UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CONAS)

MSc in Mathematics

Basic information for MSc (Mathematics) by course work and dissertation

Programme Type: Postgraduate Programme

Duration:             2 Years
Field of Study:     Pure Mathematics

College:                College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Department:        Mathematics

 

Study Plan

For a student to be awarded a MSc. in Mathematical, he/she must earn a minimum of 180 credits of which 120 credits from coursework and 60 credits from the dissertation.

Course work runs for two semesters during the first year of studyand dissertation work is covered during the second year. A minimum of 5 courses are taught each semester and each course carries 12 credits. A student must do a minimum of 5 courses (60 credits) per semester. Out of the minimum of 120 credits, 84 credits will be from the core courses and a minimum of 36 credits from the elective courses. The courses in this programme are:

 

 Code

Course Title        

Core/ Elective

Credit

First Year: Semester I

MT 663

Ordinary Differential Equations

Core

12

MT 630

Differential Geometry

Core

12

MT 619

Applied Functional Analysis

Core

12

MT 674

Real Analysis

Core

12

 

Elective

 

12

Total Credits: First Year: Semester I

 

 60

 

 

 

First Year, Semester II

 

 

MT 605

Advanced Linear Algebra

Core

12

MT 623

Commutative Algebra

Core

12

MT 653

Topology

Core

12

 

Elective

 

12

 

Elective

 

12

 

 Total Credits  Year 1 Semester 1I

 

60

         

 

Students to choose minimum of three optional courses from the following courses

Code

Course Title

Core/
Elective

Semester

Credits

MT 602

Numerical Analysis

Elective

I

12

MT 608

Algebraic Geometry

Elective

II

12

MT 612

Galois Theory

Elective

II

12

MT 610

Complex Analysis

Elective

II

12

MT 616

Computational Algebra

Elective

I

12

MT 617

Algebraic Topology

Elective

II

12

MT 618

Combinatorics

Elective

I

12

MT 625

Logic and Set Theory

Elective

I

12

MT632

Algebra: Group and Ring theories

Elective

II

12

MT 647

Fourier Analysis

Elective

I

12

MT 649

Number Theory and Cryptography

Elective

I

12

MT 659

Measure Theory and Integration

Elective

II

12

MT 660

Computer Programming

Elective

I

12

MT 664

Graph Theory

Elective

I

12

MT 665

Mathematical Packages for Scientific Computations

Elective

II

12

MT 683

Partial Differential Equations

Elective

II

12