{"id":14681,"date":"2024-01-30T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/?page_id=14681"},"modified":"2024-02-15T08:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:38:52","slug":"mathematical-sciences-majors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/mathematical-sciences\/mathematical-sciences-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematical Sciences Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Mathematical Sciences Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/math-stats-actuarial\/mathematics\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Mathematics Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/math-stats-actuarial\/actuarial-science\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Actuarial Science Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/math-stats-actuarial\/statistics\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Statistics Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/data-science\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Data Science Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/math-stats-actuarial\/additional-minors\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Additional Minors<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/mathematical-sciences\/internships\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Mathematical Sciences Internships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/mathematical-sciences\/faculty-staff\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Mathematical Sciences Faculty &#038; 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In addition to the department requirements, a student must complete the University Core Curriculum (including FYS&nbsp;throughout the first year), the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences language requirement (<strong>at least two 200-level courses<\/strong>, almost always taken in the first year),&nbsp;and other general requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/mathematical-sciences\/mathematics\/\">Mathematics Major and Minor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-65ce13ec4b480-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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