MaTECS Program

Scholarship Money

Annual scholarship money between $5,000-$10,000 is available for each student. Scholarships are renewable for students who remain eligible for the program and maintain good academic standing (at least a 3.0 GPA). Acceptance of scholarship money is not contingent upon any post-graduation requirements.

MaTECS Specific Courses

Scholars become part of an academic family and enjoy courses specifically designed for them. Each of two MaTECS cohorts (13-14 students each) has reserved sections of common math and computing classes starting the first semester. Each of these sections has modified curricula to foster more collaboration and open-ended thinking. This culminates in a senior seminar course, where MaTECS scholars of all three academic disciplines must contribute their unique knowledge and perspective to a semester-long project.

Faculty and Industry Mentoring

MaTECS scholars receive faculty mentoring from freshman year to graduation. More than simply an adviser, each faculty mentor serves as an informal point of contact for students facing academic challenges and external factors that might interfere with academic success. As a central point to mentoring, faculty mentors work with MaTECS scholars in helping them create personal development plans that articulate their action steps and vision for the future.

Additionally, scholars will receive industry mentoring from junior year to graduation with an emphasis on job placement and career advisement. MaTECS scholars will be paired with an industry professional from a mutual field of interest. While these interactions will focus on professional development and career readiness, they should also serve to help students identify connections between what they learn in the classroom and what is utilized in the field.

Conference and Research Funding

As part of the program, the department will expand its already sizable network of internship contacts. Stipends for summer research are also available for MaTECS scholars whose goals are more pursuant to research than an internship. In addition, every student in the program will have costs defrayed to attend a discipline specific conference.

Speaker Series and Exclusive Activities

The program includes a math and computer speaker series, as well as activities exclusively for MaTECS scholars. Professionals working in math and computing will be invited to inform MaTECS scholars of the broad career possibilities their degrees offer. Trips to meet local STEM professionals (such as at Brookhaven National Lab) will also serve this purpose. When MaTECS scholars near graduation, more of these events and activities will focus on resume preparation and interview skills.

Each continuing MaTECS scholar must …

• Be a U.S. citizen, national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), an alien admitted as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
• Be enrolled full time in one of our Mathematics, Computer Science or Computer Information Technology degree programs.
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA as a MaTECS scholar.
• Demonstrate financial need of at least $7,000 after expected family contribution, federal and state grants, and other St. Joseph's University scholarship money.