Mathematics Second Major or Minor for MMSS Students
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.
Second Major in Mathematics for MMSS Majors
A student who has completed all of the requirements for an adjunct major in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) but not a major in a social science must satisfy the ordinary requirements for the mathematics major to earn an additional major in mathematics. Students may not count any 300 level mathematics course toward both the MMSS adjunct major and the mathematics major.
Third Major in Mathematics for MMSS Majors
A student who has completed all of the requirements for an adjunct major in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) and a major in a social science will satisfy the requirements for an additional major in mathematics by
- completing
Course List Course Title MATH 226-0 Sequences and Series - completing 1 of the following course sequences:
Course List Course Title MATH 320-1
& MATH 320-2
& MATH 320-3Real Analysis
and Real Analysis
and Real Analysisor MATH 321-1
& MATH 321-2
& MATH 321-3MENU: Real Analysis
and MENU: Real Analysis
and MENU: Real Analysis - and completing 3 of the following courses:
Course List Course Title MATH 300-0 Foundations of Higher Mathematics or MATH 310-2 Probability and Stochastic Processes or MATH 310-3 Probability and Stochastic Processes or MATH 311-2 MENU: Probability and Stochastic Processes or MATH 311-3 MENU: Probability and Stochastic Processes or MATH 325-0 Complex Analysis or MATH 330-1 Abstract Algebra or MATH 330-2 Abstract Algebra or MATH 330-3 Abstract Algebra or MATH 331-1 MENU: Abstract Algebra or MATH 331-2 MENU: Abstract Algebra or MATH 331-3 MENU: Abstract Algebra or MATH 334-0 Linear Algebra: Second Course or MATH 344-1 Introduction to Topology or MATH 344-2 Introduction to Topology or MATH 360-1 MENU: Applied Analysis or MATH 360-2 MENU: Applied Analysis or MATH 366-0 Mathematical Models in Finance or MATH 368-0 Introduction to Optimization
Students may not count any 300 level mathematics course toward both the MMSS adjunct major and the mathematics major.
See the Mathematics Major for further information regarding Honors in Mathematics, Graduate Study in Mathematics, and Secondary Teaching Licensure in Mathematics.
Minor in Mathematics for MMSS Majors
A student who has completed all of the requirements for an adjunct major in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) will satisfy the requirements for a mathematics minor by
- completing
Course List Course Title MATH 226-0 Sequences and Series - and completing 1 of the following course sequences:
Course List Course Title MATH 320-1
& MATH 320-2
& MATH 320-3Real Analysis
and Real Analysis
and Real Analysisor MATH 321-1
& MATH 321-2
& MATH 321-3MENU: Real Analysis
and MENU: Real Analysis
and MENU: Real Analysis
Students may not count any 300 level mathematics course toward both the MMSS adjunct major and the mathematics minor.