Students must research, write and present an honors thesis based on work during their senior year under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Seniors will receive 6 hours credit for an honors research course while working on their thesis. Juniors take a one credit course each semester to learn about research and identify a topic and a faculty advisor. The Departmental Honors Program provides students with an opportunity to pursue mathematical interests to a much greater depth than possible from class work only, and it provides an introduction to research in mathematics and working with a faculty advisor. All across campus opportunities are growing for undergraduates to participate in research, and the departmental program is part of this trend.
Plans are for the program to be expanded to all undergraduate math majors in the future.
The department welcomed three new administrative employees in the past few months. She comes to us from Clemson Apparel Research. She navigates the students through the paper maze leading to graduation, keeps them abreast of departmental activities, and assists with recruiting. I really enjoy being here. We have a lot of pleasant and interesting faculty and students.