Mathematics, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to demonstrate facility with analytical concepts.
2. Students will be able to write proofs.
3. Students will be able to demonstrate facility with algebraic structures.
4. Students will be able to apply their mathematical knowledge and critical thinking to solve problems.
5. Students will be able to use technology to solve problems.
6. Students will be able to speak about their work with precision, clarity, and organization.
7. Students will be able to write about their work with precision, clarity, and organization.
8. Students will be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and cite information for the task at hand.
9. Students will collaborate effectively in teams.
10. Students will be able to understand and create arguments supported by quantitative evidence.
11. Graduates will be prepared for careers that use mathematics in business, industry, government and the non-profit sector; graduate study in fields related to mathematics; and teaching mathematics and computer science at the secondary level.

Lower-Division Requirements

• MTH 164 - Calculus I (GE) (4)
• MTH 174 - Calculus II (4)
• MTH 233 - Linear Algebra (3)
• MTH 242 - Number Theory with Proofs (2)
• MTH 274 - Calculus III (4)
• CSC 143 - Introduction to Computer Programming (3)
• CSC 154 - Objects and Elementary Data Structures (4)

Upper-Division Requirements

• MTH 352 - History of Mathematics (2)
• MTH 383 - Mathematical Probability and Statistics (3)
• MTH 481 - Senior Seminar in Mathematics (1)

Total Non-GE Units: 44

Note(s):

An elective class may not count as both upper-division core and a required “additional elective.”