The UC Davis
Internship and Career Center (ICC) helps forge connections between the university and the workplace. No matter what your field of study, you can benefit from personalized career counseling and from internships that will expose you to new working environments and help develop your employment skills.
Relative to K-12 teaching, the
Mathematics and Science Teaching
Program at UC Davis (MAST)
provides information about multiple pathways to a teaching
credential. Their academic advisers
will show you how to explore
your interest in teaching /and/ earn academic credit. They also
provide information about scholarships and financial aid for
prospective teachers. Check out their web site,
or email them at MAST@ucdavis.edu.
Early Career Profiles:
Recent bachelors-level graduates in Math -
The Early Career Profiles program
provides short profiles of recent graduates of some mathematics
department around the country, and our department has been invited
to participate. Although the profiles are primarily intended to
assist high-school students, we think they're useful for anyone
trying to decide whether to major in mathematics and how to
specialize. View the UCDavis alumni profiles.
Learn about actuary careers, there are several resources. The Society of Actuaries maintains a career web page
for applicants, interns and recruiters interested in risk assessment. The actuarial profession also operates some web sites, such as Be An Actuary and
Actuaries: Risk is Opportunity. The Department of Mathematics in at
least one university (Austin) has an actuarial program, and the curriculum may be
of interest.
Learn about careers in statistics
at the
American Statistical Association (ASA) website. This site provides general examples of statistical careers and also describes several fields that a statistician may work in, such as law, forestry, education, medicine, and the social sciences.
Read a wide variety of career profiles of actual people at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) website. Most of those profiled use mathematics on a daily basis; others rely on the general problem solving skills acquired in their mathematics courses. Includes diverse careers such as teacher, biostatistician, systems engineer, and aerospace mathematician.
Career profiles of actual people working in a mathematical field. Each person's
profile includes question and answer forum so that you can ask them your own specific
questions. Don't forget to check out the archived profiles as well.
An index of mathematical applications provided by applied mathematicians
working in industry and in government. See examples of how you can use your
knowledge of Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, linear algebra,
or other topics to investigate a real-life problem.