1. Welcome to Ramapo! A presentation by the Mathematics Convening Group http://www.ramapo.edu/tas/math/

2. Math Faculty Each holds a doctorate degree in mathematics

3. Our Demographics Students in the math major: ~100 Students in the math minor: ~20

4. Mathematics Program (15 courses required) TRADITIONAL TRACK: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 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRAMATH 253 - PROBABILITY MATH 305 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSMATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA MATH 416 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSISMATH 282 - NUMBER THEORY MATH 432 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRAMATH 321 - GEOMETRY MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH (capstone course)MATH 353 - STATISTICS PHYS 114 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS: LECTURE AND LABMATH 416 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS ELECTIVES: SELECT FOUR (two at the 300/400 level):MATH 432 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA MATH 245 - NUMERICAL ANALYSISMATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH (capstone course) MATH 253 - PROBABILITYPHYS 114 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS: LECTURE AND LAB MATH 282 - NUMBER THEORYTEACHER EDUCATION TRACK ELECTIVES: SELECT ONE MATH 321 - GEOMETRYMATH 245 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS MATH 339 - COMPLEX VARIABLESMATH 305 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS MATH 353 - STATISTICSMATH 339 - COMPLEX VARIABLES MATH 360 - STOCHASTIC CALCULUS FOR FINANCE http://www.ramapo.edu/catalog-2015-2016/tas/mathematics/

5. Math Opportunities Mathematics Tutoring Center Math Club Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society TAS faculty-research opportunities

6. Annual Math Competitions New Jersey Undergraduate Mathematics Competition Mathematical Contest in Modeling / Interdisciplinary Contest in modeling William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition

7. What to do with a math degree? 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)

8. Who employs RCNJ math graduates? K-12 schools Federal Reserve Bank (3) Prudential (2) Google at NYC (2) National Security Agency (?) others

9. Where do our students go to graduate school? University of Wyoming Lehigh University Bryn Mawr College Louisiana State University University of Denver University of Rochester Vanderbilt University Columbia University

10. Questions? Dr. James Gillespie jgillesp@ramapo.edu Office tel. (201) 684 - 7130 Office: G128, room C. http://www.ramapo.edu/tas/math/