Web Pages for Math Students

 

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Local Links Local Trivia Professional Associations and Career Opportunities Looking for Graduate Programs? Undergraduate Study Opportunities Math History Sites Problem of the Week Math Miscellany

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Local Links

Math Department Home Page The WU Math Majors/Minors Handbook Washington University Libraries The Mathematics Library From a WU computer, you can access here all back issues of the American Mathematical Monthly (and about a dozen other journals) beginning in the 19th century, up to 1996:  from the Library's page, select the JSTOR link (under "Full Text Sources"), and then select "Browse."  The WU Career Center Page

 

Local Trivia Questions

How did the Washington University get its name? The Math Department's building, Cupples I, is named after whom? What math professor was also a Chancellor of Washington University? The Ross R. Middlemiss Math Majors' Lounge: Who was Ross R. Middlemiss? The former large elm tree on the Brookings Quadrangle honored what math professor? A bust of what mathematician sits between Cupples I and Crow Halls? What do you know about your Alma Mater? Who designed the speed bumps on Hoyt Drive? Other historical facts about the university.

 

Professional Associations and Related Information Career Opportunities and Jobs

AMS Undergraduate Page  Good information about graduate school, summer programs, special semsters, jobs and interships, etc.  Worth visiting. Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Student Page Information about summer opportunities,careers, career profiles of people working in math related  jobs, links to other sites, ... Online Job Information and Listing Services This list is maintained by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

The SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Undergraduate Page. This site also has information about short term and summer jobs. Mathematics That Counts        Mathematics that Counts is a continuing series of articles in SIAM News based on results in applied and computational mathematics research that have led, for example, to increased productivity, improvements in product design, and solutions to problems related to health and the environment.  A Mathematical Applications Index         A SIAM site of applications provided by working applied mathematicians.

Should You Prepare Differently for a Nonacademic Career?         Written for graduate students. but the same general principles apply to undergraduates. Project for Nonacademic Employment         A joint AMS-MAA-SIAM project to inform students about jobs in nonacademic settings.

The Society of Actuaries (SOA)         The home pages of both the SOA and the CAS (below) contain information useful to students interested in actuarial careers.  The SOA page also contains information about the actuarial exams. The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Be An Actuary: Information about careers in actuarial work, maintained by the SOA and CAS. Actuaries at the Social Security Administration: the site contains information about actuarial work at the SSA; it also has a link to a number of other sites of interest to actuaries and actuarial students Information from The Actuarial Grads Network Actuarial Exams:  information about the exam process, sample exams, and application forms. ACTEX,  a commercial site which sells study information for actuarial exams. The site also has a "job posting" page. D.W. Simpson & Company : actuarial job searches

Careers in Statistics Brought to you by the American Statistical Association Information about jobs with the Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs in Statistics

WU Dept. of Education: Secondary Teaching Certification Information from the Missouri Department of Education The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Teach For America         A national corps of outstanding and diverse recent college graduates, all of whom commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools. At least one recent graduate has joined Teach for America.

The Peace Corps "The toughest job you'll ever love"

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Use this site to check out "official" information on all sorts or occupations.

 

Looking for a Graduate Program in Math?

General Information About the Graduate School Application Process: W.U. Career Center Graduate Record Exam Information (GRE's) Links to Home Pages of US Math Departments These links can be very useful to gather preliminary material about math departments around the U.S.  Use them to decide which schools you'd like to contact for more information. Links to Webpages in Math, Physics, & Engineering at U.S. College and Universities Graduate School Information This site has a ton of information about finding a graduate program, surviving in a graduate program, etc.  (Rankings are always "dicey" so take any you find with a grain of salt.) NSF Graduate Fellowship Information National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (NDSEGF) National Physical Science Consortium: Graduate Fellowships for Women & Minorities

 

Math History Sites

The MacTutor History of Math Archive A great site, with lots of topics and biographical information Links to more than 70 sites with information about the history of mathematics (from The British Society for the History of Mathematics) Links to many sites of the history of mathematics (from the Math Archives at University of Tennessee) Links to many sites about history of mathematics (from the Math Forum) A History of Math Site From Trinity College, Dublin. Links to lots of other sites. History of Mathematics Links: Sites Related to Individual Mathematicians Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics Galileo The Galileo Project, a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time. Mathematicians and Philosophers of Mathematics Biographies of Women in Mathematics From Agnes Scott College Women in Math From the University of Oregon Mathematicians Born or Deceased on This Day And other historical stuff.

 

Math Problems

Problems from Bradley University Purdue University Macalester College Hamline University Stetson University National Science Teachers' Association Southwest Missouri State University: "Advanced Problem  Page" Southwest Missouri State University: "Challenge Problems" Puzzles and Games from The Princeton Math Club

If you have a suggestion of other useful/interesting pages for undergraduate math students, send the suggestion to me (Professor Ron Freiwald) and I'll take a look. Also let me know if one of the sites listed isn't working anymore.