Employer’s value employees with demonstrated mathematical ability and you do not have to major in mathematics to gain this ability. A minor give a student a sample of a field of study without having to fulfill all of the major requirements. Siena’s minor in mathematics allows for a certain amount of flexibility, yet retains some significant elements of the field and thus provides you with an edge in the job market, no matter what career or industry you intend to pursue. Our minor in mathematics is especially attractive when paired with one of Siena’s other science majors and it is easy to fit into your four-year plan. Whether developing software, designing an experiment, or interpreting experimental data, Siena’s math courses will help you build a strong foundation to make you more efficient and effective.
Our minor in mathematics will enable you to:
- Deeply understand and analyze the theoretical foundations of your major field
- Create organized, thoughtful ways to tackle difficult scientific and technology problems
- Communicate complex, technical ideas to a diverse audience
- Apply mathematical methods to interpret data and derive meaningful information
The minor in mathematics also helps prepared you for science and technology careers, including:
- Animator
- Biochemist
- Biomedical engineer
- Biophysicist
- Biostatistician
- Chemical engineer
- Climatologist
- Computational biologist
- Computer systems architect
- Conservation scientist
- Cryptanalyst
- Ecologist
- Epidemiologist
- Forensic analyst
- Hydrologist
- Information research scientist
- Neuroscientist
- Nuclear engineer
- Multimedia artist
- Operations research analyst
- Physician
- Science journalist
- Software developer
- Statistician
