2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Oct 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics, B.A.


(27 credit hours)

Students who major in Mathematics are well prepared to work in disciplines for which advanced quantitative skills are required, such as engineering, science, and economics. In upper-level mathematics courses reasoning rigorously, arguing logically, and writing unambiguously are emphasized, which are assets in virtually any profession.


What Can You Do With a Degree in Mathematics?


~ Teaching and Research

~ Data Scientist

~ Financial Analyst

~ Operations Research Analyst

~ Statistician

~ Actuary

Required


The following requirements are needed to complete the major in Mathematics (27 hours):

NOTE: To obtain a major in mathematics, a student must complete at least 15 hours of required courses at Sweet Briar. 

Senior Exercise


Generally taken in the final semester of the senior year (3 hours):

Interested in Graduate/Professional Programs?


If you are interested in pursuing graduate or professional programs for mathematics, the following courses are recommended in addition to the requirements listed above: