The Department of Mathematics offers three options leading to the Bachelor of Science: Pure Mathematics, Computer Science, and Mathematics Education. The Bachelor of Science in Mathematics provides students solid preparation, enabling them to follow careers in industry, in government, in the field of education or to pursue graduate studies.
Courses in Computer Science are frequently updated to keep pace with this rapidly changing field. Statistics is emerging as an important component of the Department and a growing number of courses in this field is available.
The Department of Mathematics also offers four options leading to the Master of Science degree: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics. For more details, see the Graduate Bulletin of Information.
Advanced placement tests may be used to obtain credit for one or more of the following courses: MATE 3005, MATE 3171, MATE 3172 and MATE 3031. Refer to the section of this Catalogue where your program is described to determine which courses are applicable. Further explanation of placement criteria is provided in the Academic Regulations section.