Opportunities for mathematics majors have expanded greatly in recent years. Mathematics majors become actuaries, statisticians, mathematical computer scientists, applied mathematicians, operations research analysts and mathematical researchers. Mathematics is growing and changing and holds fascinating challenges for inquiring minds.<br><br>The difficulty of providing college-level credit-bearing classes for students in such a way that every student is able to take such a class that advances them toward their own educational goals is a serious and nationwide one in mathematics. SIUC Mathematics has followed a two-pronged strategy to meet it.<br><br>In the first place, we have improved and expanded the variety of courses that will meet the needs of students in non-quantitative fields. A state-of-the-art liberal arts mathematics course and a data science course are both offered to satisfy university core requirements with minimal prior knowledge assumed.