Why Study Math at North Park University?

Liberal Arts Education

• North Park University offers a well-balanced education.
• You will master technical skills and grow as a person.

Excellent Faculty

• Full time professors average more than two post-graduate degrees each.
• Faculty members routinely talk with other departments to ensure that curriculum remains relevant and up to date.
• For a small department we have diverse talents and interests including: algebra, applied mathematics, combinatorics, differential equations, education, modeling, physics, pure mathematics, service learning, and statistics.

Small Classes

• Nearly all math classes have 30 or fewer people.
• Most math classes beyond calculus have between 5 and 25 people.
• Plenty of opportunities to form strong friendships with your classmates.
• Professors adjust their teaching in response to student abilities and interests.

Student-Faculty Relationships

• Math faculty know students as individuals.
• Students are welcome in faculty offices.
• Annual picnic for math majors hosted by faculty.

Rich, Inclusive Christian Environment

• Multiple weekly services in addition to special events.
• Both regular and special opportunities for Christian service and outreach.
• The entire faculty is Christian.
• While North Park University is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church many of the faculty, staff, and students follow other Christian traditions.
• Students are welcome regardless of religious belief: the student body includes Christians and non-Christians alike.

Multicultural

• North Park University is located in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of the country.
• North Park University supports students from different cultural backgrounds.
• Many math classes applaud great achievements regardless of cultural provenance and acknowledge what our society has adopted from others.
• Every full-time faculty member of the math department speaks a second language and has spent substantial time outside of the United States.

Urban

• Take advantage of local resources, from the Museum of Science and Industry, to local universities and theaters, to ethnic neighborhoods and restaurants.
• North Park University faculty lead many excursions into Chicago.
• Go to a Cubs game and learn that you don’t need to be successful to be loved.
• Try Chicago-style pizza.

Extra-Curricular Activities

• About a third of our students perform with our music department.
• We produce several theater shows each year.
• Sports opportunities including pick-up games, intermittent events, and intramural sports
• NCAA Division 3 status means that regular students have a real opportunity to participate in varsity sports.
• student clubs
• Movies, invited speakers, ethnic dinners, dances and other campus events.

Special Programs

• Vacation or mission trips over spring break
• Foreign exchange programs.

Success

• Graduates routinely succeed in their careers or continuing education.
• Our alumni consider their time at North Park University as a period of significant personal growth spiritually and intellectually.