Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings

07 - Mathematics, computer and information sciences

27. - Mathematics and statistics

27.03 - Applied mathematics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 27.0301 to 27.0399.

27.0301 - Applied mathematics, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of mathematics and statistics to the solution of functional problems in fields such as engineering and the applied sciences. These programs include courses in natural phenomena modelling continuum mechanics, reaction-diffusion, wave propagation, dynamic systems, numerical analysis, controlled theory, asymptotic methods, variation, optimization theory, inverse problems, and applications to specific scientific and industrial topics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • applied mathematics
    • mathematical sciences
    • mathematics science

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • computational and applied mathematics(27.0304)
    • mathematical biology(27.0306)
    • mathematical economics(45.0603)
    • mathematical physics(40.0810)
    • mathematics for commerce(27.0305)
    • operations research(14.3701)
27.0303 - Computational mathematics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of mathematics to the theory, architecture, and design of computers, computational techniques, and algorithms. These programs include courses in computer theory, cybernetics, numerical analysis, algorithm development, binary structures, combinatorics, advanced statistics, and related topics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • computational mathematics

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • actuarial mathematics(52.1304)
    • computational and applied mathematics(27.0304)
    • computing science(11.0701)
    • mathematics and computer science(30.0801)
    • scientific computing(30.3001)
27.0304 - Computational and applied mathematics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of a broad range of mathematical and computational methods to modeling, analysis, algorithm development, and simulation for the solution of complex scientific and engineering problems. These programs include courses in numerical analysis, discrete mathematics, operations research, optimization, differential equations, statistics, scientific computation, and applications to specific scientific and industrial topics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • applied and computational mathematics
    • combined computational and applied mathematics
    • computational and applied mathematics

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • applied mathematics(27.0301)
    • computational mathematics(27.0303)
    • scientific computing(30.3001)
27.0305 - Financial mathematics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of mathematics and statistics to the finance industry, including the development, critique, and use of various financial models. These programs include courses in probability theory, statistical analysis, numerical methods, computation and simulation methods, stochastic processes, economics, and financial markets and applications.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • mathematical finance
    • quantitative and computational finance
    • quantitative finance

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • applied mathematics(27.0301)
27.0306 - Mathematical biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of mathematics to genomics, molecular modeling, structural biology, ecology, evolutionary biology and systems of analysis of neurobiology, physiology, and metabolism. These programs include courses in computational mathematics, chaos and nonlinear systems, perturbation methods, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and neurobiology.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • mathematical biology

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • applied mathematics(27.0301)
    • bioinformatics(26.1103)
    • biometrics(26.1101)
    • biostatistics(26.1102)
    • computational biology(26.1104)
27.0399 - Applied mathematics, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Applied mathematics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • combinatorics and optimization
    • financial insurance

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