Centre for Career and Personal Development Degree Profiles
Mathematics
Mathematics amalgamates three existing programs (Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Statistics), while offering a flexible and broad framework for building highly customized degrees. The formal concentrations on Computational Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Finance and Risk Management, within the discontinued Applied Mathematics program, remain available in the new Mathematics program. A new concentration on Statistics now provides the same training as the discontinued Statistics major program. These changes make our mathematics program more responsive to a rapidly changing world and more relevant to both students and the community.
Key Skills & Knowledge
Problem solving: Develop research models and establish hypotheses using logical thinking, cause, effect and forecasting; measure distances, sizes and relationships.
Analysis and evaluation: Perform calculations and analyze probabilities; attention to detail; conceptualize and synthesize complex numbers, formulae and statistics.
Communication: Share research findings with both technical and non-technical audiences through oral presentations and written communication.
Technical: Design and use computer simulations.
Analytical: Use of critical and creative thinking to evaluate ideas and see relationships among factors; identifying pattern, structure and relationship identification.
Research: Survey design and analysis; gather, analyze and synthesize data.
Sample Job Titles
Please note some of these positions may require further training, certification or education. Check out the occupational profiles to review the full details for the occupations that interest you at alis.alberta.ca/occinfo
- Accountant
- Actuarial Assistant
- Actuary
- Artificial Intelligence
- Astronomer
- Banker
- Biometrician
- Business Analyst
- Commercial Risk Analyst
- Computer Programmer
- Cryptographer
- Database Administrator
- Demographer
- Developer
- Financial Analyst
- Information Analyst
- Internal Auditor
- Logistics Specialist
- Mathematician
- Medical Data Analyst
- Methodologist
- Modeling Manager
- Numerical Analyst
- Operations Research Analyst
- Pension Specialist
- Program Analyst
- Programmer
- Research Analyst
- Risk Analyst
- Senior Negotiator
- Statistical Consultant
- Statistician
- Systems Analyst
- Tax Investigator
- Teacher / Professor
- Technical Writer
- Underwriter
- Video Game Programmer
- Web Site Developer
Potential Industries
- Accounting Firms
- Banking & Investements
- Credit Risk
- Data Management Companies
- Disease Control / Prevention Centres
- Education
- Engineering Firms
- Financial Companies / Institutions
- Government
- Information Technologies
- Insurance Companies
- Manufacturers
- Market Research and Analysis
- Medical Research
Associations & Professional Development
- American Mathematical Society
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET)
- Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society
- Canadian Association of Science Centers
- Canadian Institute of Actuaries
- Canadian Mathematical Society
- Fields Institute of Research in Mathematical Sciences
- The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
- Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics
- Statistical Society of Canada
- Statistics Canada
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Did you know?
Formal Career Assessments like the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator can be helpful tools for your career development. These assessments have been used for decades to help individuals choose a major, explore career options during and upon completion of a degree and to further understand yourself in relationship to the world of work. Inquire with Career Services if you are interested in these formal assessments.
Key Contacts
Faculty Contact
Undergraduate Science Centre
Science B 149 (SB 149)
T: 403.220.8600
E: science.advising@ucalgary.ca
W: science.ucalgary.ca
Clubs on Campus:
Society of Calgary Undergraduate Mathematics
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Centre for Career & Personal Development
MacEwan Student Centre, Room 188
T: 403.220.8020
E: csstdnt@ucalgary.ca
W: ucalgary.ca/career-personal-development
