BSc in Industrial Mathematics with Emphasis on Operations Research



The following courses are requirements for the BSc program in Industrial Mathematics with emphasis on Operations Research;

Minor Requirement

Students must complete the requirements for either a minor in economics, engineering, or computing science or any minor offered by the faculty of science (e.g., biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, statistics).

Students must be accepted into the minor program of the relevant department or school.

Upper division courses used to satisfy the major requirements cannot be also used to satisfy the minor requirement.

If the industrial mathematics major is taken as part of a second bachelor's degree, then the minor requirement may be waived if the student's previous degree contains an approved major. Approvals will be given on an individual basis and those majors that are approved will not be limited to the dosciplines listed in the minor requirement.

Other requirements

Students must complete the Faculty of Science requirements for a major as outlined in the SFU Calendar. Computing courses taken as part of the industrial mathematics major count towards the 12 credit hour requirement fro the subjects outside of the Faculty of Science.

Students planning to go on to graduate school in mathematics are advised to also take both of

Honours Program

Students must satisfy the requirements for the major program in industrial mathematics, and complete additional course work (see below) for a total of 132 credit hours.

Students must take both of

and take additional courses from Table 1 to complete a total of at least 48 upper division credit hours, of which at least four courses must be at the 400 level. One upper division MATH course not listed may be substituted for a course in Table 1.

Students must also fulfill the Faculty of Science general requirements for an honours degree as outlined in the SFU Calendar. Note, the only requirement there which is not already met by the above requirements for the industrial mathematics honours program, which includes a minor requirement, is the minimum GPA reauirement.

Co-operative Education

Students in the Industrial Mathematics Program are encouraged to enter co-operative education, a program which integrates work experience with academic study. The advantage of augmenting academic studies with co-op work/study has been strongly endorsed by representatives from industry.

To obtain a co-op designation for the degree, students are required to complete four co-op work terms while completing the academic requirements for the degree.

For further details, see "Co-operative Education" in the SFU Calendar.