Department of Mathematics and Statistics

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics offers undergraduate majors and minors in both Mathematics and Statistics, while also offering master's programs in both Mathematics and Applied Statistics and Data Science.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is committed to exemplary teaching and learning, scholarship and service. Our courses are designed to provide every student with the technical background they will need, and to inculcate a love of logical thought and elegant reasoning. The aim of our undergraduate and graduate programs is that our mathematics students can formalize, define, analyze, prove, and communicate mathematical results. At the graduate level, we offer an MA in Mathematics and an MS in Applied Statistics and Data Science.

The Math Center in the Learners' Studio (For Tutoring)

CENTER FOR STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION

The Center promotes faculty research, creates relevant coursework and programming for Villanova students, and offers professional development to statistics teachers in the Philadelphia region.

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NEWS & EVENTS

VILLANOVA ALUMNUS, MATH MAJOR ELECTED POPE

Born in Chicago, Ill., Pope Leo XIV, then Robert Prevost, joined the Order of St. Augustine in 1977. Following his undergraduate studies at Villanova, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977, he earned a Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in 1982 and was ordained a priest the same year. MORE...

Villanova Math Professor Wins Distinguished Teaching Award

The Mathematical Association of America honored Assistant Professor Alexander Diaz-Lopez, PhD, with one of its three Henry L. Alder Awards for Distinguished Teaching, which recognizes faculty whose teaching has been extraordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching mathematics is shown to have influence beyond their own classrooms.

Applied Statistics and Data Science Master's Program Changes Meet Industry Demand

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