Careers in Mathematics

What can you do with a math degree?

What can you do with a math degree?

• Teach High School

What can you do with a math degree?

• Teach High School

• Teach College

What can you do with a math degree?

• Teach High School

• Teach College

• Hmmmm….

What can you do with a math degree?

• Teach High School

• Teach College

• Hmmmm….

Anything else?

Be Like Jeff Goldbloom

Aliens Use Math

It’s the Universal Language

Aliens Use Math

It’s the Universal Language

Math Rated Best Job

Recent WSJ article: 200 Best Jobs.• #1 Mathematician

• #2 Actuary

• #3 Statistician

JANUARY 6, 2009Doing the Math to Find the Good JobsMathematicians Land Top Spot in New Ranking of Best and Worst Occupations in the U.S.Sarah Needleman, Wall Street Journal

IN FACT: 5 of the 6 “Best Jobs” in terms

of low stress, high compensation, autonomy, and hiring demand in the “Job Related Almanac” by

Les Krantz are all math related.

The top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one

thing in common -- math skills.

From a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers

AN EXAMPLE:Petroleum Engineering is …the highest earning

Bachelor’s degree major with median earnings of $120,000 …This is followed by Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration with median earnings of $105,000 and Mathematical

and Computer Science with median earnings of $98,000.

Highest Earning Majors from What’s It Worth – The Economic Value of College Majors.

What Kinds of Jobs are These?

Actuarial Sciences

• Risk Management• Insurance Policies• Pooling Risks

Investment Sciences

• Math Finance• Portfolio Management• Financial Analysis

Management Sciences

• Operations Research• Supply Chain Management• Military Logistics

Mathematics of Computation

• High Performance Computing • Bio-Informatics• Simulation• Numerical Analysis

Mathematics & Information Technology

• Information Security• Software Engineering• Database Administration• Systems & Network Analysis

Mathematical Modeling: Biology

• Epidemiology• Population Dynamics• Neuroscience• Biological Networks

Mathematical Modeling: Earth Sciences

• Climatology• Geophysics

Mathematical Modeling: Physics

• Fluid Dynamics• Materials Science• Acoustics• Combustion• Optics & Lasers

Mathematical Modeling: Engineering

• Control Systems• Communication Theory• Autonomous Systems• Signal Processing• Robotics

Mathematics: Inverse Problems

• Scattering• Remote Sensing• Radar/Sonar/Ultrasound• Medical Imaging

Mathematics: Dynamics & Chaos

• Nonlinear Systems• Pattern Formation• Bifurcation Theory• Nonlinear Waves• Stochastic Models

Mathematics & Information

• Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence• Data Mining• Information Retrieval

Mathematics: Imaging Sciences

• Image Processing• Graphics• Animation

Mathematics & Codes

• Cryptography• Steganography• Digital Signatures

Summary

• Math is Important/Useful/Rewarding

• 21st Century needs more mathematicians

• Numerous career opportunities

• Many applications