How to satisfy the 39-hour rule

One of the new Regents' requirements for students graduating under Semester System rules is that you must take at least 39 semester hours of upper division courses. Since the Mathematics Major requires only 24 semester hours of MATH courses, this means that you will need to find 15 additional hours of upper division classes.

The easiest way to fulfill this requirement is to earn a minor in some other discipline. Of course, we encourage you to take mathematics courses beyond the required 24 hours and some students do. However, if you cannot handle that much math or are interested in a broader experience, you should explore other options.

To help you plan ahead and find other ways to satisfy this requirement, we have provided lists of math-related courses that have few (or no) non-MATH prerequisites. The College of Arts & Sciences also maintains a page of upper-division courses having at most one prerequisite.

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