This program provides an opportunity for a broad education in the liberal arts while majoring in mathematics. This degree program requires 27 credits of specific mathematics courses with an additional six credits of mathematics electives.

Students should note that most employers from business and industry seek as employees those persons who have coupled their mathematics major with courses from at least one mathematics-related area such as business, computer science, natural science, psychology or social science. Because of this, this degree program enables students to pursue a second major in any of the BA programs offered at Plymouth State University with little or no additional credits beyond the usual total of 120. This requires careful planning and close communication with advisors or chairs of the departments. Students contemplating a double major should examine the requirements of the other non-mathematics BA degree and plan to satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning Connection or other mathematics course requirements with required BA Mathematics courses. The remainder of the required mathematics courses can then generally be satisfied within the electives allowed in the other degree program. Students who pass all or part of the foreign language requirement for the BA by examination will have extra flexibility in pursuing a double major.

Since three semesters of Calculus plus Linear Algebra are basic, students should complete these courses as early as possible. Careful planning in consultation with a member of the Department of Mathematics as soon as a major in Mathematics is declared is essential. Students should check all course descriptions for prerequisites before planning their course schedule. The recommended sequence of courses may be altered for students not prepared to start with Calculus; consult the Mathematics Chair for alternatives. Students contemplating graduate work in mathematics are advised that graduate schools expect entering students to have had more upper-level mathematics courses than the following minimal requirements specify.

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