Math & Computer Science
Mathematics & Computer Science Department: For Current Students: Mathematics Resources
Mathematics Resources
In addition to the resources we’ve listed on our site, you should visit Resources for Undergraduates in Mathematics available from the AMS.
MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES There are a number of meetings and conferences where undergraduates can give talks or attend to be exposed to the wider mathematical community. There is internal funding to attend these conferences: Fleming Student Travel Fund
- MAA Mathematics Meetings
- AMS Meetings and Conferences Page
- AMS Mathematics Calendar (a HUGE list of all the math meetings)
- Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
- 11th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women of Mathematics
CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROBLEM ARCHIVES
- COMAP: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling
- The annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
- Website of American Mathematics Competitions
- International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Official Site
- Mathematical Contest in Modeling ‘98 —page made by a participating student
- Macalester College: Problem of the Week archive (hosted by The Math Forum).
- Mudd Math Fun Facts hosted by Harvey Mudd College Math Dept.
OPPORTUNITIES AT SU
- Jones and Mundy Fellowships for individual or group undergraduate research over the summer with an SU faculty member. Deadlines are in January, so start looking for a faculty member in the Fall.
- King Creativity Fund for creative projects. In 2007, a group of students used the fund to develop a 3D interactive computer game to aid in the teaching of languages. Deadline is in October.
- Fleming Collaborative Research and Creative Works Program
SCHOLARSHIPS
- NASA MUST Scholarship for undergraduates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
SUMMER PROGRAMS
There are many summer research programs at universities around the country. Most application deadlines are in Feb - Mar, so start looking in January!
- TABLE of Summer Programs by Classification and Field of Interest
- AMS List of Summer Internships
- NSF List of REUs, be sure to check out their links to other REUs at the bottom of their page.
- AMS List of REUs
- MAA List of REUs
- Internships and Research Opportunities in National Facilities and Laboratories (Hosted by the U. Pennsylvania)
- NSA summer programs (deadline: Aug-Oct)
INTERNSHIPS
Visit the Southwestern University Career Services Web Page and visit their offices for more information. (acturial: Watson Wyatt)
- Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program
- NASA MUST Scholarship for undergraduates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Application advice: Your personal statement is the most important document in your application!!!! Have people read it before sending it off (maybe take it to the Debby Ellis writing center). The next most important documents are the letters of recommendation. If you want a good one, give the professor a copy of your personal statement (even in rough form), an informal resume (listing clubs you are involved in, your GPA, etc.), and any other helpful information.
SEMESTER PROGRAMS
- Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (BSM) (a program in Budapest, Hungary in English for American & Canadian undergraduates)
- Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters (MASS) a fall semester program at Penn State for junior/seniors
- The Junior Program at the Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College a math intense semester or a year during the Junior year for female math majors
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Mathematical Sciences Career Information from AMS-MAA-SIAM Project for Nonacademic Employment
- Links to Career Information on the AMS Undergrad Math Page
- Association of Women in Mathematics Career Resources.
- We Use Math A source for career and other interesting information
- A good webpage on math careers
- “Applied math becomes more popular among students” by Shelly K. Schwartz for CNNfn (11/10/00).
- Project Seed, teach advanced mathematics to children of all grade levels and we require no prior teaching experience or certification.
- Mathematical Moments from the AMS shows how math is used in many different areas.
- Visit the Southwestern University Career Services Web Page, and visit their offices for a great brochure: “Major Possibilities: Mathematics.”
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Statistics: The American Statistical Association’s web site with information about what statisticians do and careers in statistics.
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Applied Mathematics: see the SIAM career web site.
- Actuarial Science: The Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries have web sites packed with information about the actuarial science profession and the academic preparation to be an actuary. DW Simpson & Company is a free (to the student) actuarial recruitment firm who “always has dozens of open entry level actuary jobs for mathematics majors.” There is also a website of links to actuarial sites from around the world.
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Operations Research/Management Science: career information
- National Security Agency: Career information at the NSA
Some Prospective Math Employers: American Express, American Management Systems, Anderson Consulting, Boeing Company, Boeing North America – Rocketdyne Division, CompuCom Systems Inc., Computerland of Salt Lake, Cypress Semiconductor, Defense Information System Agency, Dolby Laboratories, EDO Corporation, Franklin Quest, Guardian Industries, HK Systems, IBM Corporation, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies, Lockheed Martin - Technical Operations, McKinsy & Company, Micron Technology, Microsoft Corporation, MONY Financial Services, Nichols Research Group, Pepsi-Cola Company, Pfizer, Inc., Prudential Preferred Services, Ragula Systems, Raytheon TI Systems, Sterling Wentworth, Systems Simulation Solutions, Inc., TenFold Corporation, The Gallup Association, Varian, and Victaulin Company of America. (This list came from Prof. Jennifer Quinn at Occidental College.)
Books of interest that you can borrow from the Whitmore Lounge:
Great Jobs for Math Majors
101 Careers in Mathematics
She Does Math
GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION
Dates for the mathematics subject GRE exam are in November, December, and April. If you are planning on attending graduate school in mathematics, you may want to plan to take this exam - see your advisor for more info.
- Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program for women & minorities, the summer before graduate school.
- “Applying to Graduate School” an essay written by Kyle Kneisl in 1998 about the process of applying to graduate school in Mathematics in the United States.
- Shortcuts to Mathematics Departments (direct links to Math Departments at most U.S. universities)
- Find graduate schools by subject (this is a commercial site and Mathematics is under Applied Sciences)
- Science/Math Careers and Science/Math Graduate Programs
- “Create Your Own Graduate Program Rankings”
- Links which might help in selecting graduate schools
- The World’s College Catalog Resource (Career Guidance Foundation)
- Peterson’s “education supersite”
- Graduate Schools in Statistics
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
The Whitmore Lounge has the latest copy of “Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships in the Mathematical Sciences” published by the AMS yearly. Also available in pdf format.
MAGAZINES AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST
- Mathematics Awareness Month
- MAA Columns (funny and interesting, my favorite is Devlin’s Angle)
- Scientific American
- Science Magazine
- Nature
ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES
- AMS (American Mathematical Society)
- MAA (Mathematics Association of America)
- MAA Student’s Page
- SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
- Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (information about the accomplishments of contemporary African American men and women in mathematics, the history of African American mathematicians, and related topics)
- ASA (American Statistical Association)
- AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics)
- NAM (National Association of Mathematicians) (promotion of the mathematical development of underrepresented American minorities) Visiting Lecturers Programs
- Combined Membership List (CML) Search
