Mathematics, Minor
The minor in Mathematics allows the students to deepen their mathematical background and increase their quantitative reasoning skills while pursuing their major.
What Can I Do with this Minor?
The Minor in Mathematics can be beneficial to students concentrating in business or science who wish a broader knowledge of mathematics within and outside their field. In addition to those students who go on to pursue studies in graduate programs and careers in education, many of our Mathematics students have found careers as:
- Actuaries
- Financial analysts
- Financial planners
- Network consultants
- Pharmaceutical statisticians
- Programmer analysts
- Quality assurance engineers
- Underwriters
Program Information
- Degree Awarded
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- Minor
- Program Type
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- Minor
- Program Location
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- Main Campus - Northeast Philadelphia
- Required Credit Hours
- 20
Program Overview
Students develop critical thinking skills for solving complex science and technology problems and analyzing and effectively communicating mathematical theory. In addition, they learn knowledge that applies to fields such as computer programming, finance, education, logistics, management, engineering, data science, and space studies. This degree or the minor can help prepare students for graduate study.
Where Students and Alumni Intern and Work
Our mathematics students have wonderful success in careers that stretch the boundaries of the expected. Here are just some of the organizations where alumni are employed:
- Baldi Middle School
- Einstein Health Network
- Hahnemann University School of Medicine
- Independence Blue Cross
- JW Hallahan Catholic School
- John Hancock School
- Keystone Aerial Surveys
- NASA Engineer
- Philadelphia 76ers
- SEI
- Sports Network
- Thomas Jefferson University Health System
- Travelers Insurance
- University of Arizona
- University of Pittsburgh
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