Special Topics Courses
Proposed Special Topics courses are announced below. After considering student interest, variation of subject matter, and other factors, the Graduate Committee will select a subset of these classes to run in the next semester. If there is sufficient student demand for the course, and the department has the resources to cover all its other teaching obligations, the course will be properly scheduled. Otherwise the course will be cancelled.
The following university course catalog numbers are reserved for Special Topics courses: 518, 519, 529, 538, 577, 588.
Curious about what special topics courses have been offered in the past? See the Special Topics Course Archive.
Fall 2025 Special Topics Courses
MATH 518-001
Computational Methods in Algebraic Number theory, Algebraic Geometry and Group theory with Applications in Cryptography
Taught By: Klaus Lux
Archive
Curious about what special topics courses have been offered in the past? See the Special Topics Course Archive below. (Full list coming soon)
Spring 2025
MATH 529-001 - Operator Algebras and Quantum Theory (Janek Wehr)
MATH 596-002 - Student Success in Math PhD program: The Middle Years (David Glickenstein)
Fall 2024
Math 519-001 - Introduction to p-adic Hodge theory (Serin Hong)
Math 577-001 - Inference, Learning and Optimization with Graphs and Networks (Misha Chertkov)
Spring 2024
Math 519-001 - p-adic analysis and zeta functions (Doug Haessig)
Math 529-002 - Proof Writing and Proof Checking with a Computer (Sergey Cherkis)
Math 577-001 - Monte Carlo Methods (Ibrahim Fatkullin)
Math 588-001 - Infinite-Dimensional Analysis and Quantum Theory (Janek Wehr)
