Best Math Courses for Interdisciplinary?

[Lox26]

Greetings, GradCafe-ers!

While I am still nailing down a career path, I am confident that I will pursue a masters (fingers crossed) within the next 3 years. What classes would you recommend to put me on solid ground for such a program? I am interested in an interdisciplinary program--such as cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, systems neuroscience, decision theory, or game theory--that will enable me to study/model how we make various choices. Nebulous as this list may seem, I am refining my interests periodically with more research and coursework. (Admittedly, I'm a ways from my goal!)

Current and future relevant coursework include: Stats, Econometrics, Linear Algebra, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Intro Psych, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Social Psych, and Psychopathology. I have also done some imaging research (not fMRI yet, no publications).

What other math courses would you recommend? I have one year left (one semester of undecided classes) and plan to pursue an informal post-bacc to supplement my undergraduate work.

Looking forward to your responses!

Lox

[cyberwulf]

Recommend taking up to and including multivariable calculus. Given your interests, you might also consider a course in differential equations.

[Lox26]

Hi Cyberwulf,

Question for you: how relevant did you find Calc II? People tell me they haven't used it and see no connection between II and III/Multivariate. Would you agree? Is it possible to take III/ then move onto Diff Eq, before I take II? Or would that leave me behind?

Also, how many math courses could I take at once? Math topics tend to be sequential, so I am trying to figure out what courses I could reasonably take at the same time.

Thanks!

[cyberwulf]

Calc II is typically where you learn about integration, so you can't skip directly to Calc III (partial derivatives and multiple integration) without taking it. Depending on what is covered in DiffEq, Calc III may not be a prerequisite, but II definitely will be.