Program Goals

  • Prepare students for careers in the mathematical sciences and secondary mathematics teaching in the public schools.
     
  • Provide students with the liberal arts foundation and concentrated study of mathematics needed to pursue graduate study in mathematics and related disciplines.
     
  • Support student and faculty learning and research efforts in the applications, teaching, and learning of mathematics.

Learning Objectives

Students completing the mathematics major will develop their abilities to:
  • Understand major branches of mathematics, including algebra, analysis, geometry, probability and statistics.
     
  • Recognize that quantitative methods can be applied to solve problems in a variety of disciplines.
     
  • Use mathematical reasoning, modeling, and statistical methods to explore, represent, and communicate about quantitative relationships and solve problems involving such relationships.
     
  • Employ technology to investigate mathematical concepts and applications.
     
  • View mathematics as a creative and practical endeavor that is constructed by humans.
     
  • Meet the challenges of a career in mathematics and of graduate study in fields such as the natural sciences, education, business, economics, law, medicine, and computer sciences.

Additionally, students completing the secondary mathematics teacher certification option will develop their abilities to:

  • Model mathematical reasoning, communication, and problem solving for learners.
     
  • Understand the learning process as it applies to mathematics and be reflective about themselves as learners of mathematics.
     
  • Conceptualize and design mathematical learning experiences to meet a variety of learning needs.
     
  • Create a classroom environment where learners' ideas are valued and learners develop confidence to employ mathematics to solve a variety of problems.
     
  • Incorporate mathematics education research into their views of mathematics and its teaching and learning.
     
  • Draw upon a variety of sources, including recommendations from national professional organizations, textbooks, and state curriculum frameworks, to continually update their understandings of mathematics in the classroom.
     
  • Assess and evaluate mathematics learning through a variety of methods.
     
  • Create interdisciplinary learning activities that link mathematics to other disciplines and demonstrate the importance of quantitative literacy in all subject areas.
   
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