<p>I am considering doing a major in Mathematics which is almost comical in a sense because my dad couldn't handle the premed program because of the intensity of the math. Not to disrespect my dad but he openly admits that he was never very good at math, and the rest of my family has very little higher education (Most of family is from eastern KY). To get to my main point, which of you premeds are doing your major in mathematics? Could you give me a general outline of the courses you must take to accomplish this? Alongside the basic premed classes, what would I have to take?</p>
<p>Go to a college’s web site that you would like to attend…that would give you an idea of what courses you need to take.</p>
<p>pre med classes (1-2 year bio, 2 year chem, year of single var calculus[which you will cover doing a math major], 1 year writing, and some other things similiar to GEs) these are pretty standard across most med schools with a few differences here and there.</p>
<p>math major classes: what school would you be going to?</p>
<p>Classes for the math major are going to vary a lot. All math majors generally start off with calc 1-3, and linear algebra. Then the rest is up to you within reason. </p>
<p>You’ll need som proof based classes which will consister of real analysis, modern algebra, topology, splines and wavelets, real analysis 2, linear programming, differential geometry, ordineary diiff eq, stochastic calculus, numerical analysis, complex analysis, number theory, and so on. You won’t need all of these but probably at 2-3. </p>
<p>Then a bunch of intermediate classes which may consist of theory of probability, diff eq, markov chains, nonlinear systems, math stats, combinatorics, a myriad of different applied linear algebra coures, a myriad of diff eq classes, theory of single variable calc, geometry, into modern algebra, cryptography, and so on.</p>
<p>I think it would be really interesting choice to go with a math major. Mostly because the field of medicine could definately benefit from math people, especially now. There are so many biological processes that are being studied using super computers doing massive mathematical calculations. Genetics, and protein folding are two fields that I know do this. Definately are great areas to get into.</p>