The undergraduate Applied Mathematics degree links math with the worlds of science, technology, engineering, and social science. Through project-based learning in the Applied Mathematics program, students will learn to integrate analytical and computational tools in the modeling of physical, biological, and economic processes, while developing problem-solving skills that apply across disciplines.
Our graduates can choose from a wide range of careers, including data science, biostatistics, software development, finance, cryptography, quality assurance, systems engineering, and operations research. Wentworth’s Applied Mathematics degree is a three-year program with a four-year option.
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Why Major in Applied Mathematics?
Wentworth students are ready to get their hands dirty from day one working with the latest industry tools and technology, and our applied math students are no different. They develop mathematical solutions for today’s most pressing problems.
With flexible coursework that can be completed in either three or four years, this degree is perfect for students that are looking to either graduate early and enter the workforce, or earn additional academic concentrations, such as financial mathematics, data science, or computer science.
Actuarial Science Concentration
Students who declare this concentration are able to complete three actuarial exams before they graduate.
Collaborate on Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Our applied math majors use their mathematical expertise to develop the foundations for projects and research across the university. Working in collaboration with other students and faculty, they create innovative solutions to questions throughout fields like engineering, design, and technology.
3-Year Program Available
Students can choose to complete the degree in three years or they can opt for a 3+1 and get a dual degree with Applied Computer Science or Data Science.
Make Lasting Professional Connections
Located near the heart of Boston, our students work closely with Wentworth’s industry partners. Come graduation, they’ve not only earned their degree, but they’ve also forged lasting professional connections.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology offers a three-year B.S. in Applied Mathematics, in which Applied Math majors take six semesters of classes and complete two marketable applied math co-ops. The four-year B.S. in Applied Mathematics in which majors take 8 semesters of classes and complete two marketable applied math co-ops. Graduates, in addition to continuing their education at the graduate level, may seek employment in a variety of fields including government, finance, risk-management and actuarial science, predictive modeling, data science, research, operations research, quality assurance, software engineering, statistics, biomedicine, and informatics.
View the Course Catalog below for information about program requirements.
For an overview of the year-by-year experience in the Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics program, see "What You'll Learn" below.
On This PageFour Year Program
Total Required Credits: 120
This is a four-year full-time program, which begins the fall semester of the student's first year and is planned to end after the summer semester of the student's fourth year.
Plan of Study Grid First Year Fall Semester Credits MATH1550 FOUNDATIONS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS 4 MATH1776 CALCULUS 1A 2 MATH1777 CALCULUS 1B 2 English Sequence 4 Science Elective 4 Credits 16 Spring Semester MATH1876 CALCULUS 2A 2 MATH1877 CALCULUS 2B 2 MATH2300 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 4 English Sequence 4 Science Elective 4 Credits 16 Second Year Fall Semester MATH2025 MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS 4 MATH2860 LINEAR ALGEBRA & MATRIX THEORY 4 COMP1000 COMPUTER SCIENCE I 4 HSS Elective* 4 COOP2500 INTRODUCTION TO COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 0 Credits 16 Spring Semester MATH2500 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 4 MATH2550 TRANSITION TO ADVANCED MATH 4 COMP1050 COMPUTER SCIENCE II 4 NON-TECH Non-Technical Elective 4 Credits 16 Summer Semester COOP3000OPTIONAL COOP EDUCATION Credits 0 Third Year Fall Semester MATH2100 PROBABILITY & STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS 4 MATH3900 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I 4 Technical Elective 4 NON-TECH Non-Technical Elective 4 Credits 16 Spring Semester MATH2200 ADVANCED STATISTICS 4 MATH3950 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II 4 Technical Elective 4 HSS Elective* 4 Credits 16 Summer Semester COOP3500 COOP EDUCATION 1 Credits 0 Fourth Year Fall Semester MATH3700 OPERATIONS RESEARCH 4 MATH4900 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 4 Technical Elective 4 Credits 12 Spring Semester COOP4500 COOP EDUCATION 2 Credits 0 Summer Semester MATH5000 APPLIED MATHEMATICS FINAL YEAR DESIGN I 4 Technical Elective 4 HSS Elective* 4 Credits 12 Total Credits 120 Non-coursework Requirement
In addition to the above coursework requirements, students are required to complete the following non-coursework degree requirements:
- One public lecture
- A poster presentation
Non-Technical Electives:
A total of 8 semester credit hours comprised of any two 4-credit courses for which the pre-requisite has been met, in the following subjects: ARCH, COMM, CONM, CSAS, ECON, ENGL, HIST, HUMN, HSSI, INDS, INTD, LITR, MGMT, MANF, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, SOCL, SURV
ENGL/HSS Note
Students are required to complete:
- At least one course in Humanities: CSAS, HSSI, HIST, HUMN, LITR and PHIL
- At least one course in the Social Sciences: CSAS, HSSI, COMM, ECON, ENVM, POLS, PSYC and SOCL
- The remaining course from either the Humanities or Social Sciences category.
Students with a three English course sequence may use the third English course to satisfy a Humanities requirement.
A minimum of 20 credits total, including English, humanities, and social science credit, is required to complete the humanities and social sciences graduation requirement.
Math Placement may alter the course schedule above.
Technical Electives:
A total of 16 semester credit hours of technical electives must be taken as a part of the program. One of the four technical electives must be either MATH4575 COMPLEX VARIABLES, MATH4400 INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA, or MATH4875 REAL ANALYSIS I, Students may choose, after consultation with their primary advisor, among the electives offered each semester. Technical elective courses include biological, financial, and physical science applications through courses offered by the Applied Mathematics Academic Unit including:
Course List Course Title Credits MATH1950 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS 4 MATH2250 TIME SERIES 4 MATH2425 CRYPTOLOGY 4 MATH3150 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES 4 MATH3100 MEDICAL IMAGING: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH 4 MATH3200 DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY 4 MATH3225 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS 4 MATH3250 HAZARD & CATASTROPHE MODELING 4 MATH3500 CALCULUS IV 4 MATH4050 MACHINE LEARNING 4 MATH4100 INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS 4 MATH4400 INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA 4 MATH4475 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS 4 MATH4575 COMPLEX VARIABLES 4 MATH4875 REAL ANALYSIS I 4 MATH4975 REAL ANALYSIS II 4 MATH4950 DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND CHAOS 4 MGMT2750 INTEGRATIVE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (requires School approval ) 4 Any 2000-Level courses in BIOE,BIOL, BMED,CHEM,CIVE,COMP,DATA,ELEC,ELMC,ENGR,ENVM,MECH,PHYS,SCIN will also count as Technical Electives* Prerequisites must be met and School approval is required. 4 Science Elective:
Course List Course Title Credits BIOL1100 CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 4 BIOL1700 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I 4 BIOL2200 ADVANCED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 4 BIOL3000 APPLICATIONS IN GENETICS 4 CHEM1100 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I 4 CHEM1600 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II 4 PHYS1250 ENGINEERING PHYSICS I 4 PHYS1750 ENGINEERING PHYSICS II 4 PHYS2000 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY 4 PHYS3100 MODERN PHYSICS 4 The following courses require School approval to satisfy the Science Elective requirement BIOL2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN BIOLOGY 4 BIOL3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 4 CHEM2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CHEMISTRY 4 CHEM3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY 4 PHYS2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS 4 PHYS3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS 4 Three Year Program
Total Required Credits: 120
This is a three-year full-time accelerated program, which begins the fall semester of the student's first year and is planned to end after the summer semester of the student's third year.
Plan of Study Grid First Year Fall Semester Credits MATH1550 FOUNDATIONS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS 4 MATH1776 CALCULUS 1A 2 MATH1777 CALCULUS 1B 2 COMP1000 COMPUTER SCIENCE I 4 English Sequence 4 Science Elective 4 Credits 20 Spring Semester MATH1876 CALCULUS 2A 2 MATH1877 CALCULUS 2B 2 MATH2300 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 4 COMP1050 COMPUTER SCIENCE II 4 English Sequence 4 Science Elective 4 Credits 20 Second Year Fall Semester MATH2025 MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS 4 MATH2100 PROBABILITY & STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS 4 MATH2860 LINEAR ALGEBRA & MATRIX THEORY 4 MATH3900 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I 4 HSS Elective* 4 COOP2500 INTRODUCTION TO COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 0 Credits 20 Spring Semester MATH2200 ADVANCED STATISTICS 4 MATH2500 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 4 MATH2550 TRANSITION TO ADVANCED MATH 4 MATH3950 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II 4 NON-TECH Non-Technical Elective 4 Credits 20 Summer Semester COOP3500 COOP EDUCATION 1 Credits 0 Third Year Fall Semester MATH3700 OPERATIONS RESEARCH 4 MATH4900 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 4 Technical Elective 4 Technical Elective 4 HSS Elective* 4 Credits 20 Spring Semester COOP4500 COOP EDUCATION 2 0 Credits 0 Summer Semester MATH5000 APPLIED MATHEMATICS FINAL YEAR DESIGN I 4 Technical Elective 4 Technical Elective 4 HSS Elective* 4 NON-TECH - Non-Technical Elective 4 Credits 20 Total Credits 120 Non-coursework Requirement:
In addition to the above coursework requirements, students are required to complete the following non-coursework degree requirements:
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One public lecture
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A poster presentation
Non-Technical Electives:
A total of 8 semester credit hours comprised of any two 4-credit courses for which the pre-requisite has been met, in the following subjects: ARCH, COMM, CONM, CSAS, ECON, ENGL, HIST, HUMN, HSSI, INDS, INTD, LITR, MGMT, MANF, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, SOCL, SURV
ENGL/HSS Note
Students are required to complete:
- At least one course in Humanities: CSAS, HSSI, HIST, HUMN, LITR and PHIL
- At least one course in the Social Sciences: CSAS, HSSI, COMM, ECON, ENVM, POLS, PSYC and SOCL
- The remaining course from either the Humanities or Social Sciences category.
Students with a three English course sequence may use the third English course to satisfy a Humanities requirement.
A minimum of 20 credits total, including English, humanities, and social science credit, is required to complete the humanities and social sciences graduation requirement.
Math Placement may alter the course schedule above.
Technical Electives:
A total of 16 semester credit hours of technical electives must be taken as a part of the program. One of the four technical electives must be eitherMATH4875 REAL ANALYSIS I, MATH4575 COMPLEX VARIABLES, or MATH4400 INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA. Students may choose, after consultation with their primary advisor, among the electives offered each semester. Technical elective courses include biological, financial, and physical science applications through courses offered by the Applied Mathematics Academic Unit including:
Course List Course Title Credits MATH1950 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS 4 MATH2250 TIME SERIES 4 MATH2425 CRYPTOLOGY 4 MATH3150 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES 4 MATH3200 DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY 4 MATH3225 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS 4 MATH3250 HAZARD & CATASTROPHE MODELING 4 MATH3500 CALCULUS IV 4 MATH4050 MACHINE LEARNING 4 MATH4100 INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS 4 MATH4400 INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA 4 MATH4475 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS 4 MATH4575 COMPLEX VARIABLES 4 MATH4875 REAL ANALYSIS I 4 MATH4975 REAL ANALYSIS II 4 MGMT2750 INTEGRATIVE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (requires School approval ) 4 Any 2000-Level courses in BIOE,BIOL, BMED,CHEM,CIVE,COMP,DATA,ELEC,ELMC,ENGR,ENVM,MECH,PHYS,SCIN will also count as Technical Electives* Prerequisites must be met and School approval is required. Science Elective:
Course List Course Title Credits BIOL1100 CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 4 BIOL1700 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I 4 BIOL2200 ADVANCED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 4 BIOL3000 APPLICATIONS IN GENETICS 4 CHEM1100 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I 4 CHEM1600 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II 4 PHYS1250 ENGINEERING PHYSICS I 4 PHYS1750 ENGINEERING PHYSICS II 4 PHYS2000 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY 4 PHYS3100 MODERN PHYSICS 4 The following courses require School approval to satisfy the Science Elective requirement BIOL2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN BIOLOGY 4 BIOL3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 4 CHEM2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CHEMISTRY 4 CHEM3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY 4 PHYS2990 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHYSICS 4 PHYS3800 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS 4
Testimonials
Sandrah Abbuah
A peer tutor and teacher’s assistant during her time at Wentworth, Sandrah worked as a co-op for AIR Worldwide before taking a full-time software engineer position with the risk assessment company after graduation. Today, she is a portfolio risk and data analyst with Cambridge Savings Bank.
“Math was something that I really gravitated toward and, to be more specific, data. At Cambridge Savings Bank, I work with Excel, I do a lot of SQL, I do a lot of reporting and dashboarding, and that’s something I really love.”
Patrick Pfenning
Pat Pfenning ’17 works as a data engineer and says that he greatly appreciates the smaller class sizes and extra faculty attention he received during his education at Wentworth.
“I try to use Math as much as I can every day. I bring that kind of thought process throughout my working life. I think Wentworth does an excellent job. They're good to their alums. They're good in helping [students] get jobs. This is a great place to be.”
Shylee Ezroni
My experience in the Applied Math program at Wentworth equipped me with the skillset and network to undertake graduate school, become a senior technologist at a Fortune 500 company, and start a nonprofit called The WIT Project, supporting women of color break into tech. I am so grateful for my WIT family!
Katie McDonough
Katie McDonough looked for a program that would help her hone problem-solving skills, she looked no further than Applied Math at Wentworth. McDonough currently works in people strategy and analytics as a senior analyst.
“I noticed the curriculum allowed me to learn a little computer science, a little engineering and a lot of math, and I really appreciated that, and it has been very applicable now.”
What You’ll Learn
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Year 1
You’ll establish a foundation for your Applied Mathematics program by taking Engineering Calculus I & II and (fittingly) Foundations of Applied Mathematics. You can also choose from several science electives to fulfill the course requirement.
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Year 2
Second-year applied math students expand their knowledge with courses like Multivariable Calculus and Computer Science I & II. At this stage, you’ll be immersed in a variety of math concepts and approaches.
An optional pre co-op work term is available to students during the summer semester.
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Year 3
In the fall and spring semesters of your third year, you’ll continue to bolster your math knowledge with courses in Advanced Statistics and Numerical Analysis. You’ll also be able to supplement your core program courses with several electives in your desired area of study.
In the summer, you’ll begin the first of two required co-ops.
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Year 4
In your final fall semester, you’ll wrap up your core program requirements while continuing to select from electives in several professional focuses.
In the spring, you’ll go on your second required co-op to gain more hands-on industry experience.
In the summer semester of your program, you’ll focus on your final senior project.