Certificate in Mathematical Modelling

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . The Certificate in Mathematical Modelling equips you with the mathematical fluency required to formulate, analyze, and evaluate models arising in a wide variety of scientific and industrial contexts. The certificate is an excellent complementary credential if you are pursuing a degree in a discipline where models play a fundamental role, from economics to engineering to computer simulation to pure, applied, and social sciences. You will learn the mathematical skills and concepts required for mathematical modelling. You will develop mathematical models and use them to help solve real-world problems from diverse subject areas. You get to choose an upper-year MATH or STAT course from an extensive list to customize your program to your specific modelling interests. The course is designed to teach students how to apply mathematics by formulating, analyzing and criticizing models arising in real-world situations. An important aspect in modelling a problem is to choose an appropriate set of mathematical methods - 'tools' - in which to formulate the problem mathematically. In most cases a problem can be categorized into one of three types, namely: continuous, discrete, and probabilistic. The course will consist of an introduction to mathematical modelling through examples of these three basic modelling types. This course is a continuation of MATH 336. The course is designed to further develop students' capacity to formul