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Doster, a French and Spanish major, will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in May. She leaves in July for Nepal, where she will teach for eight months.

Interested in the languages since high school when she was selected as a Rotary Youth Exchange student, Doster has studied in Switzerland, Spain and Peru.

"I am passionate about learning languages and traveling," Doster said. "One of the best ways to extend to other people is to teach your own language somewhere else. I enjoy the process, the frustration and the reward of having to learn a language."

At Nepal, she will work alongside a teacher, instructing students ranging from elementary school to high school.

"I will live with a host family and will be totally immersed in the culture," she said. "I will have an extra opportunity to study the Nepali language."

The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places U.S. students as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas, thus improving foreign students' English language abilities and knowledge of the United States while enhancing their own language skills and knowledge of the host country.

"Sydney is already very well-traveled," said Erin Joyce, assistant dean for liberal studies and professor of French. "Going to Nepal will be a new adventure for her. Sydney is adventurous and I'm not surprised that she chose to spend a year in a place that she has never visited, rather than choosing to go to Europe, where she has already spent a significant amount of time. I know she will be very successful and will have a wonderful experience. She is unafraid to immerse herself in new cultures and loves learning about the world."

While at Baker, Doster served on the Alpha Chi Omega sorority executive board and was president of Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for students in international education. She also was the vice president of Alpha Mu Gamma, Baker's honor society for students in foreign languages, and vice president of Sigma Delta Pi, the Hispanic honor society.

The Fulbright Scholar embraced the Baldwin City campus experience. She was an orientation leader and Salon leader, providing a welcoming experience in which students learn college success skills and reflect on their overall learning.

"I selected Baker because I wanted to live close to home," Doster said. "I knew I would be more successful in a small class environment, and Baker felt right."

Her parents are Charles Doster of Gardner and Vicki and Roger Stiles of Spring Hill, Kan.

Doster is Baker's first Fulbright Scholar since Justine Grieve taught English in Germany in 2009-2010.

Passion for languages leads to Fulbright Scholarship

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Mathematics Programs

The Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science offers a major and minor in mathematics. Those interested in the study of Mathematics may also look into the following disciplines offered at Baker University’s Baldwin City undergraduate campus:

Major in Mathematics

Candidates for either the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics must complete a program of lower-college mathematics courses, upper-college mathematics courses and supporting coursework.

The following lower-college mathematics courses are required:

MA 171 Calculus I
MA 172 Calculus II
MA 271 Calculus III
MA 281 Introduction to Linear Algebra
MA 291 Introduction to Higher Mathematics

In addition, students must successfully complete 15 credit hours from the following list of courses:

MA 359 Mathematical Methods of Physical Science
MA 362 Modern Geometries
MA 372 Differential Equations
MA 383 Introduction to Modern Algebra
MA 385 Probability
MA 472 Advanced Applied Statistics
MA 491 Introduction to Real Analysis
MA 493 Introduction to Complex Analysis
MA 495 Special Topics

Students wishing to enter a graduate program in mathematics should take more than the minimum number of upper-college mathematics courses and are strongly advised to take MA 383 Introduction to Modern Algebra and MA 491 Introduction to Real Analysis.

Supporting Coursework

For the Bachelor of Arts degree, supporting coursework must include four courses selected from physics courses numbered 225 or above, chemistry courses numbered 137 or above, and computer science courses numbered 175 and above.

For the Bachelor of Science degree, there are two options for supporting coursework.

Option 1

CS 175 Introduction to Computer Science C++
PC 225 General Physics I
Two additional courses selected from physics courses numbered 225 or above, chemistry courses numbered 137 or above, and computer science courses numbered 175 and above.

Option 2

For this option, which fulfills the supporting course requirements for mathematics and a minor in economics, two of the upper-college courses taken in mathematics must include MA 385 Probability and MA 472 Advanced Applied Statistics. Supporting coursework also includes successful completion of the following:

AC 141 Introduction to Financial Accounting
BS 356 Quantitative Methods in Decision Making
BS/EC 381 Corporate Finance
EC 242 Principles of Economics: Micro
EC 243 Principles of Economics: Macro
EC 346 Managerial Economics
EC 400 Applied Econometrics

Minor in Mathematics

Students wishing to minor in mathematics must successfully complete:

MA 171 Calculus I
MA 172 Calculus II

Two additional courses from the following list, one of which must be number 300 or higher:

MA 271 Calculus III
MA 281 Introduction to Linear Algebra
MA 291 Introduction to Higher Mathematics
All mathematics courses numbered 300 or above (except MA 321 Statistics II)

This program information has been taken from the current College of Arts and Sciences catalog. This information is subject to change and is updated with each academic year.

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