In addition approximately 15 minors in mathematics graduate from Luther College each year. To learn more about the mathematics courses offered, please refer to the course offerings. There may be a no more versatile major than mathematics. Long regarded as both queen and handmaiden of the sciences, mathematics has become the language and modus operandi of modern technological civilization, yet its roots in western culture are as deep as those of any classical discipline.
Statistics is the science of reasoning from uncertain empirical data.
Statisticians build mathematical models to solve problems in business, the natural sciences and the social sciences. First Year Placement Students who are well prepared in high school mathematics should begin the calculus sequence - 28, 29. Students who have taken calculus in high school may begin with 29 or, in special cases, 32. Please refer to our complete listing of courses for course names and descriptions.