Study Abroad

If you are interested in overseas study in mathematics, you should consider the Budapest Mathematics Semesters program (http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/math/budapest/) .

One of our students did this and he highly recommends it as both a mathematical and a life experience.

Careers

There are many sources of information about potential careers for students majoring in mathematics.  Here are a few such sources.

·         The HU Career Development Office can assist you with information, help on resume writing, interviewing techniques, and much more.

·         HU alumni are very helpful here.  You should contact your advisor, or others in the department, or the Alumni office for more information.

·         There are several booklets (and a video) published by the Mathematical Association of America or by the American Mathematics Society dealing with careers.  Most of the books consist of brief (1 – 2 page) biographies of persons who were undergraduate mathematics majors, focusing on what sort of careers they have.  The variety of careers may surprise you!  These resources are on reserve in the library under Dr. Jones’ name.

·         The student journal Math Horizons, published by the Mathematical Association of America generally has several articles per year dealing with career information.  The Library has past issues of this journal.

·         The Mathematical Association of America’s web page (http://www.maa.org/careers/) has links to undergraduate opportunities, which include career ideas.

·         The American Mathematical Society’s webpage has several resources for career ideas

• http://www.ams.org/early-careers/
• http://www.ams.org/employment/undergrad.html

·         If you are interested in actuarial science, there are several additional resources for you to use.

o   Begin by visiting the web site of the Society of Actuaries (www.soa.org ) and the website http://beanactuary.com/ .  These will give you a lot of career information, as well as information about the tests required to become a full actuary.

o   You should make it a priority to get a (summer) internship with an insurance company as an actuarial student.

·         US News and World Report also has career information here

http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/12/28/americas-best-careers-2010-science-and-technology.html 

·         If you are planning to teach mathematics, please see the next two pages, which outline our program and process in some detail.

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