Mathematics & Computer Science


   The Department offers a core of traditional pure and applied courses as well as various courses supporting other disciplines. Opportunities open to Mathematics and Computer Science graduates are diverse, plentiful and rewarding. These include teaching, programming and computer systems work, scientific and engineering applications, actuarial traineeships, and statistical applications. Many areas in graduate school are available to a Mathematics graduate. In addition to the mathematical and other sciences, these areas include engineering, operations research, statistics, information systems, and business.

    The Mathematics and Computer Science Department offers a major in Mathematics, a minor in Computer Science, and a minor in Mathematics. The College has excellent computing facilities available to students for their course work and personal projects. These include numerous microcomputers on a local area network with access to the World Wide Web.


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The Mathematics Major

Requirements: a minimum of 40 credit hours distributed as follows:     With the approval of the department, course work in other departments which is heavily mathematical may count toward the four electives. Participation in the Natural Science Seminar is also required. (See Natural Sciences and Mathematics listings for further information.) The major also requires a concentration of four courses in another discipline outside mathematics and computer science; this sequence must be approved by the department. The department can assist majors in finding summer internships to enhance their course work. Students desiring to teach mathematics at the secondary school level should consult the Education Department for accreditation requirements.

Honors Program.
    Graduation in Mathematics with Honors is possible for qualified students. See the description under Natural Sciences and Mathematics listings.


The Mathematics Minor

    A minor in Mathematics is appropriate for those interested in fields in which mathematical reasoning or models are essential; these include the natural and social sciences, philosophy, and economics.

Requirements: a minimum of 20 credit hours as follows:


The Computer Science Minor

    A minor in Computer Science is open to students majoring in any field. It is particularly useful for students who have a substantive interest in mathematics, natural or social science, or business and who intend to work in an environment in which data analysis and programming are integral parts.

Requirements: a minimum of 24 credit hours including the following:

    A student who is majoring in mathematics and pursuing this minor need take only three rather than four math electives above MAT 304.