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Information for Math Majors

Why should I major in this subject? Many students are attracted to the discipline of mathematics for the same reason as the faculty, because of its great intrinsic beauty, its […]

Faculty Teaching Guide

Preparing a Syllabus It is important that you provide a syllabus for your courses, preferably  online, at the beginning of the semester.  This should include: your name, office number, phone, […]

Calculus Classes

Courses in the Calculus Sequence The systematic study of mathematics begins with one of the following two alterna­tive sequences: Pre-Calculus (or Bulletin listing) Calculus 1 (or Bulletin listing) Calculus 2 […]

Links

Some other web-sites that include useful information about Probability and Financial Mathematics include: The Probability Web Institute of Mathematical Statistics Eurandom

Undergraduate Program

The undergraduate major in mathematics is an introduction to some of the highlights of the development of theoretical mathematics over the past four hundred years from a modern perspective. This […]

Algebraic Topology

This course is taken in sequence, part 1 in the fall, and part 2 in the spring. Prerequisites: Basic notions of differentiable manifolds (see Chapter 0 and 1 of do […]

Analysis and Probability

Students select Analysis and Probability I in the fall semester, and then pick a specialization in the spring; either Analysis II or Probability II. Analysis and Probability I I Measure […]

Graduate Core Courses

The core mathematics graduate courses are offered in six different areas, and Ph. D. students in mathematics are required to complete three full year courses in three of these six […]

Overview

The Columbia University Mathematics Department offers courses in mathematics at all levels through various degree programs at Columbia University and Barnard College. Course listings for some of these programs are […]

Help Rooms

The Mathematics department organizes two help rooms as places for students to seek assistance with material that comes up in their mathematics courses. These rooms are staffed by graduate students and […]