Paid student jobs available in the department include tutoring and grading papers. The department enjoys a banquet together at the end of the school year, honoring the achievements of our graduating and current students. Here are some of the careers you might consider as a mathematics major. Insurance companies hire mathematicians to compute the costs and payouts of insurance, so as to offer affordable, yet profitable, policies. Completing an internship and passing one or two actuarial exams prior to college graduation is desirable for placement in this highly lucrative field.
Mathematical training is necessary for many careers in the computer industry.
In particular, mathematicians are skilled at solving problems in order to design programs, which other people then write. Program design is useful for banking, business applications, government and scientific use. Jobs are available at government research firms, such as NASA, and private firms where optimal allocation of resources is necessary for profit. Mathematicians are needed to perform statistical analysis for a wide range of companies. For example, analysis may be performed for pharmaceutical firms, environmental studies, and market research firms.