Mathematics

About the Department

Mathematics is the art of creative problem solving, the science of pattern and structure, and the quantitative language of the world. It touches all academic disciplines—and all careers. At Elmhurst you'll gain a deep understanding of your specific major field, while developing a broad base of knowledge grounded in our liberal arts tradition. And you'll graduate with the skills employers seek in today's increasingly quantitative world.

Here's some of what you'll find here:

• A personal learning environment. Elmhurst is a small, private college where your professors will get to know you as an individual. Our low faculty-student ratio of 13 to one ensures close collaboration.
• Top-notch faculty. A professor, not a teaching assistant, teaches every course here. Each of our full-time mathematics faculty has a Ph.D. and ongoing research interests in pure or applied mathematics.
• Opportunities for research. Math students at Elmhurst have unparalleled opportunities to conduct original research, in conjunction with faculty or on their own. Many students present their research papers at regional, statewide, and national meetings.
• Up-to-date facilities. Elmhurst's modern Computer Science and Technology Center houses nearly 200 computers. This equipment, along with graphing calculators and PDAs (personal digital assistants), is used extensively in the teaching of our mathematics courses.
• A path to a great career. Elmhurst College mathematics majors graduate as skilled logical thinkers with the analytical tools they need to understand and work with complex patterns, to solve difficult problems independently, and to rapidly assimilate new concepts. Your degree can take you to graduate school, a teaching career, the actuarial sciences, business, or industry.