{"id":182,"date":"2016-09-19T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2024-09-13T08:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:56:16","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers in Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A degree in Mathematics teaches you how to think critically, analyze problems logically, and create rigorous arguments to back up your positions. These skills are highly sought after by employers in many areas.<\/p>\n<p>Common career paths in mathematics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching at the K-12 or Community College level<\/li>\n<li>University Research and Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Actuarial Science<\/li>\n<li>Statistician<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Finance<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Marshall MS in Data Science\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cecs\/data-science-m-s\/\">Data Scientist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Mathematics Degree can also be good preparation for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob\/master-of-business-administration\/\">Master&#8217;s in Business Administration<\/a> degree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Resources for Mathematics Careers<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.org\/learning-careers\/learning-careers\">The American Mathematical Society (AMS) career resources<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maa.org\/career-center\/\">Mathematical Association of America (MAA) career resources<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siam.org\/programs-initiatives\/professional-development\/career-resources\/\">Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) career resources<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amstat.org\/ASA\/Your-Career\/home.aspx\"> American Statistical Association (ASA) career resources<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beanactuary.org\/\">Be an Actuary<\/a> From the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A degree in Mathematics teaches you how to think critically, analyze problems logically, and create rigorous arguments to back up your positions. These skills are highly sought after by employers in many areas. Common career paths in mathematics include: Teaching at the K-12 or Community College level University Research and Teaching Actuarial Science Statistician Computer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3916,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182\/revisions\/3916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}