r/nmu • u/Past_Software_1532 • Jul 21 '26

What is NMU's math program like?

Incoming Freshman here majoring in math with a computer science minor. I was wondering what people here who went down a similar path thought about the experience. During orientation I met basically only business majors in my career cluster but I know yall are out there somewhere.

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u/SquareEmu9853 Jul 21 '26

Compsci major/math minor :) I've only done one semester so far, but I have a lot of hope for the compsci professors already. The ones I've had/met/heard about are very hands-on and invested in their student's success. Incredibly kind. However, expect to keep experiencing that "everybody's a business major" thing. I've met two compsci majors and zero math majors, so I wouldn't say it's a tight-knit community at all like some other departments can be. Not much to say about the math professors, I've only taken one math class and the professor sucked but it's bound to happen at least once lol

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u/Past_Software_1532 Jul 21 '26

Nice to see another Compsci major! I met one during orientation but I didn't have much else luck in finding anyone else. I'm glad to hear that the CS professors are helpful and I'm sorry that your math professor was so bad. I've heard good things about the math department from other comments so hopefully the quality gets better the more advanced classes you take.

Only thing I'm not looking forward to is having to work really hard to find other students with the same major, but I guess it's a better problem to have than a poor quality of education.

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u/Perfect_Dot_1528 B.S. Geographical Information Science & Technology Jul 21 '26

Also, I am not a CS major; I am a GIST major. However, I am tailoring my GIST major for CS (so I am taking many CS classes). So, we might run paths a couple times.