Recommended College Math Courses

[vivalavida]

which courses would you recommend a math major to take beyond the major requirements? I feel like 2 semesters in algebra, analysis, and topology are the basic necessities. Should I look at anything else? Any suggestions in applied maths?

 

[moo5003]

Differential Geometry was a fun extracurricular course, also Cryptography.

 

[elfboy]

elliptic integrals-learn about those
extremely useful

 

[csprof2000]

Numerical analysis? Graph theory and combinatorics? Theoretical CS? Algorithms? Classical / Quantum / Relativistic / Statistical / Fluid / Solid mechanics? Economics?

 

[confinement]

The essential thing missing from your list is a year of algebraic topology / differential geometry.

 

[j93]

I would take courses on stochastic variables and calclulus.

 

[phreak]

You will probably need complex analysis. Functional analysis and differentiable manifolds are also very useful.

 

[Wellesley]

elliptic integrals-learn about those
extremely useful

How are these useful?

 

[lubuntu]

are differential equations included in the basic courses?

 

[Pyrrhus]

There tons of useful math, it depends on what are you specializing... and sometimes it depends on your research...

 

[khemix]

Combinatorics and probability were fun.

 

[Unknot]

Once someone gets algebra and analysis (the real stuff, not an introductory course) down, I suppose next are some topology (algebraic too!) ODE, and differential geometry. But if someone comes this far, the person surely knows what to do?