UW ACMS Admission Statistics

Can you tell me in detail about ACMS (Applied and Computational Math Sciences) program offered by Department of Mathematics, University of Washington as I want to take admission in it?

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The ACMS (Applied and Computational Math Sciences) program offered by Department of Mathematics, University of Washington is structured into a core and a set of options.

The same set of core courses is required for all options. Students declaring an ACMS major need to choose an option at that time. Options come in two varieties: associated with a particular application domain, or with a particular area of specialization in the mathematical sciences.

Admission into the ACMS program is competitive. Students can apply to the program twice a year, in Autumn and Spring Quarters.

The application opens the first day of the quarter and is due the second Friday at 5pm. The entire application is completed online. Admission decisions are made before registration for the following quarter.

Admitted students will be admitted into a specific option and will not be able to change their option unless they reapply.


Program Options
Biological & Life Sciences
Discrete Math and Algorithms
Engineering & Phys. Science
Mathematical Economics
Operations Research
Scientific Computing
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Statistics (no longer admitting)
Data Sciences and Statistics


ACMS Program Core (43 credits)

Option Core (27 credits)
 Physics 121 (5)
 Physics 122, 123 (5,5) or Biology 180, 200: (5,5) Introductory Biology
 MATH 324: (3) Multivariable Calculus I
 AMATH 353: (3) Partial Differential Equations & Fourier Analysis
 AMATH 422,423: (3,3) Mathematical Biology

Option Electives -- Group I (8 credits)

Minimum 8 additional credits from approved courses (at the 300 level or higher) in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics required.

The following pre-approved courses are particularly recommended:

 AMATH 301: (4) Beginning Scientific Computing
 AMATH 401,402,403: (4,4,4) Methods of Applied Mathematics I,II & III
 MATH 300: (3) Mathematical Reasoning
 MATH/STAT 394,395: (3,3) Probability I & II
 MATH 407,408,409: (3,3,3) Linear, Nonlinear, & Discrete Optimization
 MATH 427,428: (3,3) Topics in Applied Analysis
 MATH 435,436,: (3,3) Introduction to Dynamical Systems
 MATH 464,465: (3,3) Numerical Analysis I & II
 STAT 421: (4) Applied Statistics and Experiment Design
 STAT 423: (4) Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance
 STAT 480: (3) Sampling Theory for Biologists