Program type:

Major
Format:

On Campus
Est. time to complete:

4 years
Credit Hours:

120
Master quantitative reasoning and complex mathematical models and explore new ways to solve modern problems.
If you like working with numbers, solving puzzles, and searching for patterns, a degree in math from UNT can help you find solutions to complex problems throughout the world. A Bachelor's in mathematics provides you the skills needed to work on important, challenging, real-world problems in business, industry, medicine, government, and scientific research.

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Why Earn a Mathematics Degree?

The world is becoming increasingly quantitative. Mathematics plays a crucial role in deciding policies that affect our lives, policies ranging from health and the environment to multi-million dollar investments. Organizations are depending more and more on quantitative reasoning and complex mathematical models to solve their problems.

UNT's mathematics programs will give you the skills you need to work on important, challenging real-world problems in a broad range of highly paid positions in business, industry, government and education. Because math skills have a wide variety of applications, students are required to select a minor, complete the actuary science certificate, or complete a second major.

With an undergraduate mathematics degree, you can:

  • develop new models for evaluating stock options and pricing derivatives,
  • create state-of-the-art techniques for predicting atmospheric reactions and transport of chemical pollution,
  • improve algorithms for computer-aided aircraft design,
  • design procedures for DNA and protein sequencing,
  • develop image and voice recognition systems,
  • help prepare the next generation for the analytically demanding world by teaching mathematics.

Faculty members conduct research in a variety of areas in pure and applied mathematics, including:

  • Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • Machine Learning
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Optimization
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Conformal, Holomorphic, and Meromorphic Dynamical systems
  • Conformal Iterated Functions Systems
  • Ergodic Theory and Topological Dynamics
  • Open Dynamical Systems
  • Random Dynamical Systems
  • Thermodynamic Formalism
  • Automorphic Forms
  • Classical Modular Forms
  • Representation Theoretic Methods

 

 

Marketable Skills
  • Analytical and logical thinking
  • Computer proficiency in Matlab, R, or C++
  • Application of appropriate statistical methods
  • Data collection, analysis and interpretation
  • Oral and written communication

 

Mathematics Degree Highlights

The math department funds several scholarships to help you pursue your education. Positions also are available as tutors and graders.
We host various conferences, seminars and colloquiums that provide different viewpoints and discuss research being conducted in math.
Upper-level math majors frequently work with faculty members on research grants, gaining valuable research experience in preparation for graduate school.
Students also have access to our mathematics library, which contains more than 500 mathematics journal subscriptions, most of which are available electronically.
The Math Lab offers you a quiet space to complete homework or receive assistance with specific problems. It’s staffed by students with strong math backgrounds.
Many of our faculty members are internationally recognized experts in their fields and have worked as consultants for private companies and government agencies.

Career Outlook

A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of North Texas can lead to working on important, challenging, real-world problems in business, industry, medicine, government, education and scientific research.

With a bachelor’s degree you can:

  • Create state-of-the-art techniques for predicting atmospheric reactions and transport of chemical pollution
  • Design procedures for DNA and protein sequencing
  • Develop new models for evaluating stock options and pricing derivatives
  • Improve algorithms for computer-aided aircraft design
  • Teach math at a private or public school

Our math alumni work for Microsoft, NASA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and school districts across the United States.

Mathematics Degree Courses You Could Take

Number Theory (3 hrs)
Factorizations, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, finite fields, quadratic forms, diophantine equations.
Vector Calculus (3 hrs)
Theory of vector-valued functions on Euclidean space. Derivative as best linear-transformation approximation to a function. Divergence, gradient, curl. Vector fields, path integrals, surface integrals. Constrained extrema and Lagrange multipliers. Implicit function theorem. Jacobian matrices. Green’s, Stokes’, and Gauss’ (divergence) theorems in Euclidean space. Differential forms and an introduction to differential geometry.
Dynamical Systems (3 hrs)
One-dimensional dynamics. Sarkovskii’s theory, routes to chaos, symbolic dynamics, higher-dimensional dynamics, attractors, bifurcations, quadratic maps, Julia and Mandelbrot sets.
Applied Statistics (3 hrs)
Descriptive statistics, elements of probability, random variables, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression, contingency tables.
Introduction to Metamathematics (3 hrs)
Introduction of the syntax and semantics of propositional logic and first-order logic. Topics include quantifier elimination, compactness and completeness theorems, Craig’s interpolation theorem, elementary submodels, partial recursive functions, Gödel numbering, decidability of theories, Peano arithmetic, Robinson’s system and Gödel’s incompleteness theorems.
Real Analysis I (3 hrs)
Introduction to mathematical proofs through real analysis. Topics include sets, relations, types of proofs, continuity and topology of the real line.

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