Career Center Resources





Major to Career: Mathematics

Visit the Mathematics Department website.

On this page you will find a list of careers pursued by Mathematics Majors, a list of important skills Math majors should be developing, and a list of career-related web sites relevant to Mathematics.

List of Careers:

The following are a few examples of careers obtained by recent Dickinson alumni who majored in Mathematics:

  • Biostatistician
  • Headmaster
  • Java Developer/Programmer

Click here for a comprehensive list of careers obtained by recent Dickinson alumni who majored in Mathematics.

 

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Career-Related Skills of Mathematics Majors

Problem Solving: Mathematics majors learn how to identify a problem, recognize its source, evaluate hidden assumptions, and develop new solutions.

Analytical Thinking: Majors learn to create and evaluate logical arguments.

Persistence: Math students learn to solve problems by working them over and over until the proper solution is found.

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Career-Related Web Sites for Mathematics Majors

American Statistical Association
Association for Women in Mathematics
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Mathematical Sciences Career Information
View the mathematics careers bulletin board or browse the career planning resources.
Yahoo Index of Mathematics
Features links to various mathematical areas of study, journals, and job opportunities.
Cool Math: careers in math
Mathematical Association of America
Developers.Net
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Mathematics on the Web
Society of Actuaries
Be An Actuary
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
National Association of Mathematicians
The Mathematical Association of America
Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
Actuarial Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 


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