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2023-2024 Edgewood College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Mathematics, BA or BS


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The major consists of 37 credits.

For policies related to this major, please see Mathematics Department .

A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required in all MATH prefix courses.

Mathematics Major Requirements


Required Core


Additional Requirements


An additional 16 credits of Mathematics courses at the 300 level or above will be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor. Depending on the student’s interests and course availability, some suitable courses in closely related disciplines or taken via the Collaborative Program may be substituted with the approval of the Mathematics Department.

For students interested in engineering:


In addition to the mathematics requirements, students are encouraged to take the following physics courses:

For students interested in pursuing a teaching license:


For students majoring in mathematics intending to pursue an initial educator license to teach middle/high school mathematics, it is recommended that the additional courses at the 300-level or above include MATH 441  and MATH 461 . In addition, the student may take EDU 600  (3 credits) and EDU 690  (3 credits) in the spring semester of their senior year as additional preparation for a post-baccalaureate licensure program such as the  Accelerated Secondary Program (ASP) 

For students interested in actuarial science or data science


It is recommended that the additional courses at the 300-level or above include MATH 351.

Actuarial science


Students interested in actuarial science are encouraged to take the following economics courses:

Data science


Students interested in data science are encouraged to work with your academic advisor to create an individualized major to include the following computer science courses:

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