Mathematics
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096
(580) 774-3748
Fax: (580) 774-7045
math@swosu.edu
General Information
Incoming freshmen are placed in their first mathematics course according to their major, their mathematics background, and their enhanced ACT or CPT scores in mathematics. Since a student's success in each mathematics course depends on the knowledge and skills developed in other mathematics courses, the student is expected to work carefully with his/her advisor in planning his/her enrollment in mathematics.
A student
with Advanced Placement Calculus (AB or BC) qualifies for several hours
of mathematics credit. Such students should check with the mathematics
department to determine credit earned and the next course in which to
enroll. CLEP examinations are available in College Algebra, Trigonometry,
and Calculus I for students who wish to earn credit by examination in
any of these courses.
A mathematics major or minor will provide students with many job opportunities besides teaching, such as actuary, computer programmer, agricultural economist, banking, law, computer analyst, and many more. Most job settings require workers to be problem solvers. A mathematics major or minor, when paired with another area of study, enhances job placement in almost any area. Mathematics graduates at SWOSU have been successful in finding jobs in a wide variety of career fields or in pursuing a graduate degree in mathematics and/or computer science.
The Mathematics Department promotes technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Macintosh and IBM compatible computer labs are located within the department. In addition, several classroom sets of graphing calculators are often used as problem solving and investigative tools.
Several junior and senior mathematics majors work in a help session to provide students with any extra math tutoring they might need.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University has an active chapter of the Mathematics Honor Society, Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME), whose main objective is to further student interest in mathematics and to familiarize the members with advances being made in this subject. Many students in the Mathematics Department have been active in joining KME and in attending regional and national meetings organized by the society.