GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The Department of Mathematical Sciences offers an MS in Mathematics with four concentrations, an MS in Statistics, an MA and a graduate certificate in Teaching Middle Grades Mathematics and the specialization in Mathematics Education for the Ed.D. in Pedagogy.

At present, 26 full-time faculty members are teaching graduate courses in pure and applied mathematics, mathematics education or statistics. Our curriculum in mathematics has extensively integrated modern methods of computing. The special interests of the faculty include algebra, analysis, applied statistics, chaos theory, combinatorics, dynamical systems, financial mathematics, game theory, graph theory, logic, mathematical modeling, mathematics/computer science education, mathematical economics, methods and techniques of teaching mathematics, modeling in the biological, chemical and physical sciences, numerical analysis, operations research, problem solving, representation theory, statistical computing and graphics, voting theory, and the use of technology in education. Our faculty in mathematics education are known throughout the world.

Computer facilities comprise access to a Sun Microsystems network consisting of Sun Fire and Enterprise servers. Sun Ultra and Sun Blade workstations are available to students and faculty. Some of the UNIX software packages and programming languages available include: Java, C, C++, Fortran 90 and 77, interpreters in Prolog and ML, PHP, Perl, Tcl, Rational Suite Development Studio, SAS, Maple, Netscape, Star Office, LaTeX, S-Plus, and Oracle Database. Students have access to a 20 workstation Sun Microsystems computerlab conveniently located in the same building as the Mathematics department. Remote connectivity to CSAM’s UNIX network is universally available from campus computer laboratories as well as from off campus. Campus computer labs commonly have both PC and Macintosh computers and offer a standard set of applications, some of which include: JMP, Microsoft Office, SAS, Netscape and Internet Explorer. MSU hosts its own ISP dial-up access, which is available to all faculty and students within its calling area. The College of Science and Mathematics maintains an independent computer support operation including full-time professional staff and student technicians. This support is specialized towards resolving CSAM related computing issues, and is provided in addition to the campus computer Helpdesk. The campus computer Helpdesk is available for regular and extended hour telephone and in-person support.