Mathematics Courses

An undeniable reason for studying mathematics is its application to fields and enterprises, such as engineering and economics, that are highly valued for their utility. In fact, entry into many of these fields is possible only to those who can demonstrate excellent  achievement in a rigorous mathematics program.  And so, it is very much in a student’s long-term interest to study mathematics in order to keep doors open to many fields that may later prove of interest.  But beyond the practical reasons for studying mathematics, we hope that Loomis Chaffee students will come to share our deep appreciation of the abstract beauty of mathematics — a very human endeavor that grows out of the most careful thinking about the concepts that spring from our fundamental ideas concerning magnitude, quantity, shape, structure and reasoning itself.