King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
College of Computing and Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Course Roadmap for the MS Program in Mathematics
The roadmap is the expected 4-semester path for MS students to complete all degree requirements.
Core: Three courses from MATH 521, MATH 531, MATH 533, MATH 550, MATH 551 in addition to MATH 599 (Seminar) and MATH 610 (Thesis).
Possible Paths: _______________________________________________________________________
Courses will be offered if enrollment is sufficient and teaching staff is available
Algebra (J. Abuihlail)
Required Core: Math 550, Math 551
Strongly Recommended: Math 553, Math 555, Math 608
Recommended: Math 558, Math 552
Algebraic Geometry (M. I. Qureshi)
Required Core: Math 550, Math 551
Strongly Recommended: Math 556, Math 655, Math 608
Recommended: Math 555
Commutative Algebra (S. Kabbaj, A. Kadri, A. Mimouni)
Required Core: Math 550, Math 551
Strongly Recommended: Math 555, Math 608, Math 533
Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 552, Math 553, Math 521, Math 531
Computational Mathematics (K. Furati)
Required Core: Open
Strongly Recommended: Math 559, Math 571, Math 608
Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 572, Math 565, Math 566, Math 568
Data Driven Mathematics (R. Ait Haddou, K. Furatii)
Required Core: Open
Strongly Recommended: Math 559, Math 571, Math 608
Recommended: Math 582, Math 568
Differential Geometry (J. Joo, A. Bokhari)
Required Core: Math 531, Math 533
Strongly Recommended: Math 523, Math 627, Math 608
Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 527, Math 535, Math 550, Math 551
Graph Theory (M. Alfuraidan)
Required Core: Math 550, Math 531
Strongly Recommended: Math 525, Math 645, Math 608
Recommended[Any two courses from]: Math 521, Math 533, Math 573
Nonlinear PDEs and Dynamical Systems (A. Bonfoh)
Required Core: Open
Strongly Recommended: Math 569, Math 668, Math 608
Recommended [Any pair of courses from]: Math 565 & Math 568, Math 565 & Math 665, Math 568 & Math 667, Math 565 & Math572, Math 568 & Math 572
Optimization (M. Alshahrani, S. Al-Homidan, I. Ahmad, S. Belhaiza, K. Elgindy)
Required Core: Math 550, Math 531
Strongly Recommended: Math 535, Math 580, Math 582
Recommended: Math 581, ICS 553
Partial Differential Equations (N. Tatar)
Required Core: MATH 531 and two from Math 521, Math 533, Math 550
Strongly Recommended: Math 568, Math 569, Math 608
Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 566, Math 572, Math 667, Math 668
Topology (O. Echi)
Required Core: Math 521, Math 551
Strongly Recommended: Math 523, Math 535, Math 608
Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 537, Math 550, Math 555