Information
Department Chair: Tangan Gao
Undergraduate Associate Chair: Kent G. Merryfield
Department Office: Faculty Offices (FO) 3 - 120
Telephone / FAX: (562) 985-4721 / (562) 985-8227
Website: www.csulb.edu/depts/math/
Faculty: Babette M. Benken, Joseph Bennish, Ryan C. Blair, John O. Brevik, Linda H. Byun, Bruce J. Chaderjian, Jen-Mei Chang, Joshua D. Chesler, Scott W. Crass, Yu Ding, Carl H. Dorn (Emeritus), Morteza Ebneshahrashoob, Tangan Gao, Yihnan David Gau, Eun Heui Kim, Sung Eun Kim, YongHee Kim-Park, Olga Korosteleva, Melvin D. Lax, Chung-Min Lee, Xuhui Li, Robert A. Mena (Emeritus), Kent G. Merryfield, Hojin Moon, William L. Murray, Florence A. Newberger, Norma A. Noguera, Joshua H. Sack, Alan M. Safer, Angelo Segalla, Kagba N. Suaray, Lindsay A. Tartre (Emeritus), Robert C. Valentini, Ngo N. P. Viet, James H. von Brecht, Wen-Qing Xu, Tianni Zhou, William K. Ziemer
Administrative Support Coordinator: Linda Dixon
Student Services Coordinator: Sofia Aguilera
ELM Coordinator: Larry Brownson
Advisors:
- Undergraduate:
- General - William L. Murray
- Applied Math - Melvin D. Lax
- Statistics - Olga Korosteleva
- K-9th Teaching - Lindsay Tartre
- Honors in the Major: Kent G. Merryfield
- Credential: Angelo Segalla
- Graduate:
- General - John O. Brevik
- Applied - Eun Heui Kim
- Mathematics Education - Joshua D. Chesler
- Statistics - Hojin Moon
Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.
Career Possibilities
Mathematician • Statistician • Operations Research Analyst • Computer Programmer • Wage/Salary Analyst • Teacher • Systems Analyst • Financial Analyst • Corporate Accountant • Actuary • Surveyor • Information Scientist • Econometrist • Securities Analyst • Efficiency Engineer • Meteorologist • Technical Writer • Demographer (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.) Various entry-level trainee positions in business and industry are available for graduates regardless of academic discipline.
Introduction
Mathematics is fundamental to all scientific knowledge, including not only the traditional natural sciences but increasingly the social and economic sciences. Mathematics is also a vital aid to critical and philosophical thinking.
The Department offers instruction for students at all levels beyond high school mathematics. Its courses provide the computational and analytic skills needed for a variety of majors, as well as the advanced theoretical topics for specialists in mathematics.
Academic Advising and Facilitated Enrollment into Classes
All entering students who declare a major in a degree program offered by this department need to contact the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics' (CNSM) Academic Advising Center (HSCI 164) and participate in the College's Science Safari to Success (for first time freshmen) or EONS (Enrollment and Orientation in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics for transfer students) Program. These programs are held in June-July for those starting in the Fall Semester and in January for those starting in the Spring Semester. Department advisors will be available to provide an overview of the students' chosen baccalaureate degree program, to assist with academic advisement, to provide information on the many career opportunities available, and to aid students in enrolling in classes. Contact the CNSM Academic Advising Center, Jensen Student Access to Sciences and Mathematics Center (HSCI 164), or department office for additional information.
Concurrent and/or Summer Enrollment at Another College
Students who wish to take coursework at a community college or other college to meet curricular requirements while enrolled as undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics must petition the appropriate department for prior approval to earn credit for specific courses. This policy applies to concurrent enrollment or summer enrollment. University policy must also be complied with; see 'Concurrent Enrollment' and 'Transfer of Undergraduate Credit' in this Catalog. Courses not receiving prior approval will not be accepted for credit by the department.
