Mathematics bridges the humanities and the sciences. Its position among the humanities is based on the study of mathematics as one of the liberal arts for more than two thousand years. The natural sciences have invariably turned to mathematics for techniques needed to explore the consequences of scientific theories. In the last few decades social scientists have increasingly found higher mathematics of value in their training and research. Still an expanding subject, mathematics is a part of more new and challenging frontiers than at any time in its long history—with many new fields, from data science to quantum computing, requiring new techniques and inspiring ideas for exploration.
Graduating math majors have obtained employment in a variety of jobs in business, industry, and governmental agencies and also have obtained teaching positions at the secondary school level (such teaching positions normally require teaching certification). Others have continued their education at the graduate level in mathematics and other fields. Departments in a variety of fields which use mathematics, including some in the social and biological sciences as well as in engineering and the physical sciences, are interested in attracting math majors into their graduate programs. Math Ph.D.'s obtain academic positions at the college and university level and nonacademic positions entailing consulting and research. The math major requirements are flexible enough to allow preparation for various goals, interests, and careers.
Students interested in mathematics might also consider the related degree program in applied mathematics, engineering and physics.
Professors:
Anderson, David F Andrews, Uri Angenent, Sigurd B. Arinkin, Dima Caldararu, Andrei Craciun, Gheorghe Denisov, Sergey Ellenberg, Jordan Erman, Daniel M Feldman, Mikhail Gong, Xianghong Gurevich, Shamgar Kent, Autumn Exum (Graduate Director) Lempp, Steffen Mari-Beffa, Gloria Maxim, Laurentiu Miller, Joseph S Paul, Sean T Poltoratski, Alexei Roch, Sebastien Rycroft, Christopher Seeger, Andreas Seppalainen, Timo (Chair) Smith, Leslie M. Soskova, Mariya Spagnolie, Saverio Stechmann, Sam Stovall, Betsy Street, Brian Thomas (Associate Chair) Terwilliger, Paul M. Thiffeault, Jean-Luc Valko, Benedek (Undergraduate Director) Waleffe, Fabian Yang, Tonghai
Associate Professors:
Dymarz, Tullia Maria Guo, Shaoming Ifrim, Mihaela Kim, Chanwoo Li, Qin Marshall, Simon Lindsay Tran, Hung Vinh Wang, Botong
Assistant Professors:
Apisa, Paul Chen, Nan Cochran, Amy Fabien, Maurice Kemeny, Michael L J Lawrence, Brian Loving, Marissa Lyu, Hanbaek Rodriguez, Jose Israel Shankar, Ananth Shcherbyna, Tetyana Shen, Hao Uyanik, Caglar Waldron, Alex Wu, Chenxi Zepeda-Nunez, Leonardo Zimmer, Andrew
Academic staff:
Benguria Andrews, Soledad (Calculus Coordinator) Grizzard, Robert (Associate Director for Instructional Programs) Ivanov, Mikhail (Math Learning Center Instructor) Jackson, Billy (Director of the Precalculus Program) Keller, Mitch (Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs) Kwon, Oh Hoon (Associate Director of the Precalculus Program) Lindsey, Melissa (Director of Instructional Support) Phillipson, Kaitlyn (Linear Algebra Coordinator) Rineck, Leah (Math Learning Center Director) Williams, Cassie (Associate Director of Instructional and Professional Development) Work, Grace (Associate Director of Undergraduate Research)
Enrollment Coordinator:
Kyle Martinez