应用数学和统计系的教学和研究计划涵盖了现代应用数学。该系的概率/统计课程涵盖了概率论，随机过程以及应用和理论统计。其运筹学/优化计划包括连续和离散优化，数值优化，网络编程和博弈论。它的离散数学课程包括组合学，图论以及密码学和编码。其科学计算程序包括计算，数值分析，矩阵分析和系统数学建模。该系的课程共同强调数学推理，数学建模和计算，从特定事物中抽象，数学的创新应用以及新方法的发展。
The teaching and research programs of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics span modern applied mathematics. The department's curriculum in Probability/Statistics covers probability theory, stochastic processes, and applied and theoretical statistics. Its Operations Research/Optimization program includes continuous and discrete op­timization, numerical optimization, network programming, and game theory. Its curriculum in Discrete Mathematics includes combinatorics, graph theory and cryptology and coding. Its program in Scientific Computing includes computing, numerical analysis, matrix analysis, and mathematical modeling of systems. The programs of the department together emphasize mathematical reasoning, mathematical modeling and computation, abstraction from the particular, innovative application of mathematics, and development of new methodology.