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APPLIED MATHEMATICS MINOR

DECLARATION REQUIREMENTS

To declare an APMA Minor, students must complete 15 lower division units detailed below. 

REQUIRED COURSES (9 units):

  • Calculus I: MATH 150, 151, 154, or 157.
  • Calculus II: MATH 152, 155, or 158. 
  • Linear Algebra: MATH 232 or 240.

AND TWO ADDITIONAL COURSES FROM ONE STREAM (6 UNITS)

Stream 1: Scientific Computing

  • MATH 251 (required)

AND 

  • ONE OF: MATH 242 or MATH 260

Stream 2: Biomathematics

  • ONE OF: MATH 251 or MATH 260

AND

  • One additional 100/200-level MATH or MACM course (excluding MATH 100, 110, MATH 190) or any pre-approved quantitative lower division course. This course, if other than MATH or MACM, must be pre-approved by a department advisor. Any of the following courses can be used to satisfy this requirement: BISC 202, BISC 204, HSCI 207, HSCI 230, STAT 270.

HOW TO APPLY

Students email math_advice@sfu.ca. Emails must be sent from SFU accounts and include the following information:

  1. Full legal name
  2. Student number
  3. Computing ID
  4. Current program and faculty
  5. SFU advising transcript attached as PDF. 

Complete applications generally require 2 - 4 weeks to assess and process. 

MINIMUM GPA REQUIREMENTS:
  • Students must complete required lower division courses with a minimum C average (2.00 GPA).
  • Students must not achieve lower than a C grade in any of the required coursework.
  • If students have taken upper division courses, both their upper division MATH subject GPA, and upper division cumulative GPA must be 2.00 (minimum).
  • Students must be in good academic standing. CGPA + CUDGPA must be 2.00 (minimum).