Bachelor [Mathematics] From Mount Holyoke College

The program in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is designed with several goals in mind:

• to teach the language of the mathematical sciences
• to provide a command of powerful mathematical tools
• to develop problem-solving skills
• to foster an ability to ask questions and to make independent discoveries
• to encourage the experience of mathematics as a distinctively rigorous way of knowing

In addition, especially through the statistics offering, the rich interplay between an applied context and mathematical models in working with numerical data is an area of particular emphasis.

Students interested in pursuing licensure in the field of mathematics can combine their course work in mathematics with a minor in education. In some instances course work in the major coincides with course work required for licensure; in other cases, it does not.

There are many ways to begin the study of the mathematical sciences at Mount Holyoke College. Students can begin with precalculus, calculus, an introduction to statistics or data analysis, an ?explorations? course, or computer science.

If your interests lie in science, economics, or social sciences, calculus is important because it is the language these disciplines use. Students who are planning to take Precalculus, Calculus I, or Calculus II are required to complete a brief selfassessment. The actual self-assessment is available to all entering students and all students preregistering for Calculus. It is designed so that a student can use it as a learning tool, taking it as many times as she wishes.