Seniors in high school must make the important decisions of choosing a college and career. As a senior, I will decide whether I will attend Mississippi State University (MSU) or The University of Central Florida (UCF), and I will major in mathematics. I will base my decision on the quality and curriculum of the department, and the costs of attending the college.MSU and UCF are both major universities. They both have good departments in mathematics. Both have good professors, a variety of courses, and are thorough in this major.The total curriculum at MSU for a B.S. in Mathematics requires 136 hours. There are two types of curriculum required for this degree. There is a College Core curriculum and a Major Core curriculum.The College Core requires a student to take 6 hours of English Composition, 3 hours of Public Speaking, 4 semesters of Foreign Language, 6 hours of Humanities, 6 hours of math, 3 hours of Fine Arts, 15 hours of Natural Science, and 6 hours of Social Studies.The Major Core requires a student to take Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Calculus IV, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Introduction to Modern Algebra I, Differential Equations I, Numerical Analysis I, Advanced Calculus I, Advanced Calculus II, 6 hours of Math Elective at a senior level, 3 hours of Math Elective at a junior level or above, Math Writing, Computer Science I, 36 hours of General Electives.The total curriculum at UCF for a B.S. in Mathematics requires 120 hours to be taken. The curriculum at UCF is broken down differently from MSU, but the same basic courses are required. The curriculum at UCF is broken down into General Education Program, Program Prerequisites, Core Requirements, Restricted Electives, Departmental Exit Requirements, Foreign Language Requirements, and University Exit Requirements.The General Education Program requires a student to take 9 hours of Communication Foundations, 9 hours of Cultural and Historical Foundations, Calculus I, Computer Science I, 6 hours of Social Foundations, General Biology, and Physics for Science and English I.The Program Prerequisites are General Biology, Calculus III, and Physics for Science and English I with lab.The Core Requirements are Physics for Science and English II with lab, 3 hours of writing (Technical Report Writing, Magazine Writing, or Advanced Expository Writing), Statistical Methods, Logic and Proof in Mathematics, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, either Combinatorics and Graph Theory or Vector and Tensor Analysis, Application of Complex Variables, Application Boundary Value Problems II, Computer Science I, Statistical Theory II, Advanced Calculus I, Numerical Calculus, and Mathematical Modeling.The Restricted Electives require a student to choose ten semester hours from several categories. The student must have 3 hours of an Applied Elective, 4 hours of Upper Division Restricted, and 3 hours of Biological and Physical Science Restricted.The Departmental Exit Requirements are that a student...