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Sample job titles of
Davidson alums who majored in Mathematics:
Account Executive ‘92
Actuary ’00
Application Developer '01
Aquatics Manager '98
Associate Statistician ‘91
Business Analyst ’96
Corporate Banking Associate ’98
Credit Administration Analyst '04
Director of Research & Development ‘94
Director of Marketing ‘83
Fighter Pilot '93
Information Analyst ‘93
Leadership Development Program Associate '04
Meteorologist '88
Physician ‘91
Psychologist/Lecturer ’82
Raft Guide '99
Research Physicist ‘85
Signal Corps Officer ’97
Software Engineer ‘01
Technical Instructor ‘91
Technology Analyst ’00
Web Designer ’99
WIC Immunization Outreach Coordinator ‘95
Other job titles for
Mathematics majors:
Accountant
Analyst
Architect
Attorney
Consultant
Demographer
Economist
Engineer
Environmental Planner
Financial Analyst
Operations Researcher
Professor
Statistical Analyst
Statistician
Stockbroker
Systems Analyst
Teacher
Types of employers:
Banks
Business & Industry
Educational Institutions
Engineering Firms
Government Agencies
Insurance Companies
Investment Firms
Market-Research Departments and Firms
Publishing Companies
Research and Development Firms
Technical Journals
Test Development Corporations
Utility Companies
Weather Bureaus and Companies
Resources in the
Career Services Library:
Over 1200 books, pamphlets, and periodicals are available in the
Careers Library to help you with self-assessment, career exploration, the
job search, and graduate school planning.
Some good library resources for Math majors looking for career
information include
101 Careers in Mathematics
Break into the Game Industry
Careers for Computer Buffs & Other Technological
Types
Careers for Number Crunchers & Other Quantitative
Types
Careers in Computing
Get Your IT Career in Gear
Great Jobs for Math Majors
PhD Factory
Starting Our Careers: Essays from the Young Mathematicians' Network
Other sources of
information:
Career counselors and faculty members are great resources. Visit
the Careers Office early and often, and make time to talk to professors in
your major and related fields. Professional associations are
excellent sources of career and employment information, and many of them
have websites. Surf the internet, keeping in mind that many colleges
and universities have websites for their Career Centers and for each
academic major, many of which include career and employment information as
well as links to professional associations and other useful websites.
Contact the following organizations and websites for more information:
American Mathematical
Society
www.ams.org
American Society for
Information Science and Technology
www.asis.org
American Statistical
Association
http://www.amst.org
Association for Women
in Mathematics
www.awm-math.org
Be an Actuary
www.beanactuary.org
Davidson College,
Mathematics Department
http://www.davidson.edu/math/frontpage/index.htm
MAA Student Page
www.maa.org/students/reustuff/pages/REU.html
National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
www.nctm.org
Society for Industrial
& Applied Mathematics
www.siam.org/
Univ. of Delaware
Career Services Center, Major Resource Kits
www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html
University of North Carolina Wilmington Career Services
www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/math.htm
(Current as of 12/05)
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