mathematics Guide to Undergraduate Programs Page Revised February CTable of Contents INTRODUCTION WHAT IS APPLIED MATHEMATICS CAREER PATHS APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT BROWN FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CHOOSING COURSES INTRODUCTION ROADMAP SAMPLE COURSE PROGRAMS INDEPENDENT STUDY SENIOR SEMINARS THE WRITING REQUIREMENT STANDARD CONCENTRATIONS APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM ?? A B DEGREE APPLIED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM ?? SC B DEGREE APPLIED MATHEMATICS ??BIOLOGY ?? SC B DEGREE APPLIED MATHEMATICS ??COMPUTER SCIENCE ?? SC B DEGREE APPLIED MATHEMATICS ??ECONOMICS CONCENTRATION CONCENTRATION ADVISORS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH HONORS PROGRAM PRIZES THE ROHN TRUELL PREMIUM PRIZE SIGMA XI APPLIED MATHEMATICS COURSES TO BE OFFERED IN - COURSES COURSES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS COURSES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS Page CIntroduction This short guide is intended to give students and faculty an overview of the undergraduate program in Applied Mathematics at Brown University and to answer some of the commonly raised questions Applied Mathematics is an interdisciplinary subject involving both mathematics and many areas of application More so than in many other areas it is important to have an overview of the subject and how it relates to other programs at Brown What is Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics has a profound impact on our daily lives Whether it is weather forecasts search engines climate research secure online shopping or movie recommendations none of these would work the way they do without algorithms and tools from the mathematical sciences More generally Applied Mathematics is an inherently interdisciplinary subject which covers a wide spectrum of scienti ?c activities It is the mathematics of problems arising in the physical life and social sciences as well as in engineering and provides a broad qualitative and quantitative background for use in these ?elds Owing to its nature Applied Mathematics appeals to people with a variety of di ?erent interests ranging from those with a desire to obtain a good quantitative background for use in some future career to those who wish to have a better understanding of the basic mathematical aspects of other ?elds or to those who are interested in the fundamental mathematical techniques and approaches in themselves Many students begin taking courses in the Division of Applied Mathematics and discover their favorite areas of study as they go along The program stresses but is not limited to computing di ?erential equations and applied probability which are areas of mathematics that are used most often in applications in science society and industry The curriculum of the Division is exible enough to meet the goals and interests of a very wide range of students The basic mathematical skills of Applied Mathematics come from a variety of sources which depend on problems from areas of interest the theory of ordinary and partial di ?erential equations matrix theory statistical sciences probability and decision theory risk and insurance analysis the classical methods for formulating and solving problems in the sciences operational analysis optimization theory the mechanics of solid materials and of uids ows numerical analysis scienti ?c computation and the science of modern computer based modeling Students