​Degree Plan | Requirements​  | Course Descriptions | Roadmap

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

College of Computing and Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

Course Roadmap for MS in Mathematics

The roadmap is the expected 2-year path for MS students to complete all courses by the end of Spring Semester of their second year.

Core: Three courses from Math 531, Math 533, Math 550 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

• Math 596 requires solid evidence it is indispensable for the advancement of the student's learning goals

Algebra (J. Abuihlail)

Required Core: Math 550, Math 551

Strongly Recommended: Math 553, Math 555, Math 595

Recommended:  Math 558, Math 552

Algebraic Geometry (M. I. Qureshi)

Required Core: Math 550, Math 551

Strongly Recommended: Math 556, Math 655, Math 595

Recommended:  Math 555

Commutative Algebra (S. Kabbaj, A. Kadri, A. Mimouni)

Required Core: Math 550, Math 551

Strongly Recommended: Math 555, Math 595, 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 595

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 595

Recommended: Math 582, Math 568

Differential Geometry (J. Joo, A. Bokhari)

Required Core: Math 531, Math 533

Strongly Recommended: Math 523, Math 627, Math 595

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 595

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 595 

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 595 

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 595

Recommended [Any two courses from]: Math 537, Math 550, Math 555