At Elmhurst College we believe that a mathematician is a problem solver, an explorer, a describer and verifier of pattern and structure, and a developer of the quantitative language used by the world. Students of mathematics acquire broad skills which prepare them for a variety of vocations. Elmhurst College mathematics alumni include accountants, actuaries, college and university professors, computer programmers, comptrollers of companies, data processing managers, economists, engineers, government workers, independent business owners, independent consultants, industrial mathematicians, insurance company executives, investment managers, junior and senior high school teachers, ministers, physicists, sales managers, and systems analysts.
Problem solving is an integral part of the mathematics curriculum.
Our alumni stress that the ability to think rationally and logically is one of the most important skills they received from their college education. They feel that mathematics is the ideal area to gain problem-solving skills since logical reasoning, which is at the heart of problem solving, is used in every mathematics problem. Throughout our curriculum, we stress that mathematics is the language of the quantitative world. From our College Algebra through our Topics courses, the uses of mathematics and its descriptive power are continually emphasized. This prepares our students for participation in an increasingly quantitative world.