Student Resources
Advisement and Student Success
- COSM Advisement Center
- Undergraduate Advisement – Coordinator: Ms. Lori Braselton
- Graduate Thesis Style (LaTeX) – Coordinator: Dr. Scott Kersey
- Academic Success Center
- Online Course Schedule
Tutoring
Please check the two tutoring options below:
Math and Stats Enhancement Room (MASTER)
Located in the Math & Physics Building, Room 3000, we offer free tutoring in:
- MATH 0098
- MATH 0099
- MATH 1001
- MATH 1101
- MATH 1111
- MATH 1112
- MATH 1113
- MATH 1232
- MATH 1441
- MATH 2242
- STATS 1401
MASTER Spring 2024 Hours
- Onsite: Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Virtual Tutoring: Friday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
To sign up for virtual tutoring, fill out the Google form below ON FRIDAY. Please try to give an hour notice. Your GS credentials are required to complete the form.
Science & Mathematics Academic Resource & Tutorial (SMART) Center
FREE Tutoring: The Science & Mathematics Academic Resource & Tutorial (SMART) Center offers free tutoring on the Armstrong campus by student tutors in Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, General and Organic Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, and Mathematics. Appointments for in-person and virtual tutoring should be made through the EAB Navigate system.
Step-by-step instructions for making in-person and virtual tutoring appointments
If you have worked on a problem and would prefer to email a tutor to receive feedback on your steps, please create a pdf of your work and send it to mbrown@georgiasouthern.edu with your course number in the subject line.
More information about our services can be found at the SMART Center website.
Scholarships
To apply for scholarships, current students can log in to MyGeorgiaSouthern and click the MyScholarships link. For more information, visit GeorgiaSouthern.edu/Scholarships.
New: Georgia Southern University Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
The MyScholarships system is now accepting student applications for scholarships until January 31, 2020. The review process will begin on Feb 5, 2020, and selections should be made by March 30, 2020.
The scholarships that the committee are responsible for reviewing are as follows:
- Arthur G. Sparks Scholarship in Mathematics and Computer Science
- Bhatia Foundation Scholarship: Mathematics — available only to Armstrong or Liberty campuses
- Billy J. Lamb and Curry Colvin Memorial Math Education Scholarship
- Bobby L. Johnson Secondary Mathematics Fund
- Cynthia Ann Floyd Sikes Mathematics Scholarship
- D Earl Lavender Award in Mathematics
- David and Ann Stone Scholarship in Mathematical Sciences
- Martha L Abell Endowed Scholarship
- Lancy C Jen Mathematics and the Leslie A Strozier Memorial Scholarship — available only to Armstrong campus
- Renette and Annie Ruth Lewis Annual Departmental Scholarship
Undergraduate Research
College Office of Undergraduate Research
The College Office of Undergraduate Research (COUR) in the College of Science and Mathematics at Georgia Southern University is an initiative to further the undergraduate research experience in COSM.
Visit the COUR website for more information regarding:
- research opportunities
- funding
- news
- annual research symposium
Undergraduate Journals
Research Opportunities with Faculty
Coordinators:
Dr. Duc Huynh (Armstrong Campus)
dhuynh@georgiasouthern.edu
Dr. Yan Wu (Statesboro Campus)
yan@georgiasouthern.edu
Expand for Faculty Research Advisors
Faculty Research Advisors
The following faculty are looking for undergraduate students to advise. Search by topics of interest.
| Research Advisor | Research Topics |
|---|---|
| An, Tuyin, Ph.D. | Reasoning and proof, geometry for teachers, dynamic geometry environments, preservice teachers’ mathematics content knowledge, hybrid teaching and learning modalities, inclusion and diversity. |
| Brawner, Jim, Ph.D. | algebraic geometry, mathematics of voting, and recreational mathematics. |
| Brown, Tricia, Ph.D. | Algebraic combinatorics, recreational mathematics, sports analytics |
| Carden, Stephen, Ph.D. | Call-center schedule creation as a stochastic optimization problem; Treat a continuous-time decision process as a discrete-time process by choosing the interval between decision-making times. |
| Champ, Charles, Ph.D. | Numerical methods for solving integral equations Nonparametric statistics (in particular bootstrapping and exact test) Statistical design and analysis of experiments Statistical quality control; mathematics/statistics education |
| Chang, Sungkon, Ph.D. | Number Theory and Elliptic curves |
| Chen, Zhan, Ph.D. | Mathematical modeling in life sciences; Computational mathematics, and applied analysis |
| Gray, Daniel, Ph.D. | Probability and encoding problems; enumerating interesting subsets of permutations |
| Hessinger, Sabrina, Ph.D. | Differential Galois Theory |
| Hu, Yi, Ph.D. | Harmonic analysis and applications in differential equations |
| Huynh, Duc, Ph.D. | arithmetic geometry with a focus on finding rational points on hyperelliptic curves |
| Iacob, Emil, Ph.D. Computer Science | Data Science; image compression, image recognition; model reduction; graph searching; flow network; |
| Lesaja, Goran, Ph.D. | Conic optimization, semidefinite optimization Next tabular data protection in statistical databases |
| Lin, Yi, Ph.D. | Riemann – Roch theorem of algebraic curves, geometric  combinatorics, heat equations on differential manifolds |
| Michalski, Greg, Ph.D. | Model theory, computability theory, set theory |
| Nasseh, Saeed, Ph.D. | Commutative algebra, homological algebra; algebraic aspects of number theory; basics in algebraic topology. |
| Piltner, Reinhard, Ph.D. | Some knowledge on PDEs, Finite Elements and numerical methods |
| Sills, Andrew, Ph.D. | Integer partitions, integer compositions​ |
| Sobaje, Paul, Ph.D. | The representation theory of the symmetric group on n elements acting on a vector space over a field of positive characteristic Explicit calculations of the representations of the algebraic group of type G_2 over a field of positive characteristic. |
| Stokolos, Alex, Ph.D. | Modeling in Discrete Dynamical Systems |
| Wang, Hua, Ph.D. | Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Number Theory, Math Modeling and Applications in Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Science |
| Wu, Yan, Ph.D. | Math modeling, control systems (design and analysis); Digital filters design/analysis |
| Zhao, Chunshan, Ph.D. | Partial Differential Equations and applications in Biology, physics and fluid mechanics |
| Zheng, Shijun, Ph.D. | Numerical and Analytical Construction of Ground and Excited States for BEC; Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations with Poisson-Pressure Method |
| Zhu, Jiehua, Ph.D. | Computed tomography, image processing |
| Zou, Yuting, Ph.D. | Dynamical systems of ODEs Reaction diffusion equations, pattern formation (PDEs) |
Clubs and Activities
Recent Events and Activities for Majors, Minors and Friends
- Graduate Seminar – Coordinator: Dr. H. Wang
- Undergraduate Seminar – Coordinator: Dr. Martha Abell and Mr. Jim Braselton
- Math Club – Armstrong Based
- Math Club – Statesboro Based
- September 27th -Armstrong campus Math Majors and Faculty Meet and Greet
- October – Movie Night on the Armstrong Campus
- October 20th – Gambling & Gaming Booth at Celebrate Together
- Machine Learning Team Visit from Robins Airforce Base
MAA Student Chapter
MAA Student Chapter
2014 Spring MAA SE Annual Meeting
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
Coach: Chasen Smith
Chasen Smith (advisor), Michael Ackerman, Micah Jackson, Katelyn Yeomans, Anthony Coggins (co-advisor) and Matt Cullens
2010 Spring MAA SE Annual Meeting
Elon University, Elon, NC
March 26-27, 2010
Coach: Jiehua Zhu
Team Members: Nathan Dunn, Danielle Ripley, Toby Sanders, Anh Tran
Putnam Examination
Putnam Examination
The Putnam Mathematical Competition is a prestigious mathematical competition for undergraduates that has been organized for around seventy years under the sponsorship of Mathematical Association of America. Students compete individually and individual scores of three selected students are counted as a team score. Problems on the competition are very challenging and mostly proof oriented, thus, scoring even some points is a success.
Coordinators: Dr. Goran Lesaja, Dr. Sungkon Chang, Dr. Saeed Nasseh
Math Jeopardy
Math Jeopardy
The Math Jeopardy contest is part of the Mathematical Association of America’s national and sectional annual meeting. The contest follows the Jeopardy game show format. Each team consisting of up to four students competes to answer the problems from the subjects of undergraduate mathematics, such as calculus, differential equations, discrete equations, discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and history of mathematics.
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Georgia Southern University participates in the Jeopardy contest at the MAA Southeastern Section meeting each year.
If you are interested in joining the Georgia Southern Math Jeopardy Team, please contact Dr. Jiehua Zhu.
Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) is another prestigious mathematical competition organized by a well known private company COMAP (Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications) whose main goal is to promote quality math education.
MCM is a team competition. Teams of up to three students from each university (each university can have up to four teams) are working on one of the two offered real world problems. The problems are open-ended and the teams have to submit their reports at the end of the competition which then get judged by the team of judges. The ranking of the teams falls in one of the following categories:
- Outstanding
- Meritorious
- Honorable mention
- Successful participant
- Unsuccessful participant
Coordinator: Dr. Goran Lesaja
Eagle Problem Solvers
Eagle Problem Solvers
- Joining info & Contact Person
- Current members
- Past problem solutions
- Samples of our published solutions
- Problem List
Problem of the Month
Problem of the Month
- Current Problem & deadline
- Narrative on Rules & Submission instructions
- Problem and Solution Archive
Career Info and Exploration
Career Info and Exploration
- Professional Organizations
- Career explication scavenger hunt
- Career presentation
Last updated: 1/7/2024