Math major at Case

Could anyone chime in on the dept of math at CWRU? My S is interested in Pure Mathematics.

I’m a freshman math major at CWRU. I’m not involved in research yet, but I can talk about my experiences so far.

Logistically, it was easy to get transfer credit from AP exams and dual enrollment. I haven’t had to “retake” anything, and I haven’t had any problems with classes being full. Undergraduates can take any graduate courses, and there is an integrated B.S./M.S. program.

If you go [url=<a href=“http://www.case.edu/registrar/registration/schedule-of-classes/%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://www.case.edu/registrar/registration/schedule-of-classes/]here[/url] and click “Schedule of Classes,” you can see the MATH and STAT courses that have been offered in each semester for the past few years. The philosophy department offers courses in logic and philosophy of math. Students can cross-register at Cleveland State, which offers some additional courses (for example, they had a graduate-level combinatorics course last semester).

Overall, the mathematics and statistics department has an applied focus. The faculty members and their interests are listed [url=<a href=“http://bulletin.case.edu/collegeofartsandsciences/mathematics/#faculty%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://bulletin.case.edu/collegeofartsandsciences/mathematics/#faculty]here[/url], and [url=<a href=“http://math.case.edu/research/%5Dthis%5B/url”>http://math.case.edu/research/]this[/url] page lists the main research interests in the department. Some professors do research in pure math (my friend will be starting a Ph.D. here next fall), but it’s not emphasized.

You should email a professor and talk to them, on top of current students.

Thank you. This is very helpful. The flexibility and down to earth feel is definitely appealing.