Math-Data Science Double Major
You’re drawn to patterns, clever and elegant solutions, and the ability to see the underlying order in a chaotic world. Here you’ll become an experienced problem solver fluent in the language of the universe.
Thinking About a Math Career?
Careers in MathThe Department of Mathematics takes both theoretical and applied approaches to multidisciplinary learning and research. Refine your analytical skills by strengthening your background in subject areas such as algebra, calculus, probability, combinatorics, graph theory, numerical analysis, difference equations, and dynamical systems. A degree in math will provide you with a strong foundation to enter many fields like biology, chemistry, computer science, finance, or engineering.
News
Dr. Nhu Nguyen Awarded NSF Grant! - Congratulation to our faculty member Nhu Nguyen! Nhu has been awarded an NSF grant: DMS-2407669 Collaborative Research: Stochastic Functional Systems: Analysis, Algorithms and Applications. Dates: August 1, 2024 -- July 31, 2027 (Estimated). Amount: $198,173.00. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2407669&HistoricalAwards=false ABSTRACT: The time evolution… 
Dr. Kelum Gajamannage Receives NSF Grant! - Congratulation to our faculty member Kelum Gajamannage! Kelum has been awarded an NSF grant: DMS-2418826 LEAPS-MPS: Hadamard Deep Autoencoders and Alternating Directional Methods of Multipliers for Manifold Learning Enabled Distance Preserving Matrix Completion. Dates: September 1, 2024 -- August 31,… 
Emily Barranca Defends Her Doctoral Thesis - Graduate student Emily Barranca successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this July, entitled "Recognizing induced subgraph and tree structure from the adjacency spectrum of a graph." Her research, advised by Dr. Michael Barrus, combines principles of linear algebra and graph theory.… 
Erin Denette Receives the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award - Erin Denette, a Teaching Professor at the Math Department, is a recipient of the A&S Dean's 2024 Teaching Excellence Award. Thank you, Erin, for all you do for the Math Department, the College of Arts and Sciences, and our students!… 
Doctoral Thesis Defense – Jake Smith - April 15, 2024 at 1:00pm, Lippitt Hall Room 205 Title: “Fitting Ideals Without a Presentation” Abstract: For any finite holomorphic map-germ, a classic paper of Mond and Pellikaan established that the presentation matrix of the source as a module over…