If you are interested in science, you can go beyond the basic science requirements to earn a minor in one of the physical or biological sciences. Elective courses in business and economics can be combined with mathematics courses applicable to those fields. Such a combination is excellent background for graduate study in a master of business administration program, for an operations research graduate program, or for actuarial work in the insurance industry. A concentration in statistics might be combined with an interest in agriculture, government and political science, economics, psychology, sociology, business, or science. With careful planning, you can complete a double major.
Special programs are available for some double majors.
The computer has made possible many new applications of mathematics and will continue to have a great impact on mathematics during the coming years. The Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science are separate departments, as they are at most comprehensive universities, but they work in close cooperation. Some professors teach in both departments. All mathematics majors take at least one computer science course, and all computer science majors take several mathematics courses. The programs that combine a major in mathematics with a major or minor in computer science provide excellent preparation for a mathematically oriented computer science career.