Applicants are expected to have completed 10 semester-hours of undergraduate
calculus
(
640:151-152 and
640:251
if taken at Rutgers, or equivalent), a senior-level rigorous statistical
methods course (
960:401 or
960:484
if taken at Rutgers, or
equivalent), and
a course in linear algebra
(
640:250
if taken at Rutgers, or equivalent)
.
Students lacking these prerequisites may be asked to take additional courses
that will not generally count toward the MS degree, except that
at the discretion of the program director, credit for 960:484 or 960:495 may be
counted among the thirty credits necessary for graduation.
Students finding themselves without such a course might see a
sample sample 484 syllabus, with readings.
Students wishing to complete the Data Mining option should note that one
of the courses required for this option but offered by Computer Science
has as a prerequisite
198:344;
this course in turn has as its prerequisites an undergraduate course in
probability and an additional computer science course.
Successful applicants to the PhD program generally have a significantly deeper math background than required for the MS degree; a course in real variables (
640:411 if taken at Rutgers, or equivalent) is generally required prior to admission.
Students who lack this background may be asked to take additional courses that will not generally count toward the PhD degree.
Supporting Documents
The Graduate School New Brunswick requires various
supporting documents, including GRE scores, transcripts, and, if necessary, TOEFL scores.