{"632538":{"#nid":"632538","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SoM Now Offers BS in Mathematics with Four Optional Concentrations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPrior to summer 2017, the SoM offered degrees BS Applied Math and BS Discrete Math.\u0026nbsp;Starting in Summer 2017, the School of Mathematics offers a BS in Mathematics with four optional concentrations:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBS in Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBS in Mathematics with a Concentration in Applied Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBS in Mathematics with a Concentration in Discrete Mathematics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBS in Mathematics with a Concentration in Probability and Statistics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBS in Mathematics with a Concentration in Pure Mathematics \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo students have been admitted to the BS in Discrete Mathematics DMTH since Spring 2017. Students admitted to the BS in Discrete Mathematics DMTH program Spring 2017 or earlier had the option of completing the BS in Discrete Mathematics DMTH program earning a BS in Discrete Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe teach-out plan is that current Discrete Mathematics students will be allowed to complete the requirements for the BS in Discrete Mathematics Catalog 2016-2017, the last catalog year in which students were admitted to BS in Discrete Mathematics. Such students would be awarded BS in Discrete Mathematics DMTH.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are currently 3 students in the DMTH program. One student is majoring in CS and DMTH but will drop the DMTH major this spring. The other two students: Sunny (Savannah) Thomson and Judith Brennan are on track to graduate with the BS DMTH degree in Spring 2020. These students will be the last to receive the BS DMTH degree from GT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New degree options started in Summer 2017, which means the last of the formerly offered degrees will soon be handed out."}],"uid":"34518","created_gmt":"2020-02-17 17:30:14","changed_gmt":"2020-02-17 17:30:14","author":"sbarone7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625904":{"id":"625904","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1568119621","gmt_created":"2019-09-10 12:47:01","changed":"1568119621","gmt_changed":"2019-09-10 12:47:01","alt":"photograph of Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"238292","name":"original.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/original_8.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/original_8.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":859076,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/original_8.jpg?itok=Z2iDzKaN"}}},"media_ids":["625904"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:comm@math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESal Barone\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}