B.S. requires more math
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By Pam Cline
Of Ihc Emerald
Beginning this term, proficiency in mathematics
has been added to the requirements for a
bachelor of science degree, and officials are
speculating about the possible effects.
The requirement applies to students who will
graduate in 1988. Currently enrolled students,
who are not freshman, will not be required to
meet the new rule.
"In the past, the University took all comers,"
says Charles Wright, math department chairer.
The new requirement is just part of the Univer
sity's effort to inform schools that more math is
needed for all majors, including psychology,
sociology and journalism, Wright says.
Students may fulfill the new math requirement
several ways, he says. Students either must show
competency equivalent to one year of college
level mathematics by passing an examination ad
ministered by the mathematics department or
pass three courses from a designated list of either
mathematics and/or computer and information
science courses.
But Wright says the expected growth of enroll
ment in lower division mathematics courses may
affect the department’s list of course offerings.
"There is some concern on our part as to
whether we can provide all of the courses that will
be needed with the staff that we have,” he says.
Because several faculty members are on leave for
the upcoming; year, Wright thinks the depart
ment's flexibility may be hampered somewhat.
"We want to do everything we can to meet
ongoing student demands," he says.
' The one thing that I can see happening as a
spin-off of this requirement is the cutback on
junior- and senior-level classes," if enrollment
significantly increases, Wright says.
But Alison Baker, associate dean of the college
of arts and sciences, says "more and more of the
freshmen entering the University are better
prepared in mathematics — hence the drop-off in
demand for entry-level courses in that area." But
Baker stressed the possibility that recent
freshmen classes may be exceptional rather than
representative of current trends.
"We need to keep monitoring each new class in
order to substantiate projections and seat of the
pants guesses," she says.
The number of students deciding to take a
foreign language probably will remain relatively
constant. Baker says. However, those who will be
most affected by the new rule probably will be
students working on a B.S. with majors such as
sociology, journalism or fine arts. Business,
education and hard-science majors already have
existing programs that require math, she says.
"In the 60s, students went to college, chose
trom the menu, and came out with what they
wanted. Today's graduates are more interested in
job opportunities. Some years ago the language
requirement for the B.A. degree was reinstated
and now the math people feel we will have a B.S.
with a similar sensible requirement.
"The undergraduate curriculum will be much
better off and it will help our University's
graduates compete more effectively in a changing
job market," Baker says.
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