Description
Mathematics majors at Defiance College have a unique opportunity to study in informal sessions working directly with your professor. Such student-oriented study quickly forms bonds that carry throughout your academic experience here at Defiance.

The senior project is a highlight at Defiance College. Students choose a topic of interest to them, research it and report their findings. Recent topics include Four Color Theorem, Markov processes, tessellations, inversions of graphs, insolvability of quintic polynomials by radicals, elliptic geometry, applying game theory to basketball, origami and conic sections, converging sequences, and forecasting.

Sample Four-Year Course Plan

Anyone interested in mathematics may choose to get teacher certification or double major in a related field. Popular choices are Information Technology, Business or a minor in Economics. A person with a math degree has excellent opportunities for employment. With underlying skills of logic and reasoning, problem solving, and attention to detail, the math major is ready for a diverse number of jobs in banking, insurance, health care, marketing, local, state and federal government, business and non-profit organizations.

To learn more about the opportunities available, look at the course selections or, better yet, contact the professor directly.

Professor
David Stuckey