About the Program
Students pursuing studies in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, probability and statistics at the graduate level leading to an M.Sc. or a Ph.D. do so in a joint program offered by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Ottawa under the auspices of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Mathematics and Statistics. The Institute is responsible for supervising the programs, regulations, and student admissions, and for providing a framework for interaction between the two departments at the research level.
Academic Regulations
- See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.
Admission Requirements
- The normal requirement for admission to the Ph.D. program is a master's degree in mathematics, or the equivalent, with at least high honours standing. Details are outlined in the General Regulations section of this Calendar.
Program Requirements
- Course requirements include a minimum of 3.0 credits and a suitable thesis.
- Not all of these courses may be taken in the same field of mathematics; at least 1.0 credit must be in another field.
- All candidates must take comprehensive examinations
- All candidates must satisfy a language requirement. The language requirement is determined by the candidate's advisory committee and normally requires the ability to read mathematical literature in a language considered useful for his/her research or career, and other than the candidate's principal language of study.
- Students specializing in mathematics or probability undertake a comprehensive examination in the following areas:
- The candidate's general area of specialization at the Ph.D. level
- Examinations on two topics chosen from applied analysis, discrete applied mathematics, algebra, analysis, probability, topology, and statistics.
- Students specializing in statistics must write an examination in the following areas:
- Mathematical statistics which includes multivariate analysis
- An examination in probability, and
- An examination in either (i) applied statistics, or (ii) analysis
- In all cases, the examination must be completed successfully within twenty months of initial registration in the Ph.D. program in the case of full-time students, and within thirty-eight months of initial registration in the case of part-time students.
- All Ph.D. candidates are also required to undertake a final oral examination on the subject of their thesis.
