Transcript Talk - Ramapo

Welcome to Ramapo!
A presentation by the
Mathematics Convening Group
http://www.ramapo.edu/tas/math/
Math Faculty
Amanda Beecher
Larry D’Antonio
James Gillespie
Maxim GoldbergRugalev
Donovan McFeron
Ken McMurdy
Katarzyna Kowal
Gio Viglino
Each holds a doctorate
degree in mathematics
Our Demographics
Students in the math major: ~100
Students in the math minor: ~20
Mathematics Program
(15 courses required)
TRADITIONAL TRACK:
CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I
MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
MATH 122 - CALCULUS II
MATH 225 - MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES
(or MATH 205 - MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES)
MATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH 305 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 416 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS
MATH 432 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH (capstone course)
PHYS 114 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS: LECTURE AND LAB
ELECTIVES: SELECT FOUR (two at the 300/400 level):
MATH 245 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
MATH 253 - PROBABILITY
MATH 282 - NUMBER THEORY
MATH 321 - GEOMETRY
MATH 339 - COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 353 - STATISTICS
MATH 360 - STOCHASTIC CALCULUS FOR FINANCE
TEACHER EDUCATION TRACK:
CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I
MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
MATH 122 - CALCULUS II
MATH 225 - MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES
(or MATH 205 - MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES)
MATH 253 - PROBABILITY
MATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH 282 - NUMBER THEORY
MATH 321 - GEOMETRY
MATH 353 - STATISTICS
MATH 416 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS
MATH 432 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH (capstone course)
PHYS 114 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS: LECTURE AND LAB
TEACHER EDUCATION TRACK ELECTIVES: SELECT ONE
MATH 245 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
MATH 305 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 339 - COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 360 - STOCHASTIC CALCULUS FOR FINANCE
http://www.ramapo.edu/catalog-2015-2016/tas/mathematics/
Math Opportunities
• Mathematics Tutoring Center
• Math Club
• Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics
Honor Society
• TAS faculty-research opportunities
Annual Math
Competitions
• New Jersey Undergraduate Mathematics
Competition
• Mathematical Contest in Modeling /
Interdisciplinary Contest in modeling
• William Lowell Putnam Mathematics
Competition
What to do with a math
degree?
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Graduate school (to teach, to do research)
Teach elementary, middle, or high school
Actuarial science
Finance
Computer science
Statistics
Law
Other (as math is a liberal art, and not
professional study)
Who employs RCNJ
math graduates?
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K-12 schools
Federal Reserve Bank (3)
Prudential (2)
Google at NYC (2)
National Security Agency (?)
others
Where do our students
go to graduate school?
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University of Wyoming
Lehigh University
Bryn Mawr College
Louisiana State University
University of Denver
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt University
Columbia University
Questions?
Dr. James Gillespie
[email protected]
Office tel. (201) 684 - 7130
Office: G128, room C.
http://www.ramapo.edu/tas/math/