DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Office: |
108 Peltier Hall |
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Phone: |
985-448-4381 |
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Professors: |
Asrabadi, Beslin (Head), B. Holmes. |
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Associate Professors: |
R. Boudreaux, Giguette, Heck, L. Howell, K. White (Computer Science Coordinator), Xing. |
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Assistant Professors: |
Gray, D. Plaisance, West. |
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Instructors: |
A. Aryal, L. Boudreaux, J. Bourgeois, J. Chapman, L. Clapp, E. Clement, Dupree, Hubbell, D. Lasseigne, Ma, K. Smith, S. Smith, V. Smith, Soule, Zerangue. |
Mathematics Program
The university awards the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in mathematics to the student who completes the curriculum listed below. The curriculum provides a sufficient number of electives to enable the student to concentrate his or her studies in pure mathematics or applied mathematics. Students are encouraged to inquire about their focus areas with their advisors or the department head.
Mathematics Minor
The minor in mathematics consists of a minimum of nine semester hours of credit in courses numbered above MATH 265 approved by the head of the Mathematics Department .
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics
- (CLR) Computer Literacy Requirement;
- (GER) General Education Requirement;
- (OCR) Oral Communication Requirement;
- (UR) University Requirement
| FRESHMAN YEAR | Sem.Hrs. | SOPHOMORE YEAR | Sem.Hrs. |
| CMPS 130 (CLR) | CMPS 135 | 3 | |
| ENGL 101, 102 (GER) | 6 | ECON 255 (GER) | 3 |
| Freshman Seminar Course (UR) | 1 | ENGL Literature Elective (GER) | 3 |
| HIST Electives (GER) | 6 | MATH 265, 355, 358 | 9 |
| MATH 165*, 166 (GER) | 10 | Natural Science Electives (GER) | 6 |
| Natural Science Electives (GER) | 6 | Social Science Elective (GER) | 3 |
| 32 | 30 | ||
| JUNIOR YEAR | Sem.Hrs. | SENIOR YEAR | Sem.Hrs. |
| Arts Elective (GER) | 3 | MATH 405, 461, 481 | 9 |
| ENGL 368 or 468 (GER) | 3 | MATH 499 | 0 |
| MATH 360, 401, 402 | 9 | MNGT 301 | 3 |
| SPCH 101 (OCR) | 3 | MATH Electives** | 6 |
| Foreign Language Electives | 3 | Electives*** | 12 |
| Applied Sciences Elective **** | 3 | 30 | |
| Electives*** | 6 | ||
| 30 |
Total Hours Required for Degree: 122
* MATH 165 is the entry-level course for this major. All prerequisites for MATH 165 must be met. No degree credit will be awarded for mathematics courses numbered below 165.
** 300 or above approved by department.
*** Free electives provided that the requirement of 45 semester hours of courses 300 or above is met. **** From GEOM, PSET, SATC, MNTC, or EGTC numbered 200 or above.
Computer Science Minor
A minor consists of CMPS 130, 135, 220, 221, 222, 350, and 6 additional hours to be selected from any 300- or 400 level computer science course that counts for credit toward the major in computer science. A grade of C or better is required in each computer science course.