Undergraduate Requirements Archive → 2025/2026 Undergraduate Requirements - under construction → B.A./B.S in Mathematics
Upon declaring a major in mathematics, students must select a degree in which the major will appear. We offer your choice of a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.).
These degrees have many common requirements, including minimum units, English composition, and general education courses. There are some differences, however.
Below, you can find the requirements specific to the two degrees. For requirements specific to the major, regardless of degree, see:
Our major checklists also provide a good overview of the requirements for the degree/major of your choice.
As far as the mathematics coursework is concerned, the B.A. and B.S. are identical.
The requirements for the two degrees differ only in the following ways:
**Note: These requirements changed significantly in Spring 2022 to coincide with a new General Education program. If you entered the university in 2021 or earlier, see here for your B.A. degree requirements.**
**Note: These requirements changed significantly in Spring 2022 to coincide with a new General Education program. If you entered the university in 2021 or earlier, see here for your B.S. degree requirements.**
(*) Lecture and lab must both be taken to constitute one lab science course.
(**) Lecture and lab must both be taken to constitute one lab science course. This option was not approved in time to get into the official requirements for Fall 2025; students from any catalog math email the Math Center to have the adjustment made to their requirements: math-mathcenter@arizona.edu
Note: B.S. students may satisfy both the Application Course Requirement and one of the Laboratory Science Courses by completing one of the Physics courses.
Choose from the following:
| Agric & Biosystems Eng | BE 201, BE 284, BE 428, BE 481A;
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| Agric & Resource Economics | AREC 304,
AREC 464, AREC 479;
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| Astronomy | ASTR 250; |
| Atmospheric Sciences | ATMO 430, ATMO 436A, ATMO 469A, ATMO 469B;
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| Biochemistry | BIOC 462A, BIOC 462B, BIOC 466 |
| Biomedical Engineering | BME 214, BME 481B; |
| Civil Engineering | CE 214; |
| Chemical & Environmental Engr | CHEE 201, CHEE 202,
CHEE 270, CHEE 297, CHEE 481A, CHEE 481B;
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| Chemistry | CHEM 161, CHEM 162, CHEM 325, CHEM 404A, CHEM 480A, CHEM 480B, CHEM 481; |
| Computer Science | CSC 345, CSC 355, CSC 422, CSC 433, CSC 436, CSC 437,
CSC 444, CSC 445, CSC 453, CSC 460, CSC 477, CSC 483;
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| Computer Science UA South | CSCV 345; |
| Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | ECOL 302, ECOL 447, ECOL 496N (ECOL 496N not offered recently); |
| Economics | ECON 332,ECON 361; |
| Engineering | ENGR 211C, ENGR 211E, ENGR 211P; |
| Environmental Science | ENVS 420, ENVS 470, ENVS 479; |
| Geography & Development | GEOG 463; |
| Geosciences | GEOS 322, GEOS 356, GEOS 419, GEOS 432, GEOS 434A, GEOS 440, GEOS 469, GEOS 479; |
| Hydrology and Water Resources | HWRS 349A,
HWRS 350, HWRS 421(HWRS 421 not offered recently), HWRS 431, HWRS 460A; |
| Information Sci, Tech & Arts | ISTA 320, ISTA 421, ISTA 450; |
| Molecular & Cellular Biology | MCB 480; |
| Materials Science & Engr | MSE 222, MSE 345, MSE 404, MSE 415; |
| Mathematics | MATH 493; |
| Optical Sciences | OPTI 201R, OPTI 303, OPTI 495B; |
| Physics | PHYS 140, PHYS 141, PHYS 142, PHYS 143*, PHYS 161H, PHYS 162H, PHYS 240, PHYS 241,PHYS 261H; *Note: PHYS 143 is only 2 units; 6 units are required. |
| Physiology | PSIO 303, PSIO 305, PSIO 472; |
| Planetary Sciences | PTYS 407; |
| Retailing & Consumer Science | RCSC 216; |
| Systems & Industrial Engr | SIE 250, SIE 265; |
| Wildlife & Fisheries Science | WFSC 444, WFSC 445; |
| Watershed Management | WSM 460A; |
| or courses approved by your academic advisor. | |
Students pursuing a second major that has a degree title different from that of the first major are technically double degree students. Additional requirements may apply to double degree students that do not pertain to double major students (students with two majors that have exactly the same degree title). See an advisor for details.
Every undergraduate degree program at the University of Arizona requires satisfaction of the MCWA. a grade of A or B in ENGL 102, ENGL 108 (for ESL students), or ENGL 109H (for qualified students) will satisfy the requirement. If you earn less than a B in your second-semester composition course, you have several options for completing the MCWA. You may: