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Historian of Numbers
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The Department of Mathematics offers an A.S. degree in Mathematics. The program is designed to provide students with the first two years of study required to major in mathematics at the senior college level. It is also suitable for students who wish to minor in mathematics at the senior college level.
It provides the foundation for specialization along any of the following career paths: graduate studies in mathematics leading to the masters or doctoral degrees; professional in the field of mathematics education; professions requiring substantial mathematics preparation (e.g., statistician, actuary, medical or physical sciences, economics, etc.)
In addition to certain prescribed courses in liberal arts and required coursework in elementary calculus and linear algebra, the curriculum offers additional selections from among the following: ordinary differential equations, advanced calculus, abstract algebra, history of mathematics, statistics, and computer programming.