Mathematics
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Program TypeMajor, Minor
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Degrees OfferedB.A., B.S.
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SchoolSchool 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.
Featured Faculty
Bob Willenbring, PhD
Chair of Math and Physics, Associate Professor of Mathematics
I have loved math and learning since a very young age. When I started college, I thought I would become an actuary, but I found that I loved combinatorics, the math of counting and looking at patterns. I greatly enjoy anything that utilizes discrete math, such as probability, computers, board games, computer games, and so on. Now the longest serving member of the math faculty, I work to continue the math program's legacy of training math teachers and professionals rooted in the Benedictine values. I am from Minnesota and my wife, Amanda, teaches high school math. We have two daughters.
Anne Kerian, PhD
Math Education Coordinator, 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.
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.
