Bachelor in Mathematics and Statistics

at Smith College

Mathematics is one of the oldest disciplines of study. For all its antiquity, however, it is a modern, rapidly growing field. Only 70 years ago, mathematics might have been said to consist of algebra, analysis, number theory and geometry. Today, so many new areas have sprouted that the term “mathematics” seems almost inadequate. A new phrase, “the mathematical sciences” has come into fashion to describe a broad discipline that includes the blossoming fields of statistics, operations research, biomathematics and information science, as well as the traditional branches of pure and applied mathematics.