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Graduate Degree Programs in Mathematics- 1961 • • AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 8, NUMBER 7, PART II, ISSUE NO. 59, DECEMBER 1961 SPECIAL ISSUE ASSISTANTSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MATHEMATICS IN 1962-1963 THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL ISSUE .ASSISTANTSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MATHEMATICS IN 1962-1963 CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • • • . • • . • . • • • • . • . • . • 2 INTRODUCTION . • . • • . • • • . • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • • • . • • . 3 GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN MATHEMATICS- 1961 • • . • • • • • . • . 4 PARTI. MASTER'S PROGRAMS •.•.....•••..•••.......•..•• 4 Section A. Master's Programs in Mathematics . • . • • . • . • • 4 Section B. Master's Programs Specially Designed for the Teaching of Mathematics • • . • • . • . • . • . • . 10 Section c. Master's Programs in Statistics . • . • . • . • • . 15 Section D. Specialist Degree . • • . • . • • . • . 15 PART II. DOCTORAL PROGRAMS · •.• · • · • . • • . • . • • . • . 16 Section A. Doctoral Programs in Mathematics . • . • . • . • • • 17 Section B. Doctoral Programs Specially Designed for the Teaching of Mathematics . • . • . • . • . • • • . • . • . 21 PART III. HIGH SPEED COMPUTERS . • . • . • . • . • • • . • • 23 SURVEY OF ASSISTANTSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS •.•. , .•...•...•.•.• · 29 LIST OF DEPARTMENTS WITH NO GRADUATE PROGRAM. NO ASSISTANTSHIPS. OR WHICH DID NOT REPLY • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • • 123 SELECTED LIST OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS IN MATHEMATICS ••...•••... , . • • . • . • • . • . • . • 127 LIST OF TABLES Page TABLE I.--Master's programs in mathematics: Institutions, program requirements, program characteristics • • • • 6 TABLE z.--Master1 s programs specially designed for the teaching of mathematics: Institutions, program requirements, program characteristics •••••••• ·• • . • • • . • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • . 11 TABLE 3.--Institutions conferring master's degrees in statistics • • • • • • • • • 15 TABLE 4.--Doctoral programs in mathematics: Institutions, credit re­ quirements, areas of specialization, and numbers of degrees, january 1958 to january 1961, inclusive.................. 18 TABLE 5.--Summary of doctoral programs in mathematics. • • • • • • • • • • • • ZO TABLE 6.--Institutions at which itis possible to earn a doctor of philosophy degree in mathematics through evening and/or Saturday study alone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Z0 TABLE 7.--Institutions at which it is possible to earn a doctor of philosophy degree in mathematics through summer study alone • • • • • • • • • • ZO TABLE 8.--Doctoral programs specially designed for the teaching of math­ ematics: Institutions, kinds of degrees awarded, credit and foreign language requirements, and numbers of degrees from january 1958 to january 1961. inclusive....... • • • • • • • • • ZZ TABLE 9.--Institutions at which it is possible to earn a doctoral degree in a program specially designed for the teaching of mathematics, through evening and/or Saturday study alone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Z3 TABLE 10.--Institutions at which it is possible to earn a doctoral degree in a program speciallydesignedfor the teaching of mathematics, through summer study alone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Z3 TABLE 11.--Institutionswith high speed digitalcomputers,make and model number, and year of installation, if known • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Z4 INTRODUCTION The present Special Issue of the Because of the great expansion in NOTICES contains the third annual survey data processing and computing, Mr. Lind­ of Assistantships and Fellowships Avail­ quist also gives a listing of high speed able in Mathematics to be published by the computers on college and university cam­ AMS as a service to the mathematical com­ puses, which we have included in the Spe­ munity. The two previous surveys have cial Issue. proved the value of this service both to This survey complements that on students and to departments of mathemat­ fellowships and assistantships; from the ics. Response to our requests for informa­ two a prospective graduate student can tion has improved each year; out of 640 get a picture not only of the financial questionnaires sent out this year were­ assistance available from various depart­ ceived 532 replies, or a response of 83 ments, but also of their requirements, percent. Indeed, it is probable that no their particular areas of concentration, department which offers graduate assist­ and other material which would help him antships and fellowships has failed to reply. to make an informed choice of the depart­ Because of the popularity and time­ ment in which he wishes co study. For an liness of our Special Issue, the AMS has excellent discussion of the general con­ been given the opportunity to include in it siderations which should guide the stu­ the sections on graduate programs from a dent's choice, we recommend the booklet comprehensive survey of degree programs Professional Training in Mathematics, by in mathematics, compiled by Clarence B. F. A. Ficken and C. C. MacDuffee, avail­ Lindquist, Specialist in Mathematics and able from the Society for a nominal charge Physical Sciences, Division of Higher Edu-. of twenty-five cents. cation, Office of Education, U. S. Depart­ In addition to the two surveys, this ment of Health, Education, and Welfare. issue also contains a selected list of Mr. Lindquist's survey is essentially a scholarships, fellowships, and loan compilatiOn of information about under­ sources, other than those offered by col­ graduate and graduate programs in math­ leges and universities, which are available ematics (including mathematical statistics in mathematics at the undergraduate and and actuarial science), showing require­ graduate levels. Post-doctoral fellowships ments of various kinds and other signifi­ are not included, as these are periodically cant facts relating to these programs •. The reported in the NOTICES. section on undergraduate programs is not Also included is a list of those de­ included in this issue, but will be contained partments of mathematics and statistics in a final report on these and other data which do not offer a graduate program or to be compiled and analyzed by Mr. Lind­ have no assistantships, or which failed to quist and issued by the Office of Education. reply. 3 GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN MATHEMATICS: 1961 Clarence B. Lindquist The survey reported here in part multi-department universities. After two is a further step in the effort to determine follow-ups to non-respondents, the gather­ the current status of and trends in mathe­ ing of information was essentially ter­ matics programs in colleges and univer­ minated in May with completed returns sities across the country. The question­ from about 900 institutions. A special ef­ naire, titled Survey of Mathematics Pro­ fort was made to obtain information on grams in Institutions Granting Bachelor master's and doctoral programs from each and Higher Degrees, was distributed in institution offering such programs, and January of 1961 to about 1,050 colleges and consequently in these areas this report universities, branches of multi-campus has nearly 100 percent coverage. institutions, and separate departments of PART I MASTER'S PROGRAMS The first section of this Part deals doctor's degree. with master's programs, the second sec­ Information about kind of degree(s) tion with master's programs specially de­ awarded, as well as credit, thesis, and signed for the teaching of mathematics, the language requirements, is given for pro­ third section with master's programs in grams in mathematics and for programs statistics, and the short fourth section with specially designed for the teaching of math­ the specialist in the mathematics program, ematics. Institutions at which it is possible which exists at two institutions and which to earn these degrees through evening and/ results in a degree considered interme­ or Saturday study and through summer diate between the master's degree and study are indicated. Section A Master's Programs in Mathematics Data was obtained on ZZO master's (M.S), the sole degree in 3Z percent of programs in mathematics. Except in a very them, and either the M.A. or M.S. in Z8 few instances (for example, the separate percent of them. Three institutions re­ master's programs in the College of Let­ ported that they conferred an A. M. degree ters, Science, and Arts and in the Institute and two an S. M. degree. of Technology at the University of Minne­ Fifty-nine percent of the programs sota), these programs represent different have either 30 semester credit hours or institutions or distinct campuses of insti­ 45 quarter credit hours as a specific total tutions, such as the University of Califor­ credit hour requirement for the degree nia campuses. (including credits for thesis if they are The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree is part of the requirement). With very few the sole degree awarded in 37 percent of exceptions, the credit hour requirement is these programs; the Master of Science all, or nearly all, in mathematics. 4 A thesis is required in 48 percent of It is possible to earn the master's the programs and optional in 37 percent of degree in mathematics through evening them. Twenty-eight institutions make no and/or Saturday study alone in 27 percent provision at all for the writing of a thesis. of these master's programs and through A modern foreign language is a require­ summer study alone in 37 percent of them. ment in 36 percent of the programs. Johns Princeton University is the only uni­
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