The Mathematics Department is the first department at Buffalo State to offer a professional science master’s (P.S.M.) degree program—the first and so far only P.S.M. in applied mathematics and computation in New York State.

P.S.M. programs are springing up across the country in response to a need for employees with advanced training in science or mathematics and training in management skills.

The new program, a master of science in professional applied and computational mathematics (PACM), is accepting applicants for fall 2010. Several competitive fellowships of $15,000 are available, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.