Mississippi Valley State University

August 19, 2008

Goals

The overall goal of the Department of Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences is to provide competent, supportive faculty and to offer relevant curricula that will help prepare students to cope with and thrive in an ever-changing world. More specifically, the Department strives:

  • To develop in students the mathematical and computer skills necessary to be successful in a technological society;
  • To provide experiences through modeling, field experience and simulations that develop teachers and programmers who are holistic transformers;
  • To develop cognitive skills through effective and holistic teaching, and to produce teachers and computer scientists who are facilitators, scholars, reflective thinkers and life long learners.