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What can I do with a Math Major?


The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has some resources.  You can find out about the profession at http://www.ams.org/profession, including a description of what mathematicians do at http://www.ams.org/employment/whatmathematiciansdo.html.   You can see "math in action" with their Mathematical Moments (posters briefly describing an application of mathematics, some with accompanying podcasts) at http://www.ams.org/mathmoments/

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has some resources.  http://www.maa.org/careers/ talks about some popular math career choices.  http://www.maa.org/careers/profiles.html gives profiles of people working with math in a variety of occupations.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has some resources.  http://www.siam.org/careers/thinking.php gives some information, as does a 20 page brochure (http://www.siam.org/careers/thinking/pdf/brochure.pdf ) that you can download.

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