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Undergraduate Mathematics Majors

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Considering Graduate School in the Mathematical Sciences?

• Applying to Graduate School offers some helpful links.
• Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships, a guide to graduate programs, is now available online in pdf format, viewable in Acrobat Reader. (Note: file size = 23 mg; may take time to download)
• Graduate School Fair at the January Meeting
• Guide to Master's Programs provides information about master's degree programs in the mathematical sciences.
• Mathematical Sciences Graduate Programs in the U.S. is a list based on overall rankings, taken from survey groupings.
• Current Employment Trends in the Mathematical Sciences an article for math majors who are considering graduate school (at the beginning of the Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships book)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships support individuals in the early years of a Ph.D. program.
• The National Physical Science Consortium offers graduate fellowships in the physical sciences, with special emphasis toward the recruitment of underrepresented minority and female physical science and engineering students.
• The Department of Homeland Security has initiated an undergraduate and graduate fellowship program in science and technology.
• PhDs.org Science, Math and Engineering Career Resources contains advice and data about graduate programs in mathematics.
• Postbaccalaureate Program, Smith College, is for women with bachelor's degrees who did not major in mathematics or whose mathematics major was light.

Summer Programs

• Research Experience for Undergraduates (Summer REU Programs)
• NSF-Sponsored REU Summer Programs List
• Internships List
• Mentoring through Critical Transition Points

Semester Programs

• Mathematics Advanced Study Semester (MASS) at Penn State
• The Junior Program of the Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College
• Article on various semester programs from November 2003 Notices
• Math in Moscow, semester-long program in English
• Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, semester-long program in English

About Mathematics

• Math Forum is an online resource for improving math learning
• Cornell University "Numb3rs" site has many learning activities coordinated to each episode of the CBS series "Numb3rs"
• Math Archives links to math resources on the web
• Macalester College Problem of the Week
• Frank Potter's Science Gems - Mathematics. A guide to math websites, sorted by topic.
• Biographical Information on Mathematicians
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles features a monthly column called "Cut the Knot", mathematical problems, and a bibliography
• Mathematics Awareness Month
• Equationsheet.com when typing equations using LaTeX

Clubs, Conferences, Events, Online Journals

• The Harvard College Mathematics Review (HCMR) is an undergraduate mathematics journal publishing expository articles presenting high-level mathematical concepts at the undergraduate level.
• Involve--A Journal of Mathematics
• Journal of Young Investigators
• Headlines & Deadlines for Students
• Find College Math Clubs on the Web. Add your own to the list!
• Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
• Pi Day is March 14 (3-14, that is) Read about the Harvard Pi Day celebration in 2001.
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Undergraduate Mathematics Journal
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
• Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
• Ohio State University Young Mathematicians Conference
• Matheatre presents "Calculus: The Musical!"

Competitions, Prizes, and Honorary Societies

• Mathematical Contest in Modeling (COMAP)
• AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student
• Pi Mu Epsilon, Honorary National Mathematics Honor Society
• The William Lowell Putnam Competition (MAA)
• Schafer Prize (Association for Women in Mathematics)
• Cryptologia annual Undergraduate Paper Competition in technical, historical, or literary areas of cryptology

Careers

• Early Career Profiles of recent bachelor's-level graduates in the mathematical sciences
• We Use Math offers answers to your questions about careers
• Philadelphia Teaching Fellows
• Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
• Career Profiles (MAA)
• Careers in Statistics (ASA)
• Be an Actuary
• Careers in Business (a website for undergraduates)
• Careers in Finance
• Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook (Mathematics section)
• Careers in Mathematics video contains interviews with mathematicians working in industry, business and government.

Jobs and Internships

• Research Experience for Undergraduates (Summer REU Programs)
• Internships and Co-op Opportunities for Undergraduates
• Looking for a job? Most of our on-line job ads are for PhD mathematicians, but try searching (select category "Other") to find jobs which may be open to those with a Bachelor's in Mathematics.
• CareerPath offers job listings from many sources in the U.S.
• Federal Government Jobs are available in many branches (including General Accounting Office, Internal Revenue, Social Security) for those with a bachelor's degree in mathematics
• Internship and Co-op Opportunities from Association for Computing Machinery Crossroads Internship Database
• Internships in Statistics (ASA)
• Salary.com for potential salaries and job search tools
• JobWeb, maintained by the National Association of Colleges and Employers
• The Princeton Review offers internship advice and other helpful links
• Jobs in the Money for accounting and finance professionals
• Rising Star Internships or The Vault or other internship sources
• Wall Street Journal search job ads by the keyword "intern".
• Texas Teaching Fellows, an alternative certification program in Texas.
• Math for America (MfA Fellowship Program), New York City Teaching Fellows Program , CUNY Teaching Opportunity Program, and Teach for America for information about public school careers.
• Boston Teacher Residency is the Boston Public Schools' teacher preparation program
• Philadelphia Teacher Residency Program, a teacher preparation program to retool science, technology, engineering and math [STEM] professionals to teach math and science in Philadelphia schools
• Teach California Charters

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