Students would be prepared to do research in traditional mathematics or in areas related to the teaching of collegiate mathematics. Emphasis on pedagogy includes two required courses plus an internship. The department has an active faculty with particular research strengths in the areas of approximation theory, applied mathematics, combinatorics and graph theory, functional analysis and operator theory, statistics and mathematics education. The applied mathematics group's specialty is computational and polymer fluid dynamics. Research groups have strong links with science and engineering departments within Central Michigan University, other universities and industry.
Classes are small, allowing students to receive individual attention.
An active colloquium program draws speakers with varied research interests from a wide range of locales. A graduate student seminar gives students the opportunity to explore topics that extend the required coursework as part of their program. Computing facilities within Pearce Hall, where the department is located, include microcomputer laboratories with Macintosh and IBM PC computers and terminals for the IBM 3090 academic computer, as well as the CEC VAX 8530. A grade point average of 2.5 in mathematics is required. The requirements are those that a student with minimal undergraduate preparation would have to fulfill.