The field of applied mathematics develops and uses a wide variety of mathematical methods in order to understand and to work with systems encountered in science and industry. As an applied mathematician, students might simulate the behavior of complex systems without actually having to construct expensive physical models.
People with rigorous training in applied mathematics are needed in industrial, corporate, and academic settings. The graduates acquire the necessary mathematical skills to help meet this demand and have achieved outstanding careers doing what they love to do.
Many of the graduates continue their formal education in graduate programs such as mathematics, statistics, education, physics, and computer science; or they pursue careers in business, industry, government, and academia. They have found employment in fields as diverse as teaching, mathematical modeling, finance, actuarial sciences, industrial mathematics, manufacturing, communications, and computing. A short list of job categories for applied mathematicians includes the actuarial sciences, software engineering, teaching mathematics at the high school or college level, electrical and mechanical engineering, statistics, programmer analyst, cryptographer, reliability analyst, biological systems analyst, and financial analyst.
