Welcome to our Department!

• As a service to our students, the department is listing online the required textbooks for upcoming semesters. Please note that textbooks are subject to change, especially those for Fall, and certain required texts are custom published. Click on the following links for the books for: Maymester 2009, Summer I 2009, Summer II 2009, and Fall 2009.
• From the National Association of Colleges and Employers: For those who want to enter the job market after earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics, the average starting salary is $49,759 according to the Fall 2008 Salary Survey, a 6.9% increase over Fall 2007. Also, the chart below, from the Fall 2008 Salary Survey, shows a comparison of average average starting salaries compared to a starting English major's salary.

  Major	Salary Differential (compared to English major)
  Economics	+44.0%
  Mathematics	+40.4%
  Chemistry	+24.0%
  Political Science	+9.6%
  History	+7.3%
  Foreign Languages	+3.0%
  Biology	+0.2%
  English	0%
  Psychology	-3.8%
  Sociology	-0.1%