name jobs that involve math!?

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explain jobs that use math

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Actuarial Mathematics - The application of mathematics, particularly probability and statistics, to the insurance industry. For more info, check out Be An Actuary. Here is also an actuarial job search site and an actuarial info and jobs site. There's a local company which deals with worker's compensation (in fact, they do it for XU). Here's their home page and their jobs page. Some of their positions are actuarial in nature and require passing actuarial exams, but others require a strong math background and don't require actuarial exams.
In particular, one can become a Research Analyst - They research compensation trends and problems internally and externally; perform statistical analyses and predictive modeling on current and proposed compenstaion scenarios; measure performace of field sales (insurance reps) against established goals; model and track incentive and bonus programs; determine economic impact of various scenarios on the Company and the individual. This job specifically requires a mathematics degree.

Applied Mathematics - Often this means working on problems in physics, chemistry, and engineering from a mathematical perspective. For more info, check the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics' career site. Most government jobs, such as with Sandia, Argonne, or Oak Ridge National Labs, NASA, or the Jet Propulsion Lab, NIST, or the Dept. of Agriculture are within applied mathematics. Some positions at the National Security Agency are applied mathematics and some are pure mathematics.

Biomathematics - The application of mathematics in the health sciences. It's an up-and-coming field, and some say it's the next big trend within mathematics. (Unfortunately, it's new enough that there are lots of graduate programs, see google, but no findable career sites as of this writing.) This includes bioinformatics, a new sort of cs/math/biology hybrid field.

Biostatistics - The application of statistics in the health sciences. Here's an overview of biostatistics careers and the UWash and Emory biostatistics careers pages.

Computer Science - A high level of mathematical ability and background is needed. Check out the XU CS program pages and consider a double major.

Financial Mathematics (or Mathematical Finance) - Mathematics used on Wall Street, for mortgage backing, financial derivatives, and stock market analysis. The U of Edinburgh has a good description of the field; here's a book list. The field is fairly new, and there are lots of professional master's programs springing up (see google and google).

Law or Medicine- A major in mathematics is a good preparation for law or medical school.

Operations Research - The application of mathematics to problems of optimization, especially in the field of business. For more info, check out What is OR/MS? and The INFORMS Career Booklet on Is a Career in Operations Research/Management Science Right for You?

Research Mathematics - The study of mathematics for its own sake. Just about any mathematics faculty member will be more than happy to chat with you about this. As a career, this almost always requires graduate school; to investigate the possibilites, think about doing something during the summer.

Statistics - The study of methods for collecting, classifying, analyzing and making inferences from data. For more info, check About Careers in Statistics at the American Statistical Association's website. Here is also a statistics job search site.

Teaching - At all levels. Here's EducationWorld's state certification listings, and UKY's state certification search for secondary school teaching. To teach at the community college level, you should get a Master's degree (either in mathematics or a Master of Arts in Teaching); to teach at the college level, you should get a Ph.D. (in mathematics, mathematics education, applied mathematics, or statistics). Here's an annotated list of K - 12 math sites.

Technical Writing - This includes everything from science reporting for periodicals to writing documentation for computer software to editing textbooks. For more info, check out Careers in Science Writing or Careers in Technical Writing or this technical writing career profile. Here's a technical writing jobs site. Here's a math-specific journalism site by MSRI. Also check out this mini-biography of Allyn Jackson, who is a technical writer with the American Mathematical Society. (Not in the mini-bio: she's trained in modern dance as well...)

What about Graduate School?

Lots of opportunities are available to those with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. In some fields, such as biostatistics, finaincial mathematics, or operations research, a professional master's degree is preferred (or at least qualifies one for a higher salary). In research mathematics, a Ph.D. is required. Keep in mind: graduate school in the mathematical sciences is often free. Most Ph.D. programs in pure mathematics have financial support available in the form of tuition waivers plus a research stipend or a part-time teaching/grading job. This is also true for Ph.D. programs in statistics, applied mathematics, computer science, and operations research. Financial support for master's degrees varies wildly from field to field and sometimes from school to school; it's rarely available for pure mathematics, but is much more available for applied mathematics, statistics, financial mathematics, and biostatistics.

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Jobs That Involve Math

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Careers That Involve Math

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Whats your name and occupation?: I am a communications systems analyst. My name is irrelevant - make something up if you want. What aspects of mathematics are necessary for you to do your job successfully? I can use mathematics to describe or model parts of real systems that are difficult to observe directly then change the way that they are loaded and observe the way that they behave. In this way, hopefully, the system behaviour can be observed in extreme conditions without breaking anything and I can eliminate a large part of the confusing random real world behaviour to focus on why the system behaves the way it does more clearly. After getting a better understanding of the dominant features and isolating areas where performance improvements are possible it is always possible to add more complexity and noise back into the system and provide time variant non-linear behaviour to statistically evaluate how often it is likely to break. Reppeatability is probably the most important aspect, but to be honest, I'm not sure what this question really means - all aspects are necessary. What did you like most about the math classess that you took while you were a student? Optimisation and graphs. What math classes did you find most interesting? What did the teacher of this particular course do to excite/heighten your interest in this field? Probably the use of graphs in exploring solution spaces. The teacher took a number of physics examples, math calculus descriptions of their behaviours and got really excited about producing contour maps which allowed us to predict the behaviour in different regions. I guess I like visualisation. What advice would you give to an individual who wanted to pursue a career in your field? Go for it. I will accept the best thought answer.

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Accountant
Bank teller
Math teacher
Engineer
Grocery clerk
Blackjack dealer
Farmer
Truck driver
Forester
Contractor
Doctor
Pizza Delivery person
Waitress
Pharmacist
Tailor/Seamstress
Caterer
Professional Bowler

You know what, almost ALL jobs involve math in some way. Now go do your homework.

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name jobs that involve math!?
explain jobs that use math

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There's not a job, a hobby, or anything else on this earth that does not involve math. Math touches everything you do while you are on this earth.

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an accountent
a cpa (certified personal account deals with taxes)
an engineer
the list goes on and on miss good luck
these jobs up there deal with the most math
oh and a math teacher

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architect, math teacher, engineer, pilot, mechanic, computer programer, electrician, plumber, demolition expert, crew chief, cook, accountant, marketers, stock brokers, ceo, construction worker, what jobs don't involve math?