Applied Math & Statistics

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Resources, Strengths, Career Paths, Skills

Transferable Skills:Students of Applied Math and Statistics end their education with superior analytical skills, a rare and highly valued commodity in today's job market. Applied Math and Statistics majors also:

• Have Problem solving skill
• Have abstract and formal reasoning skill
• Identify and rectify problems
• Explain processes
• Perform mathematical analyses
• Describe technical information to layperson's
• Sort and prioritize data

Career Paths: The Major in Applied Math and Statistics provides students with an optimal platform for entering a variety of fields. Students with a strong technical background are viewed favorably by varying fields. Here are some fields an Applied Math and Statistics major may pursue:

• Finance & Investment Banking
• Education
• Government Agencies
• Publishing & Media
• Research & Development
• Technical Institutes
• Actuary

Resources & Professional Associations of Interest: Check out the following websites and consider joining at least one of the professional associations in your field of interest to boost your career and give you a competitive edge on the job market. These are just a few so don' t hesitate to do some research on your own!

• American Mathematical Society
• American Statistical Association
• Chronicle of Higher Education , Inside Higher Education - great sites for academics
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• The Young Mathematicians Network
• Mathematical Association of America

Employers: The following companies and institutions have hired/accepted Stony Brook students of Math:

• Nassau Community College
• SPA Inc.
• Guardian Life Insurance
• Symbol Technologies
• Morgan Stanley
• Northrop Grumman
• UBS
• Stony Brook University
• Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
• Lehman Brothers
• IBM

Sample Job Titles:The following are some sample job titles that would be appropriate for a student who has majored in Math. This is in no way a complete list. If you're surprised at some of these titles, you shouldn't forget that a student who majors in Applied Math and Statistics gains skills that can be used in many industries!