The Mathematics Department offers a program of courses leading to a BA degree with a major or minor in mathematics. The Department also offers a Cooperative Engineering Program for students preparing for a career in engineering while pursuing a liberal arts education. Students interested in a teaching career may select courses specifically designed to support their goals.

The curriculum for mathematics majors contains a central core of courses that provides a solid basis for advanced work and is tailored to fit the needs and objectives of individual students. Advanced course work is chosen in consultation with faculty advisors. The variety of courses available permits the student not only to obtain a broad exposure to those fields of mathematics most useful in the physical and engineering sciences, but also to gain experience with mathematics used in business and management sciences. As well, the Mathematics Department offers service courses that contribute to the University’s liberal arts curriculum.

The Distinguished Student of Mathematics Scholarship Endowment Fund and the Dr. William A. and Margaret Reddie Endowed Scholarship in Mathematics provide financial assistance to majors in mathematics. The Mathematics Department Research and Development Endowment Fund supports the Department of Mathematics.

The major in mathematics requires successful completion of a collection of core mathematics courses, 32 credit hours and 9 elective credit hours, 6 of which must be chosen from Math 4332, Math 4339, Math 4341 or Math 4335. Successful completion consists of earning a C or better in each course. The Cooperative Engineering Program consists of a mathematics core requirement of 25 credit hours plus 9 credit hours at the 3000s level or above. The department supervises a curriculum leading to teacher certification in mathematics at the 4-8 and 8-12 levels. For more information, refer to the tables below.

All graduating seniors who major in mathematics must take the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Major Field Test in Mathematics before graduation but no earlier than the penultimate semester. All graduating elementary and secondary teachers with a teaching field in mathematics must take the Texas Education Agency Exit Test (ExCET) for certification (see School of Education). The ExCET should be taken during the semester of certification.