Mathematics
Overview
The Mathematics minor is designed to position students as more competitive applicants for professional positions in business, marketing, science, computer science, social science, and other fields. The required courses in differential and integral calculus strengthen students’ understanding of the conceptual foundations that undergird most applied fields. The broad range of electives allows students the option to build broad knowledge in a variety of mathematical domains or focus on specialty areas like analysis, statistics, discrete mathematics, or graph theory.
Point of Pride
The Department of Mathematics offers various facilities and support services for students, including the Mathematics Materials Center, Mathematics Resource Classroom, and computer labs.
Why study Mathematics?
Mathematics is a discipline that is both broad in its many areas of study and its applications as well as fascinating in the types of questions that are asked about these areas. As our society becomes more quantitative, more and more disciplines are using mathematics more intensively. For example, the National Academy of Sciences now considers even biology a mathematically intensive discipline. As such, the demand for people trained in mathematically intensive disciplines is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future.
How to Apply
Application Information
Minors can only be declared by current Illinois State students. Current students can use the Apply to Your Program tool on My.IllinoisState.edu.
Application Period
Applications always accepted.
If you are interested in a Mathematics minor, please visit the catalog for more information. If you have further questions, email: math@IllinoisState.edu or call: (309) 438-8781.