BS Applied Mathematics

The study of mathematics is more than four thousand years old and comprises an enormous body of knowledge. Mathematics remains a very active area of research, continually giving rise to new theories and questions. The knowledge accumulated and the questions considered concern mathematics and its many applications.

Mathematics is a fundamental skill required at some minimal level of all educated people and required in-depth in many professions. The teaching objective of our department includes the development of reasoning and computational skills and the preparation of students for careers requiring a significant mathematical background.

Mathworks, a center for innovation in mathematics and math education, designs and hosts programs for elementary, middle, and high school students, researches and develops math curriculum, and provides professional development for prospective and practicing teachers. Mathworks received the 2001 Star Award for Closing the Gaps from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the 2007 Siemens Founders Award.

The department offers a Bachelor of Science with a major in Mathematics, a Bachelor of Science with a major in Applied Mathematics, and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Mathematics. Students majoring in Mathematics can obtain teacher certification in mathematics, grades 7-12, through a double major with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education. 

A student majoring in one of the programs offered by the Department of Mathematics who wishes to minor in a different program within the department must take 18 hours of math courses in addition to, and not duplicated by, those courses are taken to satisfy the requirements of the Mathematics or Applied Mathematics Major programs. The 18 additional hours must be taken from the courses listed as electives for the desired minor.