This option is available only to holders of teaching credentials, unless special permission is obtained.
To enter the program with Classified Graduate status, a student must have completed at least 24 units of acceptable upper division mathematics with a GPA of B or better.
A student with course or grade point deficiencies may be admitted to the program with Conditionally Classified status. Units taken to meet these deficiencies cannot be applied toward the M.S. degree, and no more than 20 units taken while in Conditionally Classified status can be applied toward the degree. A student with Conditionally Classified status who has no course deficiencies, a B or higher average in at least 12 quarter units of post-baccalaureate study, and has satisfied the University Writing Skills requirement, should petition the graduate coordinator for admission to the master's degree program with Classified status.
A student with Classified status may apply for Advancement to Candidacy after (a) completing at least 16 units toward the M.S. degree with a B or better average and (b) having approval of a complete course of study from the Mathematics Graduate Studies Committee.