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The Mathematics Major and Minor at Davidson

The study of mathematics offers a unique and important way of interpreting the world around us, bringing rigor to the quest for discovering patterns in observations both abstract and concrete. 

The mathematics curriculum provides each student with an in-depth study of the field and a wide selection of courses that can be tailored to each student's interests, enabling further study and application. 

The program nurtures mathematical, computational, and algorithmic points of view in students embarking on a liberal education or desiring skills for other endeavors. Students learn to clearly communicate their reasoning through mathematically rigorous proof. And, there are opportunities to engage with mathematical community at Davidson and beyond.  

Students interested in declaring a mathematics major should fill out the Mathematics Major Declaration Form. Students interested in declaring a mathematics minor should fill out BOTH the Mathematics Minor Declaration Form and the Registrar's Office Minor Declaration Form. Survey responses will be used to match students with faculty advisors. This matching will happen at the beginning of each month during the semester.

Courses You Might Take

MAT 210 | CSC 210
Mathematical Modeling

This course is a survey of discrete mathematical and computational modeling techniques and their application to the natural and social sciences. Emphasis is on formulating models, investigating them analytically & computationally and communicating the results. Course is cross-listed for MAT 210 and CSC 201.

MAT 230
Sets and Proofs

This course is an introduction to proof techniques (including quantifiers and induction), elementary set theory, abstract functions, infinite cardinalities, and properties of sets of real numbers; followed by an introduction to topics chosen from topology, analysis, dynamical systems, or set theory, among others. Emphasis throughout is on developing abilities in writing proofs.

MAT 325
Graph Theory

This course offers a rigorous introduction to graph theory including the study of trees, connectivity, graph distances, adjacency matrices, Euler tours, Hamiltonian cycles, matchings, graph colorings, planarity, Euler characteristic, directed graphs, network flows, algorithms and extremal problems.

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