Mathematics & Statistics

 

Our students are doing amazing things!

  • Brianna Cardenal - BS - Spring 2022

    Brianna will be actively seeking a statistics position and begin preparing for a possible future care in Actuarial Science.

  • Dillon Ketron - MS - Spring 2022

    Dillon's future plans are continuing to work in medical research and data science.

  • Donovan Swinger - BS - Spring 2022

    After graduation Donovan plans on being a full-time Financial Advisor at New York Life. He was a financial representative intern at Northwestern Mutual.

  • Dru Williams - BS - Spring 2022

    Dru will be teaching 8th grade mathematics at Heritage Middle School in Maryville.

  • Elizabeth Rutherford - BS - Fall 2021

    Elizabeth is currently in the ETSU MAT Program. She is planning on teaching middle school mathematics.

  • Hannah Love - BS - Spring 2022

    Hannah will be an Operations Research intern at Eastman Chemical Company. She will be pursuing a PhD at UC Merced with the goal of doing research in natural Language Processing.

  • Jett Burns - MS - Spring 2022

    Jett will be moving Madison, Wisconsin to start as a Technical Solutions Engineer with Epic Systems. Epic Systems is a healthcare technology and software company.

  • Maria Alfaro - BS - Spring 2022

    Maria plans on pursuing a Master's Degree in Mathematical Sciences at ETSU.

  • Mariah Taylor - BS - Spring 2022

    Mariah has been accepted into Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine to pursue a career as a physician.

  • Rebecca Eubanks - BS - Spring 2022

    Rebecca will be moving to Nashville. She has accepted a job at Capgemini as an Analyst.

  • Ryan Sears - BS - Spring 2022

    Ryan will be starting with Eastman Chemical as a Control Systems Analyst.

 

MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM

Applied Data Science

 

ETSU offers a masters degree in Applied Data Science (on campus and online).  It is designed to train professionals who can manage and manipulate massive, potentially complex datasets; analyze their content; and effectively communicate these analyses' results and significance to managers and other decision-making personnel. 

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual salary for a data scientist is over $100K per year in the United States. U.S. employment in data science will grow by 31 percent in the coming decade.

To learn more about the program please click the link below and it will open up the Applied Data Science webpage.

APPLIED DATA SCIENCE 

 

Introducing Something New In The Math Department

The Statistical Consulting Lab (SCL)

 

The Statistical Consulting Lab is decicated to offering free consulting on research and survey design, data collecting and administration, statistical analysis, and assessment to ETSU faculty, staff and students.  In addition, the Statistical Consulting Lab aims to give introductory training with commonly used data analysis tools and software.

For more information on the lab such as workshops, availability, contact info and etc. please click the link below.

 STATISTICAL CONSULTING LAB (SCL)

 

Notable Activities Of Our Faculty and Students!

Dr. Michele Joyner is the principal investigator of a PIC Math course (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences) at ETSU.  PIC Math is a joint Mathematical Association of American and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF grant DMS - 1345499).




Dr. Mostafa Zahed has joined our department starting Fall 2022. His area of expertise is statistics and data science.

Dr. Rodney Keaton was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor Starting Fall 2022.

Dr. Michael Garrett was hired as a full-time Lecturer 2021

Douglas Young Belicek was hired as the department's Executive Aide 2021

Awards:

  • Jett Burns received the 2021-2022 Faculty Award for Ourstanding Graduate Student.
  • Brianna Cardenal, Maria Alfaro, Dru Williams, Mariah Taylor and Hannah Love, all received the 2021-2022 Faculty Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student.

 

Breaking News!!

Self-Study 2017

Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences

What Can I Do with a Math Degree? (MAA FOCUS, Vol. 29, No. 4)

Why Major in Math?
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