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**NEW** Middle Level Mathematics Endorsement
Beginning summer 2010, a partnership between the Mathematics and Teaching and Learning Departments will provide classes for a Middle Level Mathematics Endorsement in teaching! The endorsement has five classes to add to a secondary or elementary certificate, and is designed for both in-service and pre-service teachers. For more information please visit our Math Education page, or the College of Education page.Considering Studying Mathematics?
Majoring in mathematics prepares individuals for a broad range of careers, and employers place high value on math degrees from Washington State University. Math graduates are excellent problem solvers, critical thinkers, good writers, and function well as team members.Undergraduate math majors have exciting opportunities. These include conducting research and computer analysis, as well as pursuing special studies with highly regarded faculty members. Students have the opportunity to participate in industry internships and competitive research programs in the United States and abroad. A student may earn a stipend as an undergraduate teaching assistant by tutoring, grading papers, or leading tutorial sessions for introductory level math classes.
Graduate students study with mathematics faculty who are on the forefront of research in areas of current global interest such as: mathematical modeling in population genetics, muscle physiology, and biomolecular systems; optimization problems on high performance computing environments; partial differential equations in control theory, swimming phenomenon, materials research, microwave heating and inverse problems; statistics related to experimental design, reliability theory, Bayesian statistics, and change-point problems; matrix algebra including both computational and theoretical analyses; mathematics education research associated with teacher preparation, use of technology, and culturally relevant pedagogy; discrete mathematics that includes cryptography, combinatorics, and number theory; and environmental mathematics such as contaminant transport in groundwater, population ecology, and predator-prey problems. Graduate students participate in graduate seminars and undertake collaborative and cross-disciplinary research.
News & Events
2010 Ostrom Lecture
Wednesday, 2/24/10
7:30pm - CUE 202
Dr. James 'Mac' Hyman, from Tulane University will lecture on:"The Science Behind Science-Based Simulations."
Dr. Human is the former leader of the Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the past president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians (SIAM). His research interests include mathematical biology, nonlinear dynamical systems, and the numerical solution of differential equations.
Dr. Hyman will also present:
The Ostrom Colloquium
Thursday, 2/25/10
4:10pm - Neill 5W
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Mark Your Calendar!
Mathematician and writer, Dana Mackenzie, will visit WSU for two talks on April 1st and 2nd. Author of, The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be, Visualizing Geology, and What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, he earned a doctorate from Princeton, and taught math at Duke University and Kenyon College. Check back for more details.More about Dana Mackenzie >>
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