The Department's mission is two-fold: to assist in integrating students into society by educating them in these fields, secondly, to build and foster an excellent faculty, which contributes to the development of mathematics and statistics and serves as a resource of mathematical expertise for the people of this state. This department aims to fulfill this mission by performing the following major functions- Provide superior General Education instruction for every student on campus.Deliver quality instruction via a large collection of service courses to a significant variety of departments and majors.Sustain a considerable and qualified group of undergraduate majors in the areas of general mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematics education and statistics.Maintain vibrant graduate programs in the fields of general and applied mathematics, mathematics education and applied statistics. Enrich the intellectual life of the campus and the general mathematical and statistical community by providing expertise and practicing scholarly activity.