MATH|NYC
COMBINED DEGREES
MATHEMATICS, BA/
ADOLESCENT EDUCATION, MST
The combined degree program
in Mathematics and Adolescent
Education is offered by the Dyson
College of Arts and Sciences and
the Pace University School of
Education. It leads to a Bachelor of
Arts in Mathematics and Master of
Science for Teachers in Adolescent
Education (Grades 7-12). At the
undergraduate level, students will
complete a major in Mathematics.
At the graduate level, candidates
will complete the educational
components required to fulfill
the requirement for the initial
and professional certificates in
Mathematics.
The demand for qualified mathematically-trained professionals is found in nearly
every industry and profession, including biological and physical sciences, computer
science, economics, engineering, finance, operations research, and political science.
Dyson College’s Mathematics Department offers two undergraduate majors, a BA
in Mathematics and a BS in Mathematics, as well as minors in Mathematics and
Statistics. All of our programs, while structured, are flexible and can be tailored to
suit our students’ individual goals. Students who wish to pursue teaching can enroll
in our combined BA in Mathematics/MST in Adolescent Education degree program.
Our programs provide students with the logical reasoning, quantitative, and analytical
thinking skills necessary to compete in today’s complex global environment. We
continually strive to improve our students’ knowledge acquisition through ongoing
refinement of the instructional process that blends theory with practice. Many of
our courses are offered online.
BA IN MATHEMATICS
This degree is ideal for those students
who wish to attain a broad-based
liberal arts and science education. It
is a generalized program that enables
students to develop critical-thinking,
problem-solving, analytical, and
quantitative skills. Its flexibility allows
students to pursue a double major or
complete up to two minors. Many of
the mathematics majors are double
majors in Economics or Computer Science.
BS IN MATHEMATICS
This degree is ideal for those students
who desire to achieve a more in-depth
education in mathematics. It helps
prepare students for employment in
quantitative or technical fields such
as actuarial science, computer science,
finance, operations research, statistics,
and science, or for graduate study.
Students are encouraged to choose
a minor designed to enhance their
professional aspirations.
Our major classes are generally small,
with most classes having between 10
and 20 students. This allows for a much
greater degree of individualized attention
for our students. In our capstone
course, students learn to write papers
in mathematics. Some of these papers,
co-authored with our faculty, have
appeared in mathematical journals.
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the Kenan Outstanding Teaching Award
in 2010. She has written papers in the
field of complex variables and teaches
courses with associated peer-led discussion
groups.
FACULTY
William J. Adams, Emeritis, began
teaching in the Mathematics Department
at Pace in 1965 after obtaining his masters
from Brooklyn College. He has written
more than 20 books on mathematics
theory, mathematics education, and
history of mathematics, and received
the Kenan Outstanding Teaching Award
in 1978.
Shamita Dutta Gupta began teaching
at Pace in 2001 and received her Ph.D.
in Mathematics in 1995 from Brown
University. She has authored several
papers in number theory and actuarial
mathematics.
Edgar DuCasse received his Ph.D. in
Mathematics from the University of
Illinois and has been teaching at Pace
since 1978. He has published papers on
graph theory, multi-valued logic design
and fault-tolerant computing, and is
the author of several books in mathematics
and computer science.
Michael Kazlow received his Ph.D. in
Mathematics from SUNY at Stony Brook
and has been teaching at Pace since
1980. As the department technologist, he
has been teaching on-line mathematics
courses since 2002. He is an Adobe
Community Professional and a moderator
of the Adobe Forums. He hosts the
Graph Theory Notes website on:
http://gtn.kazlow.info.
Louis V. Quintas, Emeritis, received
his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1967 from
the CUNY Graduate Center and started
teaching at Pace that same year. He has
authored more than 170 papers, with
a specialty in graph theory and its
applications. He is a recipient of the
Kenan Outstanding Teacher Award.
Joshua Yarmish, a member of the
Mathematics Department since 1971,
received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in
1972 from New York University. He has
written many articles in graph theory,
numerical analysis, and game theory
and is the author of computer texts and
foundation texts on pre-algebra and algebra.
Mitchell Preiss, assistant chair of the
N.Y. Mathematics Department, received
his Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1986
from Polytechnic University. He has
been teaching at Pace since 1978. He
has published several articles, jointly
authored a statistics book, and written
and updated the Mathematics Placement
exam. He has been a judge for the
Greater New York Metropolitan Mathematics
Fair since 1983.
Sandra Pulver, received her Ph.D. in
the History of Mathematics from Columbia
University in 1983. She has been a
member of the Department since 1965,
has taught nearly every math course
we offer, and has been active on many
committees. She has written more than
70 papers and articles of mathematical
interest.
Geraldine Taiani, chair of the N.Y.
Mathematics Department, received her
Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1974 from the
CUNY Graduate Center. She has been
teaching at Pace since 1980 and received
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STUDENT SUCCESS
STORIES
Our students have gone on to work
as actuaries, college professors,
university deans, department chairs,
statisticians, media analysts, and
researchers. Two have successful
tutoring businesses. At least four
of our students, Fred Buckley,
Lisa Fauci, Andrea Marchese, and
Nermine ElSissi have Ph.D.s in
mathematics and are now college
professors. Andrew Williams is an
actuary at AXA Equitable.