Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Location:Building 14, Room 2731
Phone: (904) 620-2653
Web
Address: www.unf.edu/coas/math-stat/
Dr. Richard Patterson, Chair
Mission
The mission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is to
provide an excellent education for students in mathematics and statistics, to
focus scholarly efforts on expanding our knowledge of those two disciplines,
and to participate in activities that promote mathematics and statistics in
relevant ways. Our programs are designed to provide majors and graduate
students with the background necessary to pursue quantitative careers in
mathematics or statistics as well as the background to pursue more advanced
degrees. We also strive to provide students in General Education mathematics
courses with substantive skills in quantitative and abstract reasoning and in
the use of mathematics and statistics as computational and analytical tools.
Our courses are designed to educate in an appealing and
thought-provoking manner. We strive to instill our students with an
appreciation for the power of mathematics and statistics as well as a desire to
be lifelong learners. Department faculty are encouraged to engage in research
projects that either yield new results in their areas of expertise or that
apply to problems of interest to scholars in other disciplines. Department
faculty are also encouraged to be involved in meaningful professional service
to the university and the disciplines regionally, nationally, and
internationally. In addition, all of our endeavors are subject to
self-reflection in an effort to maximize their effectiveness.
The Program
Mathematics& Statistics provide powerful tools for a
constantly expanding variety of problems. There is hardly a field to which
these intrinsically related sciences have not been applied, often providing
capabilities that would have seemed fantastic only a few years ago. The
Department of Mathematics & Statistics provides the student with an
integrated approach to these areas and, at the same time, permits pursuit of a
bachelor’s degree with concentration in either of the two disciplines. It is
recommended that prospective mathematics and statistics majors elect strong science
options in their freshman and sophomore years.
General Information
The student must select either the mathematics or statistics
program. All mathematics and statistics majors must have a minor. Bachelor of
Science students must select their minors from the approved list (see
right menu for approved list). A grade of “C” or better in all prerequisite,
major and minor courses is required for graduation. All majors must
fulfill the University’s general education requirements and the College of Arts
and Sciences graduation requirements. The minimum total hours required for all
four-year degrees is 120 credit hours.
Honors in Mathematics and Statistics
A student may apply for honors in the major after completing at
least Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, and two other mathematics or
statistics courses (that count toward the major) at the 3000-level or above. An
overall GPA of at least 3.25 for courses at or above the level of Calculus I is
required. Once accepted into the program, a student will work with a faculty
member to select courses and to complete an honors project. Please see
department chair for details.
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty
Richard F. Patterson, Professor & Chair
Faiz B. Al-Rubaee, Associate Professor Emeritus
Beyza C. Aslan, Associate Professor
Denis R. Bell, Professor
Devrim Bilgili, Associate Professor
Adel N. Boules, Professor
Elena M. Buzaianu, Associate Professor
William H. Caldwell, Professor Emeritus
Hugh R. Cornell, Associate Instructor
Malgorzata M. Czerwinska, Associate Professor & Lower Program Director
Michelle R. DeDeo, Associate Professor
Daniel L. Dreibelbis, Associate Professor & Undergraduate Program Director
Alina R. Dumitru, Associate Professor
Jose A. Franco, Assistant Chair
Daniela T. Genova, Associate Professor
James Gleaton, Associate Professor
Sami M. Hamid, Associate Professor
Jongsook Han, Instructor
Fei Hen, Assistant Professor
Scott H. Hochwald, Associate Professor
Yisu Jia, Assistant Professor
Jae-Ho Lee, Assistant Professor
Leonard J. Lipkin, Professor Emeritus
Ognjen B. Milatovic, Professor
Donna L. Mohr, Professor Emeritus
Mohammad M. Rahman, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Luminita Razaila, Associate Instructor
Paul W. Rowe, Associate Instructor
Ping Sa, Professor
Pali Sen, Professor Emeritus
Jaimee E. Stewart, Instructor
Jingcheng Tong, Professor
Kening Wang, Associate Professor
William J. Wilson, Professor Emeritus
Peter S. Wludyka, Professor Emeritus
Mei-Qin Zhan, Professor
Qiang Zhen, Associate Professor
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