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The chemistry/mathematics dual major program offers numerous advantages, including personalized faculty interaction and intimate class sizes. Students gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art lab equipment and have chances to conduct research guided by faculty mentors.
In practical terms, Mathematics explores patterns and systematic structures. Rather than focusing on physical matter, it examines numerical relationships, probabilities, shapes, computational methods, and transformations. As a discipline centered on abstract concepts, Mathematics prioritizes logical reasoning over empirical observation for establishing truths, yet incorporates experimentation, modeling, and observation as tools for uncovering new insights. Source: Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education (c) 1989 National Academy of Sciences.