The Department of Mathematics at the California State University, Los Angeles consists of 16 tenure-track/tenured faculty and about 50 instructors and graduate teaching associates. We currently have about 200 students in the 4 options of our BS program and 30 students in our MS program.
We offer a Master of Science degree as well as a Bachelor of Science degree with four different options: Applied, General, Integrated Teaching and Traditional Teaching. In addition to its major programs, the department supports an undergraduate minor program as well as two approved Subject Matter Programs for the Single Subject Mathematics waiver and the Foundational Level Mathematics Waiver.
IN THE NEWS
Outstanding Lecturer Sharri Kornblum
Congratulations to Dr. Sharri Kornblum for being the winner of the prestigious 2024 Cal State LA Outstanding Lecturer Award! Learn more about Sharri's tremendous contributions from this video and this article.
Math Gym
The Math Gym is a great place for students in Precalculus, Calculus I, and other fundamental math courses to "work out" their math skills with help from "coaches." Click here for details about hours, location, etc.
Student opportunities
There are plenty of programs, often in the summer, to guide students through the process of doing original research in math. Career panels and other events of interest also take place from time to time. In addition, several programs provide mentoring or other support for advanced studies in mathematics. See our Student Opportunities page to learn more.
Groundbreaking math course at Cal State LA helps prepare students for actuarial career
For the second year in a row, the Department of Mathematics at Cal State LA will offer a groundbreaking course that paves way for a rewarding career in actuarial science. Actuarial science is defined as a discipline that assesses financial risks in the insurance and finance fields, using mathematical and statistical methods. The course, “Mathematical Finance and Interest Theory,” aligns with the syllabus for the Financial Mathematics (FM) exam, which is administered by the Society of Actuaries (SOA).
Student research
On Aug. 23, two math majors presented posters on the results of their summer research at the LSAMP Summer Research Symposium. The LSAMP program offers research funding and other opportunities for students. Shown here is Edgar Yak-de Padua, whose work dealt with chromatic numbers of circulant graphs.
Remembering Wayne Bishop
We are saddened by the loss of Mathematics Professor Emeritus Wayne Bishop, who left us peacefully on April 30, 2024. He will be profoundly missed. Wayne dedicated an exceptional 50 years to teaching at Cal State LA. He joined the Mathematics Department in 1972. He was the co-author of a widely used Linear Algebra textbook. Throughout his career, he was a tireless advocate for high-quality mathematics education at the K-12 level, and indeed, he served several times on California's review panel for statewide textbook adoption. A celebration of Wayne's remarkable life will be organized in the coming months.
Contact
Department Office: ST F206 (Temporary Summer '24 location: BIOS 140)
Telephone: (323) 343-2100
Email: math@calstatela.edu
Office hours: 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday
Address: Department of Mathematics, Cal State LA, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032-8204