Collection Development Policy: Mathematics
Subject Librarian: Kirby Cheng
Date: 6/23/2021
Purpose of Policy
The collection development policy for Mathematics aims to build a collection that serves the teaching, learning, and research needs of students taking mathematics courses and the faculty teaching those courses.
Program Description
The Department of Mathematical Sciences provides a broad education in quantitative reasoning and higher-level mathematics that encourages creativity and emphasizes general concepts and approaches, as well as specific job-related skills to prepare students for workplace responsibilities after graduation. We endeavor to perform original research and scholarship in mathematics and to make our work available to the general scientific community.
In addition, the Department strives to provide all university students with a strong foundation in mathematics appropriate to their chosen fields. For instance, we seek to provide students in the sciences with a curriculum meeting the requirements of their disciplines, to provide students in business with essential skills in areas such as finite mathematics and calculus, and to provide students in education with material directed towards the teaching of elementary and secondary school mathematics.
Areas of Established Specialization
- Quantitative reasoning
- Finite mathematics
- Calculus
- Teaching mathematics
- Numerical analysis
- Algebra
- Number theory
- Geometries
- Mathematical reasoning
- Differential equations
- Statistics and probability
Changes in User Population for Most Recent Five Years
Decrease in number of department faculty.
Degrees Offered
- Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
- Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science
- Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
- Minor in Mathematics
Clientele
The primary clientele are the undergraduate and graduate students, and the faculty of the Mathematics Department.