{"id":14,"date":"2010-07-12T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/mathematics\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T20:50:55","slug":"academic-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/academics\/academic-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"catalog-block catalog-department-listing\"><h3 class=\"catalog-program-title\">Mathematics<\/h3><p><em>Professors Greer, Ott (chair), and Wong;\u00a0 Assistant Professors Baker, Sanogo, Simpson, Storch, and Thomas: Visiting Assistant Professor Hambric, Visiting Lecturers Balcomb and Montgomery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d6396b11-7fff-c31c-9b9b-f9c3990919e3\">A dynamic subject with connections to many disciplines, mathematics is an integral part of a liberal arts education, and is increasingly vital in understanding science, technology, and society. Entry-level courses introduce students to basic concepts and hint at some of the power and beauty behind these fundamental results. Upper-level courses and the capstone experience provide majors with the opportunity to explore mathematical topics in greater depth and sophistication, and to delight in the fascination of this important discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d6396b11-7fff-c31c-9b9b-f9c3990919e3\">The department assists students planning to study mathematics in choosing an appropriate starting course. Based on a student&#8217;s academic background and skills, the department recommends a 100-level course, <span class=\"sc_courseinline\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MATH 205\">MATH\u00a0205<\/span> Linear Algebra<\/span>, <span class=\"sc_courseinline\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MATH 206\">MATH\u00a0206<\/span> Multivariable Calculus<\/span>, or a more advanced course. For more information, the department offers suggestions on the site <\/span>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/academics\/selecting-first-math-course\/\">Selecting Your First Math Course<\/a>.\u00a0The Mathematics department offers a major and a minor in Mathematics.<\/p>\n\n<p>More information is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mathematics department website<\/a>.<\/p><section class=\"catalog-section_curriculumtext\"><h5>Curriculum<\/h5><div class=\"sitemap\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/departments-programs\/mathematics\/mathematics-major\/\">Mathematics Major<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/departments-programs\/mathematics\/mathematics-minor\/\">Mathematics Minor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section><section class=\"catalog-section_faculty\"><\/section><div class=\"catalog-department-overview-catalog-link\">\n\t\t <p>Our course catalog may include more information on Mathematics, its programs, courses, and requirements.<\/p>\n\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/departments-programs\/mathematics\/\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/2849"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mathematics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}