DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT

Mathematics has traditionally been the language of the physical sciences and now plays an important role in the social and biological sciences as well. Every field of endeavor in which quantitative activity is found requires that its participants possess a strong background in mathematics.

Computer Science is a discipline of modern origin in which the theory and applications of high peed machine computation, of efficient data processing, of advanced graphics design, and of machine assisted simulation and problem solving are developed and studied.

The programs of the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences are centered in these two fields and are listed in the following categories. The department:

BASIC MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

• monitors and guides the remedial mathematics curriculum,
• manages the curriculum and offers courses to satisfy university proficiency requirements in basic mathematics,
• offers foundation courses for all students in computer science and computer applications,

MAJOR AND MINOR PROGRAMS

• offers an undergraduate liberal arts major in mathematics containing several specialty tracks:
  actuarial mathematics
  statistics
  pure mathematics (algebra and analysis)
  applied/space mathematics,
• offers an undergraduate major for secondary school teachers,
• offers a minor program in mathematics for elementary school teachers,
• offers a minor program in computer science,
• offers, in cooperation with the Management Department, a major in information sciences, the major in Management Computer Systems,

SERVICE PROGRAMS

• offers courses to satisfy program requirements of departments in the College of Business and Economics,
• offers courses to satisfy the mathematical and computing requirements of the physical and biological sciences,
• offers courses in statistics to support programs in the social sciences,

SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

• supports and engages in research at the professional level in mathematics, computer science, theoretical physics and space science,
• supports undergraduate independent study and research in the mathematical and computer sciences,
• supports community involvement in mathematics education,
• offers professional support to university colleagues engaged in projects related to mathematics and computing.

Richard Schauer
10 November 1999