Goal

Objective

Assessment

Use

1. Acquire a strong background and demonstrate an understanding in mathematics.

1. Students will successfully complete courses in a variety of fields of mathematics, such as calculus, statistics, algebra, and probability.

Successful completion of all mathematics courses.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

2. Students will prove elementary theorems in set theory and algebra.

Students will successfully complete courses from the following: MA 3110 Logic, Proofs, and Axiomatic Systems, MA 3120 Elements of Linear Algebra, and MA 4140 Algebraic Structures.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

2. Read, communicate (both orally and in writing) and represent mathematical ideas with clarity.

1. Students will be able to read and construct logical arguments and mathematical proofs and give oral and written presentations relating to topics in Mathematics.

Students will successfully complete courses from the following: MA 3110 Logic, Proofs, and Axiomatic Systems, MA 3120 Elements of Linear Algebra, and MA 4140 Algebraic Structures.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

2. Students will be able use technology as an aid to learning mathematics and in the preparation of written and oral reports.

Students will successfully complete courses from the following: MA 2300 Statistics I, MA 2550 & 2560 Calculus I and II, MA 3120 Elements of Linear Algebra, MA 3540 Multivariate Calculus, MA 4350 Probability Theory, and CS 2010 Foundations of Computer Science.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

3. Provide opportunities for students to solve real-world and theoretical problems using a variety of tools.

1. Students will solve theoretical and real-world problems in courses taken in their program, such as Calculus, Statistics, Finite Math and Linear Algebra.

Students will successfully complete courses from the following: MA 2300 Statistics I, MA 2550 & 2560 Calculus I and II, MA 3540 Multivariate Calculus, MA 4350 Probability Theory, and PH 2410 and 2430 University Physics I and Lab.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

2. Students will be able to use technology to aid in the solution of problems.

Students will successfully complete courses from the following: MA 2300 Statistics I, MA 2550 & 2560 Calculus I and II, MA 3540 Multivariate Calculus, MA 4350 Probability Theory.

Students not completing courses with a successful grade will have to repeat those courses and will need to meet with their advisors to discuss alternative strategies.

4. Acquire an appreciation of the power and beauty of mathematics and how it connects with other disciplines and permeates our lives.

1. Students will connect mathematics to other disciplines by solving problems in other disciplines such as science and economics, and they will see how it occurs in other fields such as art and music.

Students will successfully complete seven credits of a science that requires the use of mathematics, such as physics or chemistry and they will successfully complete the General Education requirement regarding technology.

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5. Students will be well-equipped for employment and/or graduate studies in math or math

related fields.

1. Students will become either gainfully employed in a field of mathematics or they will go on to graduate school.

Eighty percent of the students graduating from the program will find a job in a field related to mathematics, or they will go on to graduate school upon completion of their degree.

The department will work with the Alumni office to survey graduates and/or employers about the weaknesses and strengths of the program and examine why we are or are not meeting those objectives.