The Mathematics Teaching and Research Office of the General Education Department is a vibrant and proactive team. The faculty members handle their responsibilities with enthusiasm and without complaints. The team consists of four full-time teachers and one part-time teacher, including three with senior professional titles and one lecturer.
The office is responsible for teaching public mathematics courses across all majors, including Advanced Mathematics, Economic Mathematics, and Mathematical Modeling. It also provides training for the National Mathematical Modeling Competition. Teachers collaborate and support each other in the teaching process, helping students grasp this theory-intensive subject more effectively.
The primary teaching goal is to lay a solid mathematical foundation for students, supporting their future studies in specialized fields and modern science and technology. The curriculum focuses on developing students’ skills in accurate and rapid calculation, logical reasoning, and problem-solving using mathematical methods. It also supports students preparing for the upgrade from junior college to undergraduate programs.
The department emphasizes the connection between theory and practice, encouraging scientific abstraction and logical deduction based on real-world problems to derive mathematical concepts and principles. Students are trained through targeted exercises to master knowledge and its applications, with a focus on essential concepts and manageable problems. Strengthening basic knowledge and skills is a key priority, with required classwork and extracurricular practice designed to enhance students’ independent thinking, analytical, and computational abilities.
In recent years, the faculty has published around 12 academic papers, including 7 in core journals. They have undertaken 3 specialized research projects and 2 teaching reform initiatives. The Advanced Mathematics course was recognized as a university-level “Excellent Course” in 2005. Faculty members have compiled or co-authored 7 textbooks. In the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, the team has won five second prizes at the national level, as well as numerous first, second, and third prizes in the Shanghai regional contests.
