I'm a junior at the University of South Florida right now. I'll be graduating with my BA in December of 2007. My major is Mathmatics. I plan on getting a Masters, also. Right now, my plans are to be a high school teacher, and an adjunct at a community college.
But I'm wondering what else I can do with a Masters in Mathematics. I just want to keep options out there for myself.
Thanks
2006-07-20 17:49:48 · 10 answers · asked by choirgirl1987 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Besides doing something complicated with computers... so no computer science. I'm just not interested in comps, unless you count calculators ;)
2006-07-20 18:16:00 · update #1
You actually don't need a Computer Science degree to rock the house at Google or any other IT business that attacks really difficult mathematical problems.
Check out this article from BusinessWeek about how Mathematicians are becoming more and more in demand:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968001.htm
Here is an excerpt:
" Goldman's startup, Inform Technologies LLC, is a robotic librarian. Every day it combs through thousands of press articles and blog posts in English. It reads them and groups them with related pieces. Inform doesn't do this work alphabetically or by keywords. It uses algorithms to analyze each article by its language and context. It then sends customized news feeds to its users, who also exist in Inform's system as -- you guessed it -- math."
Basically, business analysis is getting to a state where it is necessary to have really clever mathematicians to create mathematical models of human language comprehension (for a computer), price forecasting, product cross-selling, growth patterning and hundreds and hundreds of other applications. Google is an example of a company that hires these kinds of people; however, the list of business that hire mathematicians souly for this purpose of business analysis keeps growing and growing.
Other lucrative opportunties are actuaries that work in insurance. These are really tough problems that insurance companies pay big bucks to mathematicians to do.
There are still more applications like modelling of traffic or other data for state agencies, modelling geological patterns, etc., etc.
I think that Isaac Asimov got it right in the book "I, Robot" when he stated that the ones that had figured out how to make the robots intelligent were the mathematicians. That's where our world is going right now.
It is a good time to be a mathematician that knows how to gather all kinds of data and encapsulate it into a model that can be used to predict the proper paths to take in business, government, finance, and many, many other places. If you remember to put some focus on statistical analysis and numerical analysis, I think that you will see excellent opportunities in addition to teaching out there.
2006-07-20 18:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by Josh 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Someone already alluded to this, but with a degree in mathematics and some knowledge of computer programming, writing simulations, you can work at an investment bank and make millions.
Look into quantitative analysis.
2006-07-21 14:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
math degree is better because there are more options available with a mathematics degree... with an accounting degree you can be cpa or a book keeper
2016-03-27 01:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a good foundation in computer science as well, and go to work for a cool company like Google. Google is always interested in hiring talented mathematicians.
2006-07-20 18:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by Christopher S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a Masters degree in Mathematics you can do . . . MATH. ;-)
Sorry couldn't resist.
You can be a high school teacher or college professor (my best math teacher had a Master's in Mathematics. Mrs. Leroux. she knew usable math better than anyone on the planet)
2006-07-20 18:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by Payne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maths is a science. You can study in other areas which have a need for maths, and having a degree in maths will be a great help.
I have a degree in maths. I recently completed some electrical engineering exams. Having a degree in maths was a big plus for me.
2006-07-20 22:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by Brenmore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work at any engineering place. Like Raytheon, Boeing, ect. If you want any other job, they'll hire you in a snap as well. Many people get degrees that don't have anything to do with their jobs. You'll have no problem.
2006-07-20 18:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by thunderbomb90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OCS. Military applications.
2006-07-20 17:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Chris O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run the register at Mcdonald's the one without the pictures of food on the buttons.
2006-07-20 17:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can be a teacher (any type) , an engineer, and even work for NASA! Think about that!
2006-07-20 17:57:25 · answer #10 · answered by Sexy Mama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋