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
Instructors: James Parmenter and 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 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.

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, the center provides 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

Prerequisites for all 1000-level mathematics courses are directly enforced through the registration and student records systems. In lieu of the prerequisite course, a student may pass the appropriate Math Placement Test for the following courses: MATH 1040, 1050, 1110, 1120, and 1350. For pedagogical and advising purposes, students who take the Math Placement Test are strongly encouraged to do so well before the start of the semester. The Math Placement Test is taken online. See www.uccs.edu/math/student-resources/math-placement-test.html for details. For questions about student records, please contact the Office of Student Success.

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

Be able to apply both theoretical an computational techniques to the solution of mathematical problems
Be able to comprehend, formulate and produce mathematical proof
Be able to communicate correct mathematical content in both written and oral form
Be able to understand a broad array of interconnected concepts within mathematics