Mathematics

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Program Type

Major, Minor
Degrees Offered

B.A., B.S.
School

School of Arts & Sciences

Learn in a challenging, collaborative, and supportive environment. Develop problem solving and quantitative reasoning skills, then apply them to the issues you’re passionate about.

What You’ll Learn

You’ll gain a broad background in both pure and applied mathematics that will prepare you for a wide range of careers or graduate study. Our graduates are analytical and understand how to solve problems with quantitative methods and technology.

Be Mentored by Faculty Who are Passionate About Your Success

You’ll receive individualized attention from your professors in small class settings.

Solve Problems as Part of a Team

The program’s strong support network — our “math family” — includes a mathematics club and online chat groups for upper-level courses to facilitate collaboration and group learning. Our students work closely with those pursuing a major in mathematics education

– gaining a valuable interdisciplinary perspective on their degree area.

Develop Leadership Professional Skills

Courses in the program and across the university prepare you to function as a servant leader in your community and in your chosen field.

Become an Educator

For those interested in teaching at the high school or middle school level, you can combine your major with the mathematics education degree in preparation for getting your teaching license.

Program Information

Please visit our catalog for admission requirements and a full list of our courses.

Careers & Outcomes

Employment Trends

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects overall employment of mathematicians and statisticians to grow 30% through 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations. Our mathematics graduates work in a wide range of areas in both the government and private sector, including accounting, finance, engineering, and technology-related fields.

Career Paths

Mathematician
Computer Programmer
Accountant
Educator
Statistician
Actuary
Financial Analyst
Market Researcher

Featured Faculty

Anne Kerian, PhD

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Mathematics requires many habits of mind, including patience, perseverance, and openness to new ways of understanding. For those who persevere, the rewards include not only marketable skills but an encounter with the beauty of pure rational truth. As a teacher at the University of Mary I am privileged to work with students at all levels, from freshmen to seniors, as they develop their skills and encounter mathematics more fully.

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Travis Wolf, PhD

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Fellow in Catholic Studies

I grew up in Bismarck, where I attended local Catholic schools, and I got B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from the University of North Dakota (2007) and University of Iowa (2013), respectively. I am the founder and coordinator of the UMary Math Competition (a local high school math competition hosted by the University of Mary each fall), the founding and current faculty advisor to the UMary Math Club, the in-house coordinator for the North Dakota Science Bowl (hosted by the University every spring), and the Board Chairman for the North Dakota Chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists.

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