California State University, Bakersfield, Department Of Mathematics
University Information: California
State University,
Bakersfield, founded in 1970,
is one of twenty-three
campuses of the CSU System
and currently has an
enrollment of over 9,800
students. The University
services a socially and
ethnically diverse population
of 560,000 in an area of 25,000 square miles, and is the only four-year
degree granting institution within a 100-mile radius. The city
of Bakersfield (population 397,000) is located in the
southern San Joaquin Valley
and has a much lower cost of
living than coastal California.
Los Angeles, the Pacific
Ocean, Mojave Desert, and
Sierra Nevada Mountains are
all within a two-hour drive
from campus.
The
accolades CSU Bakersfield has received include Third Way’s #5 Most Economic
Mobility Index (2022), Washington Monthly’s #13 Best Bang for the Buck for
Western Colleges and #26 Best Master’s University nationwide (2022), Best Value
Schools’ #21 Most Affordable 4-Year Colleges (2022), and US News and World
Report’s #25 Top Public School in the West (2022).
CSU Bakersfield serves
9,800 undergraduate students and 1,400 graduate, credential, and
post-baccalaureate students. 63.5% of
CSU Bakersfield’s students are Hispanic/Latinx, 21.5% are Caucasian, 7.1% are
Asian, 4.9% are African-American, 2.3% are multiracial, 0.5% are American
Indian/Alaskan Native, and 0.2% are Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. CSU Bakersfield is a federally designated
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).
School
Information: The School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering currently houses seven departments. Visit the web page at http://www.csub.edu/nsme/ for additional information about the School’s programs and the area. The School and the Department have experienced strong growth in the last years.
Department Information: The teaching load will be 12 units/semester where most
of the courses are 4 units each. Almost all courses in the Department of
Mathematics include an activity/problem solving session. Assigned time
for research and grant activity is standard during the first two years of
appointment, and subsequently on a competitive basis. It is expected the
successful candidate will develop a research agenda and maintain a publication
record.