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We are pleased to announce the launch of Klotz Online Math Notes, an extensive online collection of notes for a large selection of math courses. These notes have been produced by Dr. Richard Klotz, a faculty member in our department who has taught a wide variety of our courses. We expect that students and instructors all over will find these notes very useful. For some courses, these notes and problem sets may be used or adapted (at no charge) instead of a textbook.



USE THIS ADDRESS mathstat@hunter.cuny.edu TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT FOR INFORMATION OR HELP.


THE ADVISING HOURS ARE ON THE CONTACTS PAGE.


THE HUNTER COLLEGE MATH PLACEMENT TEST (MPT) IS NOW BEING GIVEN REMOTELY THROUGH THE TESTING CENTER. READ ABOUT MATH MILESTONES, PREPARING FOR THE TEST, AND SCHEDULING AT THE TESTING CENTER.


IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL YOUR PLACEMENT HERE IS THE APPEAL PROCEDURE AND THE APPEAL FORM.


HERE IS THE PROCEDURE FOR HAVING TRANSFER CREDITS EVALUATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

Some past lectures:
 

  Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Surface Groups in Germs of Analytic Diffeomorphisms in One Variable
presented by Vincent Guirardel, University of Rennes, France
Room 920 East Building, 1:10-2:00 pm

Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Higher Dimensional Expanders with Applications to Clustering
presented by Alina Vdovina, Mathematics, Newcastle University, UK
Room 921 East Building, 1:10-2:00 pm

Friday, November 9, 2018
Understanding Outer Automorphisms of Free Groups Using Geodesics in Culler-Vogtmann Outer Space
presented by Catherine Pfaff, Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Room 921 East Building, 1:00-2:00 pm

 Wednesday, October 17, 2018
An Invitation to Wikipedia Editing
presented by Professor Ilya Kapovich, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Hunter College, CUNY
Room 920 East Building, 1:10-2:00 p

 Thursday, October 18, 2018
Fibres of Failure: Diagnosing Predictive Models Using Mapper
presented by Professor Mikael Veldemo-Johansson, Department of Mathematics, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, 7th Floor Library-East Building, 5:30-6:30 pm

 Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Consensus Estimates of Precipitation from Diverse Data Sources in High Mountain Asia
presented by William F. Christensen, Chair of Statistics, Brigham Young University
Room 921 East Building, 2:00-2:40 pm






Don't miss the LECTURES page so you can plan on attending our talks on topics of special interest.  All are welcome. 
Refreshments will be served.

Here are announcements of CONFERENCES.

Join us for the Soup and Science monthly series.  Good lunch and talks are on the menu.  Open and free to all.

See our NEWS page for items of current and past interest, including the Department's First Endowed Faculty Position.

Read about the history of MATHEMATICS AT CUNY.


Hunter Math Students outside Thomas Hunter Hall - 1914

Why Study Mathematics?
Many people think that a degree in mathematics only prepares one for a career in teaching or in the actuarial field, and nothing else. This is not true.

A major in mathematics is excellent preparation for work in the world of finance, economics, or business. Almost every bureau and branch of the federal government employs mathematicians. Many fields that require applied science and technology, such as medicine, DNA forensics, weather forecasting, environmental science, and computer programming, to name just a few, need people with a strong mathematics background.

Here are two quotes from prominent mathematicians on the nature and significance of mathematics.

"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns."
G.H. Hardy

"Applied mathematics is mathematics for which I happen to know an application. This, I think, includes almost everything in mathematics."
Henry O. Pollack

Many prospective employers are looking for individuals with critical thinking skills combined with a willingness to tackle difficult problems. A degree in mathematics offers evidence of these characteristics.

Why Study Statistics?
Two quotes from leading statisticians give a good summary of the answer to the above question.

"I like to think of statistics as the science of learning from data... It presents exciting opportunities for those who work as professional statisticians. Statistics is essential for the proper running of government, central to decision making in industry, and a core component of modern educational curricula at all levels."
Jon Kettenring
ASA President, 1997

“The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone else’s backyard.”
John Tukey
Bell Labs, Princeton University

Statisticians are needed in government, education, science, social science, medicine, engineering, and finance. Our program gives students the basics that they need to become statisticians in any field.

Graduates of the Hunter College statistics program hold positions in universities, pharmaceutical firms, insurance companies, and financial institutions.


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