Mathematics

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

B.S.
Minor

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Overview

Mathematics is a fundamental tool used by many disciplines for problem solving, analysis, abstract conceptual thinking, modeling, and research.  

The major in Mathematics at the University of Georgia is demanding yet versatile.  Students benefit from the individual attention afforded by typically small class sizes, taking courses in linear algebra, geometry, sequences, differential equations, multivariable calculus, topology, number theory, probability, and others.  Undergraduate research is encouraged and available through the Vertical Integration of Research and Education (VIGRE) and the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO).  An active Math Club further supplements student learning and opportunity. 

The Mathematics major can lead to applied careers in actuarial sciences, computer modeling and applications, and optimization and control theory; academic positions in high schools and colleges; or as a stepping stone to professional schools such as law, business, or medicine.

Spotlight

Mathematicians and Statisticians
Monte Fischer
Class of 2020

My favorite achievement of my first year was being recognized by the mathematics department with a Hollingsworth award for my performance in MATH 3500. I had the pleasure of taking it with Michael Usher, who welcomed me and six other students into the world of higher mathematics in a tour de force of multivariable calculus, linear algebra and calculus on manifolds. This class indelibly marks the intellectual landscape of those students who persevere through it. After finishing the second semester of the course, MATH 3510, I knew that I would follow mathematics as far as my mind could carry me. I must also mention MATH 3100, a course in introductory real analysis which I had the pleasure of taking with Paul Pollack, who also selected me as the recipient of a Hollingsworth award for the class.

In the summer of 2017, I enrolled in a Maymester at Oxford University along with my class of Foundation Fellows. This experience remains a highlight of my education. I studied Shakespeare with Ben Morgan, lived in a foreign country for the first time, and spent the month after my studies backpacking through central Europe. I remember with special fondness the time I spent in Croatia, Montenegro, Switzerland and France with my good friend Nico Leis, who has always pushed me to adventure (whether it be exploring tunnels or scaling mountains).

I continued my dive into mathematics over my second year at UGA, starting research and taking foundational courses in real analysis and abstract algebra. My research was an attempt to improve an important inequality in an area of discrete mathematics called additive combinatorics. In this, I had the great privilege of working closely with Neil Lyall and Georgios Petridis. I deeply appreciate how their guidance has shaped my mathematical education. I presented this research work at the 2018 CURO Symposium. Over the course of my second year, I also served with the Honors Program Student Council to plan Honors Program events and tutored inmates at Athens-Clarke County Correctional Facility with Athens Prison Tutorial.