Mathematical Sciences
Study in the mathematical sciences offers a broad spectrum of opportunities to the prospective major. While filled with open problems and subject to intense research in well-established areas, the mathematical sciences are constantly undergoing renewal as new questions and challenges arise in applications. Indeed, whole new areas of mathematical sciences are continually being born and existing areas are reinvigorated as surprising connections are discovered to the physical, biological, and social sciences, to computer science, and to engineering, business, industry, and finance. Not surprisingly, many of our majors are double majors who seek to apply mathematics to problems in their other fields. Such students are trained in the modeling, analysis, and computation necessary for solving problems in their other fields of interest.
Career opportunities for majors are many and varied. Recent graduates have embarked on careers in business and industry (e.g., Microsoft Corporation, Raytheon Company, Polaroid Corporation, MITRE Corporation, Fidelity Investments, Aetna Insurance, and Sun Life Financial) or have entered graduate school (e.g., Purdue University, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, Stanford University, Northwestern University, WPI) in such diverse disciplines as mathematics, statistics, law, management, physics, nuclear engineering, civil engineering, and education. More on career and employment opportunities can be found at the web sites of the Mathematical Association of America, or the American Statistical Association.
Areas of Interest
- Algebraic & Discrete Mathematics
- Computational & Applied Analysis
- Operations Research
- Probability & Statistics
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