The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is committed to exemplary teaching, learning, scholarship and service. Our courses are designed to provide every student with the technical background they will need, and to inculcate a love for the 'veritas' of logical thought and elegant reasoning. We specifically aim that our mathematics graduates can formalize, define, analyze, prove and communicate mathematical skills.
- Master of Arts in Mathematics. Students who earn their Master of Arts in mathematics advance their careers in actuarial and accounting firms, in the pharmaceutical industry and in teaching, as well as in other fields. Some choose to complete their master's degree and enter a doctoral program.
- Master of Science in Applied Statistics. The Master of Science in applied statistics program at Villanova began in 1954 as an outgrowth of an earlier certificate in quality control program established in 1952. During its more than fifty years of existence, the applied statistics program has helped to fill the need for master's-level statisticians to work in industrial, governmental and educational institutions in the Delaware Valley and beyond. The program has also served as a springboard for students who want to pursue doctoral degrees. At the present time, the Philadelphia area continues to offer a large number of opportunities for statisticians with a master's-level education. In addition, as high schools begin to incorporate statistics as part of their mathematics curriculum, Villanova's course offerings in applied statistics serve as an important resource for continuing teacher education.
- Master's Certificate. This certificate is explicitly intended for individuals who are presently teaching at the secondary school level. This 15-credit program will consist of five graduate courses that cover the following areas: geometry, history of mathematics, statistics, using technology in the classroom and a special topics course. There will be at least one course in the certificate program offered during each of the fall and spring semesters and usually two in the summer.
