Mathematics

Faculty

Professors: Gene Abrams, Robert Carlson, Sarbarish Chakravarty, Greg Morrow (Chair), Rinaldo Schinazi, and Yu Zhang
Professors Emeriti: James Daly, Keith Phillips and Kulumani Rangaswamy
Associate Professors: Radu Cascaval and Barbara Prinari
Assistant Professors: Zachary Mesyan, and Greg Oman
Senior Instructor: Shannon Michaux
Instructor: George Rus

Degree Programs

The Department of Mathematics at UCCS offers a wide range of courses, degrees, and programs to meet the needs of a diverse constituency in the Pikes Peak Region. The degree programs include a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics (including a secondary teaching option), Bachelor of Science in Mathematics , Master of Science in Applied Mathematics , and Mathematics Ph.D. through the Ph.D. in Applied Science of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

Mathematics and mathematics teaching options are also available through the Letters, Arts, and Sciences Master of Sciences Degree Program (MSc) offered through the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

The department offers minors in both Mathematics and Statistics and supports a concentration in Actuarial Science. In addition, the department supports the Certificate Program in Industrial Mathematics .

A Departmental Honors Track is available for qualified undergraduate students within the BA and BS degrees.

Center for Excellence in mathematics

The Center for Excellence in Mathematics, or Math Center, is located in the Engineering building, room 136. The center began operation in the fall of 1990 as part of a federally funded Title III initiative known as Project Excel. The Math Center provides drop-in tutoring in mathematics, computer science, physics, statistics, and some engineering courses. In addition, we provide supplemental instruction, problem sessions, workshops, space for small group study as well as a limited amount of one-on-one tutoring for UCCS students free of charge. The computers in the Math Center have a variety of mathematical and statistical software for student use.

Mathematics Academic Policies

Prerequisite Policy

For the courses Math 1040, 1050, 1110, 1120, and 1350, students must meet the entrance requirements for the course. For all other courses, listed prerequisites are advisory only. If a student has not achieved a passing grade in a listed prerequisite course, the student must demonstrate that he/she possesses an appropriate level of competence in the prerequisite topics before enrolling in the subsequent course. Such students must satisfactorily complete a Math Placement Exam. Students enrolled in any one of the courses Math 1040, 1050, 1110, 1120, 1350 who have not met either the course prerequisite or the exam prerequisite by the second week of the semester must disenroll from the course.

Students who are interested in enrolling in any of Math 1040, 1050, 1110, 1120, or 1350 are strongly encouraged to take the appropriate placement exam well before the start of the semester, for pedagogical, advising and administrative purposes. To make an appointment to take a placement exam, or for more information, contact the Career Center at (719) 255-3340.

Calculator Policy

Calculator usage on exams is limited to a basic scientific calculator with a minimal number of storage registers and no graphing capability.

Outcomes, Mathematics, BA/BS

Be able to analyze problems and formulate appropriate mathematical models
Understand mathematical techniques and how they apply
Recognize phenomena and be able to abstract, generalize and specialize these patterns in order to analyze them mathematically
Be able to express oneself in writing and orally in an articulate, sound and well-organized fashion
Program reinforces mathematical inspiration among women and men alike
Be able to use, verify, and check well-known techniques of calculation
Demonstrate employment status or graduate degree status in a mathematically related area