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The Department of Mathematics offers courses in most principal branches of mathematics. The primary goal of the program is to prepare majors for professional careers and graduate school, and to create in each student an awareness and appreciation of the beauty and importance of mathematics in various facets of life through active learning experiences.

The program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics has two major tracks, namely, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Minors in Mathematics and Statistics are also available. It is expected that an additional program leading to a bachelor of science degree in mathematics will be offered in the near future. Accordingly the course requirements may change for the Bachelor of Arts degree.

Placement in mathematics courses is based on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test scores and high school records. Students who do not demonstrate readiness for calculus are required to take preparatory courses that do not count toward the mathematics major. Students who have taken AP calculus in high school may apply for advanced placement with credit. By rotation, all our major courses are offered during evening hours to serve part-time majors.

Students interested in obtaining teacher certification in mathematics must complete additional courses as prescribed by the College of Education (see Department of Elementary and Early Childhood and Secondary and Middle School Education).

Mathematics majors are encouraged to minor in areas in which mathematics can be extensively applied, such as computer science, biology, physics, chemistry, economics, business administration, psychology and statistics. Mathematics majors who intend to pursue a graduate program are advised to satisfy the intermediate reading level in one of the following foreign languages: German, French or Russian. In keeping with University policy, students may be required to participates in activities related to assessment of student learning.

The Department has a computer lab for priority use by our majors. In addition, the College of Science and Health has two other computer labs for general use. These labs provide an excellent facility for course work as well as for senior projects and research.

Students will be expected to use a variety of technologies (such as graphing calculators, computer algebra systems, etc.) throughout the mathematics major course work, as part of a concerted effort to meet the changes in the way mathematics is now being done, and also to meet the technological challenges of the twenty-first century.

The Department offers technology workshops to familiarize students to computer software such as Mathematica, The Geometer's Sketchpad, SPSS and SAS that are commonly used in higher level mathematics course instruction.