Master of Arts - Mathematics

Drive better decision-making in business or government with a graduate degree in mathematics from the University at Albany. Jobs that depend on statistics and data analysis across industries continue to expand. Earning a master's can help prepare students to shape a professional career, become a teacher or pursue continuing education.

The curriculum is divided into two phases, general courses and statistics-specific courses. Finish with a capstone project that will allow students to place all their learned theory into real-world problem-solving.

The sequence includes courses like Complex Analysis, in which students study analytical functions, complex numbers, special functions, analytics continuation, and concepts like Cauchy's theorem and Laurent series. Statistics courses like Analysis of Categorical data will teach students about relative risk, log-linear models and Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel procedures, while Sample Survey Methodology will give them tools and techniques for conducting research.