Applied Mathematics
Introduction
Mathematics, ancient yet constantly updated, is an increasingly important field of study. From the time of Pythagoras and Plato, humankind has found mathematics to be the most efficient method for training the skills of analysis, thought, and judgment. Moreover, with the advancement of human civilization, the natural and social sciences depended more and more on mathematics as their most important and fundamental research tool. The phenomena caused mathematics, once only a branch of natural science, to emerge independently, taking its place alongside the other sciences. As a result of the emerging importance of mathematics, the Applied Mathematics Department was established and began recruiting students in the 1991 academic year.
Teaching and Research
The goal of instruction in the department is to maintain a balance between the theoretical and the practical with courses designed to match the needs and demands of society while keeping up with worldwide trends. Youth, passion, and professionalism mark the characteristics of the department's faculty. Among the current full-time faculty are two professors, six associate professors, six assistant professors, and one lecturer, every one of whom had obtained their degrees from recognized domestic and foreign universities. Besides demanding excellence in academic work, the department particularly emphasizes the aspect of character development and the advancement of both planning abilities and communicative skills. These essentials, no matter what the vocational choice might be, are all capital for their facing challenges in the future.
Curriculum and Facilities
Responding to this changing society and meeting the needs of our students, the department plans to develop two groups of studies. They are financial analysis and information science. The new courses have been introduced starting the fall semester 2002. To provide the best research and learning environment, the Department demands state-of-art hardware and software. Under grants from the Ministry of Education and the University, two professional laboratories have been set up: the computational finance lab and the scientific computation lab. Simulations of mathematical experiments are conducted on computers running appropriate software. Through this procedure, students can not only obtain theoretical knowledge in the classroom, but also carry out practical experiments in the computer lab.
Career Development
Further study: Students can apply for admission to
graduate schools of various areas related to mathematics. For examples,
mathematics, engineering, management, economics, information science,
statisticsˇK etc, are all possible fields. Or they can switch to
different areas like nuclear science, system science, mechanics etc.
Career prospects: Students can get into various fields in statistics,
management, analysis, computer programming...etc. For those who are
interested in teaching, they can take appropriate credits to be
qualified as elementary or high school teachers.
