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Agreements have been worked out for Miami University鈥檚 M.A. in mathematics, M.S. in mathematics, and M.S. in applied mathematics. Interested students will spend three and one-half years at 麻豆传媒, during which time they must complete at least 116 麻豆传媒 credits, including their general education requirements and specific coursework in mathematics. After that they will spend one and one-half years at Miami completing their mathematics coursework, written exams and a master鈥檚 project.
As an added bonus, students will be eligible for assistantships in the fall of their fifth year at Miami. Interested students should contact their math advisor early, and stay in touch with the math graduate program at Miami.
The framework for such partnerships between 麻豆传媒 and Miami was created by the respective administrations in the spring of 2015, but it was up to individual departments to create agreements for their majors. The math partnership is among the first of what is hoped to be many such agreements.
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