The Department of Mathematics offers two major programs of study that a student may pursue. The Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics prepares mathematics students for a wide variety of vocations in business, industry, and government service. The second is for the individual who plans a teaching career in mathematics and leads to the Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Education. Both degrees require a major of 39 to 41 semester hours.

A mathematics major or minor will provide students with many job opportunities besides teaching, such as actuary, computer programmer, agricultural economist, banking, law, computer analyst, and many more. Most job settings require workers to be problem solvers. A mathematics major or minor, when paired with another area of study, enhances job placement in almost any area. Mathematics graduates at SWOSU have been successful in finding jobs in a wide variety of career fields or in pursuing a graduate degree in mathematics and/or computer science.