Mathematics and Data Analytics
Mathematics and Data Analytics
Cultivating Dynamic Problem Solvers
College of Arts and Sciences
Location: Crete
Degree Type: Undergraduate
Do you enjoy solving puzzles and working with others on intellectual challenges? Do you want to avoid boring jobs with repetitive tasks in fave of a career where you are respected as a strategic thinker and creative problem solver? Maybe you are unsure of the career you want but hope to develop a versatile and adaptable skill-set allowing you to serve a variety of industries.
At Doane, we welcome both students with explicit career intentions and students that have no idea about their futures. Because our Mathematics and Data Analytics program puts focus on problem-solving, communication and analytical skills, our graduates are prepared for and easily adapt to a wide variety of careers. Supportive faculty members leverage small class sizes to create collaborative and professional-skills-focused experiences so that our students confidently enter the workforce ready and able to contribute to a team. In addition, faculty members offer one-on-one help, mentor student projects and develop lifelong professional and personal friendships with students. These close relationships provide students with strong career references and networks for internships and jobs. These relationships continue to grow as our alumni have professional references and mentors for a lifetime.
Check out our Doane Differences below!
Mathematics & Data Analytics Major
Data Analytics Minor
Mathematics Minor
Data Analytics Certificate
Internships
Watch our Student Internships video on Youtube, here.
Students work with Doane’s College to Career Center to develop a resume and prepare for an internship.
Students in the program have earned quality positions usually offered to only the best students at bigger schools. Recently, students have interned at
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Catch Intelligence (Omaha)
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Buildertrend (Omaha)
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Doane Baseball Sports Analytics program
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Sandhills Publishing (Lincoln)
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and Nebraska Book Company (Lincoln)
In addition, students may apply for summer research experiences (REUs) at other institutions or alongside a Doane faculty member. These research opportunities usually include room and board and often include a stipend.
Recently, students have participated in summer research at Grand Valley State University(Michigan), Georgia State University and Doane University.
Faculty & Staff
Mathematics and data analytics students engage in a rigorous curriculum coupled with unique experiences that embrace communication, collaboration, interdisciplinary projects, and an openness to productive mistakes.
Students studying mathematics and data analytics are dynamic problem solvers because they are exposed to a wide array of problems related to areas ranging from history, political science, literature, philosophy, social sciences, engineering, biology and computing.
From their first class, students cultivate their skills as team players through daily group problem solving and applied projects utilizing technology. Because these problems require conceptual understanding and explanation, students develop excellent oral and written communication skills. The training continues through the program and culminates in the student partnering with a faculty member on a research project and a formal conference presentation.
Mathematics and data analytics students become leaders in careers in both the government and private sectors because they willingly dive into a given problem, effortlessly organize and plan, easily collaborate, and find efficiencies others don’t. They adeptly and confidently communicate actionable steps suggested by their solutions.
Mathematics and data analytics students engage in a rigorous curriculum coupled with unique experiences that embrace communication, collaboration, interdisciplinary projects, and an openness to productive mistakes.
Students studying mathematics and data analytics are dynamic problem solvers because they are exposed to a wide array of problems related to areas ranging from history, political science, literature, philosophy, social sciences, engineering, biology and computing.
From their first class, students cultivate their skills as team players through daily group problem solving and applied projects utilizing technology. Because these problems require conceptual understanding and explanation, students develop excellent oral and written communication skills. The training continues through the program and culminates in the student partnering with a faculty member on a research project and a formal conference presentation.
Mathematics and data analytics students become leaders in careers in both the government and private sectors because they willingly dive into a given problem, effortlessly organize and plan, easily collaborate, and find efficiencies others don’t. They adeptly and confidently communicate actionable steps suggested by their solutions.
