Accelerated to Master (ATM) Program at Tennessee Tech
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The “Accelerate to Masters” (ATM) program is an an integrated B.S./M.S. program in Mathematics:designed to provide an opportunity for promising
undergraduate students at TTU to begin their pursuit of an M.S. degree
in Mathematics during their senior
year at TTU. Although program participants in the ATM program
will technically not be admitted as mathematics graduate students,
participants will be permitted to enroll for up to nine (9) hours of graduate level
Mathematics courses. Because these courses will not count toward
their Bachelor’s degree, they will be applied to their Master’s degree
at Tennessee Tech University or transferred to another institution as
graduate credit. In both cases, the courses taken under the ATM program
will serve to shorten, or accelerate, the time required as a graduate
student to complete their Master’s degree (here at Tennessee Tech or
elsewhere).
Admission Requirements
Admission criteria are similar to the
traditional graduate program, except that these students will not yet
have earned their Bachelor’s degree. To be eligible, students must meet
the following minimum criteria:
- Have an overall GPA of at least 3.00;
- Must have satisfactorily completed at least 18 hours of
upper-division (3000 or 4000 level) work in Mathematics. This total may
include courses in which the applicant is currently enrolled;
- Must have a “B” or better in all upper division Mathematics
courses.
Fulfilling the above minimum requirements does
not guarantee admission to the ATM program. Students who meet the above
minimum admission requirements must apply to the Mathematics Department
for admission to the “ATM” program under the status governed by
“Special Standing.” Then, the Department of Mathematics Graduate
Committee will review the application and make a decision for approval.
While in the ATM program, students must complete, or have completed,
Advanced Calculus I and II. To successfully petition for a status
change from the ATM program into the graduate math program (i.e., from
having a Special Standing to Full Standing in the graduate program),
the student must complete an application for admission into the
graduate program and be recommended by the Graduate Committee for
admission with Full Standing (as stated in the TTU graduate catalog).
Program Description
ATM program participation does not change the
requirements for either the undergraduate or graduate degree programs
in Mathematics. Graduate classes counted toward the “ATM” program may
not be used to satisfy undergraduate degree requirements. Once admitted
to this program, the student will be allowed to enroll in appropriate
graduate mathematics courses during their (undergraduate) senior year
through consultation with the Tentative Graduate Advisory Committee
that consists of the student’s Undergraduate Advisor and the
Mathematics Department Chair.
[Program approved at the Graduate School Executive Committee meeting
held September 7, 2004]
Please contact Dr. Jeff Norden, Graduate Committee Chair, at jnorden@tntech.edu, or Dr.
Allan Mills, Interim Chair, at amills@tntech.edu
if you have any questions related to your background and its
suitability
for admission to this program.
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Last revised: July 10, 2006/vm