Here are some interesting links about careers of
mathematics majors
- whydomath.org
You can find here some recent applications of mathematics in concrete
ways to everything from the design of fast sailboats to understanding the
neuroscience of human brains to medical imaging to space travel.
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What do mathematicians do?
This link is to a page by the American Mathematical Society. It provides
further links to information about people who majored in mathematics and
what they have done.
- AMS-MAA-SIAM Project on
mathematical careers
This webpage is a good place to start looking for information on careers
that a mathematics major might pursue.
- weusemath.com
This link gives another view of how mathematically sophisticated people have
found ways to put their mathematical skill into play.
- Mathematics Careers
This webpage is sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America. It
has information and further links about careers in mathematics. One link
on that page is career
profiles, which gives a bunch of links to brief biographical sketches of
people would majored in mathematics and subsequently pursued an extremely
wide array of careers.
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Should you prepare differently for a nonacademic career?
Some advice from Fan Chung. Her career has led to great success in industry
and in academia.
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