GENERAL INFORMATION

The undergraduate program in mathematics provides both a background for advanced study or subsequent research in mathematics and training for those students who expect to terminate their formal education with a bachelor’s degree. For science and engineering majors, mathematics provides the theory and methods essential to understanding the mathematical aspects of their respective fields. With these objectives, the Department of Mathematics offers courses in mathematics and, for the mathematics major, specific programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Students wishing to pursue a bachelor’s degree in mathematics may elect to follow either of two courses of study. Students wishing to focus their studies within mathematics or applying mathematics to other fields may elect the program leading to a BS in Mathematics. Students wishing to incorporate extensive physics into their mathematical training may elect the program leading to a BS in Mathematics and Physics. These two programs provide basic grounding in mathematical knowledge.