Achievement

The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. track in Mathematics began accepting students in Spring 2009, and during this reporting year this track has developed as an important part of the curriculum for IGERT students in Math. Developed by Walton (coPI) largely in response to our experiences with the IGERT curriculum, this degree option allows room for cross-disciplinary study and research within a still rigorous curriculum. We believe that this option has kept some of our most interdisciplinary-oriented students from transferring out of the program and into other universities. Along with the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, started last year, this curriculum provides a framework in which we can carry forward many of the multidisciplinary curricular and programmatic features of our IGERT.