Law, medicine, accounting, engineering, computer science and countless other professions have one thing in common: They demand problem-solving and analytical skills. Sharpen yours with a minor in mathematics.
Why Minor in Mathematics?
Minoring in mathematics will sharpen your problem-solving abilities and analytical skills. If you're headed to graduate school in a field such as medicine, law or business, admissions offices will take note. Math classes might even improve your scores on standardized tests.
And if you're heading into the workforce, businesses in all kinds of industries recognize the importance of being able to find answers in heaps of data. Because math skills are so valuable to employers, your minor will pay off as you start your career.
Why Minor in Mathematics at CSUN?
Help When You Need It
The Mathematics Tutoring Center provides live and virtual tutoring sessions for students in nearly 30 classes. Just drop by whenever the center is open. No appointment necessary.
Bringing Math to the Equation
As a math minor, you'll study with faculty who recognize that mathematics has endless uses. They can help show you how to put your education to work in ways you may have not even considered.
Mathematics, science and engineering researchers come together at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS) to solve real-world problems. Undergraduates often have a chance to participate in that research.
Represent!
Mathematics is for everybody. IRIS is especially focused on bringing more students from underrepresented groups into STEM graduate programs and careers.
What You'll Learn
As a Mathematics minor, you'll complete required courses in calculus and linear algebra. Depending on your interests, you'll choose upper-division Mathematics electives with the help of your minor advisor. Some focus areas include computer mathematics, secondary teaching or statistics.
Saluting women in math.
Recognizing the contributions of women to mathematics is vital to promote inclusion and visibility, and CSUN professor Silvia Fernandez is leading the way. In May 2022, she and colleagues from Brazil, Chile and Mexico held a research workshop on Latin American and Caribbean Women in Mathematics.