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WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN…. MATHEMATICS. AREAS. Industry: research, development, design, data processing, testing Consulting Firms Government Research Computers: programming, systems analyst, data processing, information systems, software, hardware, training & teaching
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WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN… MATHEMATICS
AREAS Industry: research, development, design, data processing, testing Consulting Firms Government Research Computers: programming, systems analyst, data processing, information systems, software, hardware, training & teaching Insurance: sales, actuarial, underwriting Market Research: data collection, information analysis Securities: sales, research, operations Education Banking: credit lending, operations, systems, trusts Retailing: store management, buying
POSSIBLE EMPLOYERS Aerospace industry Banks Brokerage firms Colleges & universities Communications Community Colleges Computer camps Computer hardware/software firm, suppliers, builders Consumer goods manufacturing firms CPA firms Dept. of Defense Dept. of Labor Dept. of Justice Dept. of Agriculture Dept. of Health & Human Services Dept. of Transportation Dept. of Commerce Dept. of Treasury Machinery Discount brokerage houses Educational book publishers Electrical equipment companies Independent firms Industry Insurance firms Library of Congress Manufacturing firms Market research firms NASA National Security Agency Pharmaceuticals Public/private elementary and high schools Real Estate firms Savings & loan associations Service companies Specialized training organizations State agencies (research & problem-solving teams) Technical institutes Turnkey contractors Wholesale & retail trade firms
POSSIBLE JOB TITLES Cryptanalyst Cryptographer Cryptographic Engineer Director of Information Technology Director/Manager of Management Science Economic Analyst Economist Educator Epidemiologist Epidemiology Database Analyst Finance Associate Financial Analyst Information Technologist Insurance Agent Inventory Control Specialist Accountant Accounting Analyst Actuary Applied Statistician Applied Systems Sales Appraiser Bank Officer Assistant Professor – Statistics Astronomer Benefits Administrator Biostatistician Business Analyst Cartographer Clinical Trials Statistician Computer Programmer Computer Systems Analyst Contract Administrator Contracts Specialist Credit Loan Officer
Possible Job Titles cont. Global Manufacturing Analyst Marketing Associate Operations Research Analyst Operations Specialist Principal Analyst Product Marketing Manager Product Quality Engineer Program Analyst Program Manager Project Analyst Project Manager Quality & Customer Satisfaction Consultant Quality Assurance Analyst Quality Engineer Quantitative Analyst Quantitative C++ Developer Quantitative Programmer Quantitative Researcher Research Associate Researcher Risk Management Analyst/Manager Software Engineer/Programmer Senior Analyst Senior Financial Analyst Senior Marketing Analyst Senior Mathematical Statistician Senior Project Analyst for Strategic Financial Management Senior Researcher for Survey Methodology Statistical Analyst Statistical Programmer Statistician Systems Analyst/Programmer Systems Level Designer Treasury Management Specialist Underwriter Weight Analyst
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Academy of Actuaries www.actuary.org American Mathematical Soc. www.ams.org American Statistical Ass’n www.amstat.org Ass’n for Women in Mathematics www.awm-math.org Econometric Soc. www.econometricsociety.org/es Internat’l Ass’n for Mathematical Geology www.iamg.org Internat’l Biometric Soc. www.enar.org Mathematical Ass’n of America www.maa.org Nat’l Council of Teachers of Mathematics www.nctm.org Psychometric Society www.psychometricsociety.org School Science & Mathematics Ass’n www.ssma.org
RESOURCES Great Jobs for Math Majors (Stephen Lambert & Ruth J. DeCotis) Careers for Number Crunchers (Rebecca Burnett) National Trade & Professional Associations of the United States Math Jobs.org www.mathjobs.org Mathematical Links www.math.uchicago.edu/related_links.html MathJobs.com www.math-jobs.com/ Teach for America www.teachforamerica.org
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