Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Mathematics, Professional Mathematics Concentration (Business), B.S.


Mathematical Sciences  
615-898-2669

Dong Ye, program coordinator
Dong.Ye@mtsu.edu

Mathematics majors must declare a concentration chosen from Professional Mathematics or Mathematics Education. Students opting the Professional Mathematics concentration will choose from tracks in general mathematics, advanced mathematics, business, statistics, and industrial mathematics.

All courses in the Mathematics major or minor (including supporting coursework) must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or better. All courses transferred from other institutions for credit in the Mathematics major or minor must carry a grade of C (2.00) or better and be approved by the department chair.

The following specialized courses do not count toward a Mathematics major or minor: MATH 1010 , MATH 1410 , MATH 1420 , MATH 1530 , MATH 1630 , MATH 1710 , MATH 1720 , MATH 1730 , MATH 1810 MATH 3300 , MATH 3310 , and MATH 4010 . However, MATH 1630 , MATH 1730 , and MATH 1810  may count toward a minor in Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences.

Business Track

This track is appropriate for students who seek a broad background from such diverse but mutually supportive areas as mathematics, statistics, computer science, and business. The program offers preparation for the job market or for further study in the more specialized areas of actuarial science, operations research, statistics, computer science, or finance.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Mathematics, Professional Mathematics (Business), B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 36 hours*
     Major Core    21 hours*
     Business Track    15 hours
Supporting Courses 23 hours*
Electives 20-29 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (36 hours)


Supporting Courses (23 hours)


Electives (20-29 hours)


  • 36 total credits must be earned at the 3000/4000 level

Curriculum: Mathematics, Professional Mathematics (Business)


Students should consult their advisors each semester to plan their schedules.

Freshman


  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • CSCI/INFS/BIA electives 7 credit hours
  • 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
  • 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 32 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 25 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 32 Hours


NOTE:


 *Choose from ACSI 4220 , ACSI 4230 , ACSI 4630 , ACSI 4640 , STAT 4320 , or STAT 4380 .