Undergraduates may earn a minor in Mathematics and have this entered on their transcript along with their major field. Mathematics is a logical supporting subject for majors in a wide variety of fields. The minor in Math is very flexible, and allows you to take courses in a broad range of mathematical subjects. When it comes to searching for jobs or graduate schools, we have found that developing an ``official'' secondary field of competence may well be more useful than a random selection of elective courses.
Here are the requirements for a minor in Mathematics (see Chapter 4 for the major's requirements):
The lowest acceptable grade in each course is a C.
Talk to some Math professors, and find out who the undergraduate advisers are--they can help you find the courses best suited to your needs. If you do elect Math for a minor, bring a grade report to the Mathematics Department Office during your last semester at OSU, so they can complete the necessary paperwork.
The courses available for the Math minor include extensive offerings in every major area of pure and applied mathematics. Some courses emphasize both theory and applications. The undergraduate courses and selected graduate courses which may be used towards the minor are listed below. Any other graduate course (numbered 5000 or above) may also be used towards the minor. Courses are listed below by their new numbers, with old numbers in parentheses.