About Mathematics and Statistics

Welcome to the Mathematics Department at North Park University!

Our Goals

Integrate: We seek to integrate faith and logic so our rational minds and spiritual souls will augment and strengthen each other.
Optimize: We maximize our potential by developing valuable and widely applicable skills: rigorous analytical thought processes, quantitative skills, and precise communication skills, among others.
Function: We apply what we learn in significant ways and in service to those around us.

What is the value of studying mathematics?

Personal Development: Mathematicians use rigorous logic which yields great analytical skills and clear thinking for:

• Solving intellectual problems
• Creating, understanding, and critiquing arguments
• Communicating complex ideas
• Improving aesthetic appreciation

Understanding the World: Intelligible aspects of the world are rational, our specialty. Mathematics is one of four methods of inquiry and an essential complement to the others.

Meeting God: The four original liberal arts were music, astronomy, algebra, and geometry, selected for their outstanding ability to display God’s wisdom, beauty, and might.  Read more...

Career: A degree in mathematics can lead to a good career in actuarial science, computers, engineering, financial analysis, investment, law, medicine, science, statistics, and teaching.