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Mathematics & Statistics

Mathematics & Statistics

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics, formerly the Department of Mathematics, was one of the original departments formed during ETSU's founding in 1911. Our mission encompasses teaching and research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics Education, and Applied Data Science.  Our research strengths are in Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling and Computation, and Statistics. Currently, we employ 15 tenured or tenure-track, full-time teaching and research faculty members; also, we have several adjuncts, lecturers, and graduate students whose primary role is teaching.

For majors we offer one-on-one interaction with our faculty to help students succeed in their career aspirations:

  • Our department is excellent at encouraging and supervising undergraduate student research projects.
  • ALL students get to engage with faculty on either an independent research project or a team-based industrial project with industry partners. 
  • Many of our undergraduate Mathematics Majors have been co-authors on research papers published in scientific journals and have presented papers/posters at professional conferences. 
  • Students may apply for admission to the Undergraduate Research Honors program, which allows students to take courses for honors credit.
  • Students get smaller classes and personalized faculty attention. 
  • The department sponsors the MATH/STAT club to help students engage with classmates and to socialize.
  • In the spring, the department has an academic honors banquet to recognize students and faculty.

Among the externally funded programs the department currently participates in are...

  • The State of Tennessee Governor’s School on Scientific Models and Data Analysis (Price and Zahed)

Past externally funded programs the department participated in are...

  • S-STEM
  • Eastman Scholar MathElites Program
  • Eastman/Niswonger Summer Program for High School Teachers
  • Other NSF support has been received in the past from NSF-IGMS and the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, NSF-STEP, NSF-ATE Project, NSF-UBM, and NSF-CCLI.
  • HHMI Project, Symbiosis
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Looking to the Future

  • Our graduates have gone on to get masters and doctorates at multiple acclaimed universities. 
  • Many students have gone on to work in local school systems, community colleges, and universities.
  • Our graduates have found work, both locally and nationally in industries and government research facilities.
  • Many of programs prepare students for fields working with data.