The Bachelor of Arts will not be an option for students entering for Fall 2024 or later.
The information below describes the academic requirements for students entering JHU as degree-seeking students in Fall 2023. Students who entered JHU as degree-seeking students prior to Fall 2023 should view the appropriate archived catalogue.
Students must meet the University requirements and the Whiting School of Engineering requirements (see Requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in this catalogue), as well as the departmental major requirements, to complete a bachelor’s degree.
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics requires 120 credits.
The AMS department recognizes students with exemplary academic records by awarding Departmental Honors to students with a Grade Point Average of 3.75 or higher in AMS courses and meet one of the options:
- Earn a C- or better in an additional AMS course that is at least 300-level or higher
- Undertake significant research activity (equivalent to a 3-credit course) in applied mathematics
WSE SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS
These requirements are described in this section of the catalogue.
Writing Intensive for BA in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
A grade of C- or higher is required. No Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grades will be accepted. Courses must be at least 3 credits each and courses applied here may also be used towards satisfying the Distribution requirement.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
Distribution for BA in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
A grade of xx or higher is required. [insert no if applicable] Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grades will be accepted. Courses must be at least 3 credits each and may overlap with the Writing Intensive requirement. Elementary language courses, which do not carry an area designator, can be used to satisfy the Distribution requirement for engineering students.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
A grade of C- or higher is required. No Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grade will be accepted.
CALCULUS
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| AS.110.108 | Calculus I (Physical Sciences & Engineering) | 4 |
| AS.110.109 | Calculus II (For Physical Sciences and Engineering) | 4 |
| or AS.110.113 | Honors Single Variable Calculus |
| AS.110.202 | Calculus III | 4 |
| or AS.110.211 | Honors Multivariable Calculus |
LINEAR ALGEBRA
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
COMPUTER LANGUAGE AND PROGRAMMING
COMPUTATIONAL AND NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
OPTIMIZATION
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| EN.553.361 | Introduction to Optimization I 1 | 4 |
AREA OF FOCUS
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
Computational Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics
Financial Mathematics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| EN.553.427 | Stochastic Processes and Applications to Finance I | 4 |
| EN.553.441 | Equity Markets and Quantitative Trading | 3 |
| EN.553.442 | Investment Science | 4 |
| EN.553.444 | Introduction to Financial Derivatives | 4 |
| EN.553.445 | Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives | 4 |
| EN.553.447 | Quantitative Portfolio Theory and Performance Analysis | 4 |
| EN.553.449 | Advanced Equity Derivatives | 4 |
| EN.553.488 | Computing for Applied Mathematics | 3 |
Optimization and Operations Research
Probability and Stochastic Process
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AS.110.405 | Real Analysis I | 4 |
| AS.110.445 | Mathematical and Computational Foundations of Data Science | 3 |
| EN.553.426 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | 4 |
| EN.553.427 | Stochastic Processes and Applications to Finance I | 4 |
| EN.553.433 | Monte Carlo Methods | 4 |
| EN.553.492 | Mathematical Biology | 3 |
Statistics and Statistical Learning
QUANTITATIVE STUDIES
A grade of C- or higher is required. No Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grade will be accepted. Courses used to meet the requirements above may be counted towards the 40 required credits.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| |
FREE ELECTIVES
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
The Bachelor of Arts will not be an option for students entering for Fall 2024 or later.
The information below describes the academic requirements for degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered JHU in Fall 2023. Students who entered JHU prior to Fall 2023 should view the appropriate archived catalogue.
Sample Program
| First Year |
|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
|---|
| AS.110.109 | 4 | AS.110.202 | 4 |
| EN.501.130 | | EN.500.113 | 3 |
| EN.553.172 | 4 | Writing Intensive | 3 |
| EN.553.101 (not required) | 1 | Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 |
| Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 | Free elective | 3 |
| | 12 | | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
|---|
| AS.110.302 | 4 | EN.553.361 | 4 |
| EN.553.295 | 4 | EN.553.385 | 4 |
| EN.601.220 (not required) | 4 | Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 |
| Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 | Writing Intensive | |
| | 15 | | 11 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
|---|
| EN.553.420 | 4 | EN.553.430 | 4 |
| Extra AMS course 300-level or higher for honors (not required) | 3-4 | EN.661.110 (recommended) | 3 |
| Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 | Humanities/Social Sciences | 3 |
| Writing Intensive | 3 | Writing Intensive | 3 |
| Free elective | 3 | |
| | 16-17 | | 13 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
|---|
| Area of Focus course 1 | 3-4 | EN.553.400 (recommended) | 4 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Area of Focus course 2 | 3-4 |
| Free elective | 3 | Free elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free elective | 3 |
| Free elective | 3 | Free elective | 3 |
| | 15-16 | | 16-17 |
| Total Credits 114-117 |
