UAB Department of Mathematics Minor in Mathematics

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If you have already decided on a career in a field such as business, art, or education, you may think mathematics has little to offer you beyond completing your basic college requirements. Yet mathematics, as both an art and a science, can enrich your studies while honing skills to improve your career opportunities.

For example, a sound mathematical education can enhance your problem-solving abilities, an asset for anyone who plans a career in business or who aspires to leadership in any field. As a result of repeated exposure to mathematical problem-solving, you can learn to select the relevant information in a given situation and to combine it with other known facts to resolve a problem or to achieve a desired goal.

In more closely related fields, mathematics facilitates improvements in the shape of jet aircraft and in the design and operation of diagnostic medical equipment. The role of mathematics has been dramatically enhanced in recent years by the increased availability of powerful computing equipment, such as the Alabama Cray-XMP supercomputer to which the mathematicians at UAB have ready access.

Regardless of your plans for the future, you may find mathematics a fascinating and challenging area of study.

A minor in Mathematics is available to students majoring in other subject areas. Requirements are 21 semester hours include:

• MA 125,126, and 227 (Calculus I-III)
• Nine hour in mathematics courses numbered above 249, other than MA 400-419. (MA 260, Computational Matrix Algebra, and MA 434,  Algebra I :Linear, cannot both be counted.).

The Undergraduate Advisor, Dr. Jeanne S. Hutchison, is available to advise students on career and academic objectives and program planning. Mathematics majors are encouraged to consult her before registration each term, or whenever they have questions concerning their academic progress. Department faculty are pleased to discuss their research and professional interests with students.

Anyone interested in advisement, visiting the department, or desiring further information about the Mathematics program at UAB is invited to call 934-2154 or to stop by Room 452, Campbell Hall, 1300 University Blvd.