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Mathematics Department
194 Baskin Engineering
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831.459.2969
Fax: 831.459.3260
Hours: 9am-12; 1-4pm
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Careers in Mathematics
What you can do with a Math degree
In today's information-overload world, the modern citizen is routinely confronted by a maze of numbers and data of various forms. To be able to make sense out of this, an increased knowledge of mathematics is essential. Mathematics is at the heart of many of today's advancements in science and technology and are contributing to progress in other fields such as industrial and architectural design, economics, biology, linguistics, and psychology. Studying mathematics can provide you with a competitive advantage in many fields. An undergraduate degree in math can also give you a firm foundation for further study in a variety of other disciplines.
Check out the Real Life Experiences of real people working with math in a variety of fields. Listed below are just some of the careers that make explicit use of undergraduate training in mathematics. See also the How Math is Applied to learn about how math is applied in real world scenarios.
Actuarial and Insurance
- Actuary
- Benefits Specialist
- Financial Analyst
- Investment Analyst
Computer and Information Sciences
- Applications Programmer
- Computational Scientist
- Computer Applications Software Engineer
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Cryptanalyst
- Database Administrator
Teaching/Academic Research
- College or University Professor
- Community College Instructor
- Teacher - Primary, Junior High, High School
Operations Research
- Operations Research Analyst
- Systems Engineer
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Statistics
- Biometrician
- Demographer
- Econometrician
- Psychometrician
- Quality Control Analyst
- Statistician
Business/Industry
- Applied Mathematician
- Business Analyst
- Communications Engineer
- Economic Analyst
- Investment Manager
- Market Researcher
- Product Developer
Health
- Biomathematican
- Biomedical Engineer
- Ecologist
Emerging Fields
- Computational Biology and Genomics
- Data Mining
- Neuroscience
- Materials Science
- Computer Animation and Digital Imaging
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