Mathematics | CAS Majors Fair
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Academic advisor Doug Pellatz talks about the mathematics major.
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- [00:00:08.290]Hello, my name is Doug Pellatz
- [00:00:09.650]and I am the academic advisor for mathematics
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- [00:00:16.040]I am here to talk to you today
- [00:00:17.330]because I'm guessing you're interested in mathematics
- [00:00:19.610]and you wanna know more about the academics
- [00:00:22.220]and experiences and careers that can resolve
- [00:00:25.230]for being a math major.
- [00:00:27.030]Our math major right now has a core requirements
- [00:00:29.750]of calculus one, two, and linear algebra.
- [00:00:32.718]And then we have seven different options for our major.
- [00:00:36.710]These include a wide variety of different things
- [00:00:38.770]to allow you to customize the major,
- [00:00:41.080]to fit your goals and your interests.
- [00:00:44.630]For example, we have a standard option,
- [00:00:46.430]which allows you to pair the major with any minor
- [00:00:48.890]that you would choose
- [00:00:50.040]or any second degree or second major
- [00:00:52.410]that fits your interests.
- [00:00:54.780]This allows you to take a wide variety of math courses,
- [00:00:57.880]and it also allows you to do a substantial research project,
- [00:01:01.020]rather than having to minor in an area outside
- [00:01:03.220]of mathematics.
- [00:01:04.810]We have an education option,
- [00:01:06.210]which is for students who want to teach high school math.
- [00:01:10.280]We have the statistics and data science option,
- [00:01:12.094]which is a new, newly updated option for us this year.
- [00:01:16.640]And this allows you to take additional advanced classes
- [00:01:19.090]in statistics and computer science,
- [00:01:21.100]for the major.
- [00:01:22.840]We have a mathematics, a physical phenomena option,
- [00:01:25.510]which allows you to explore your interests in physics,
- [00:01:29.030]geology, meteorology, mechanical, or electrical engineering,
- [00:01:32.477]as well as explore the mathematics that would be behind
- [00:01:36.160]those different options.
- [00:01:38.088]In addition to that, we have mathematical biology,
- [00:01:40.740]which leverages our research and coursework available
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- [00:01:48.560]For example, we have a course called
- [00:01:50.150]the mathematical models of biology
- [00:01:52.050]that students take as part of this option.
- [00:01:54.440]And we have several faculty who do research in this area.
- [00:01:57.720]We also have mathematical finance,
- [00:02:00.050]which allows students to take classes in actuarial science
- [00:02:03.180]and finance to kinda gear
- [00:02:05.270]their mathematical coursework towards that area.
- [00:02:08.400]And lastly, we have the option
- [00:02:10.140]of discrete math and cryptography,
- [00:02:12.530]which is going to include some more computer science
- [00:02:15.790]to give you a better background in discrete mathematics,
- [00:02:18.610]as well as in cryptography.
- [00:02:22.150]If the computer security
- [00:02:23.820]or if security in general is something
- [00:02:27.030]that you're interested in.
- [00:02:29.050]Given that we have so many different options,
- [00:02:31.240]I am not going to explain to you every single course,
- [00:02:34.930]what's required for the different options.
- [00:02:37.420]But there are a wide variety,
- [00:02:38.960]and the basis of most of them,
- [00:02:41.130]is that you would have a certain amount
- [00:02:43.260]of underlying mathematics like linear algebra,
- [00:02:46.380]differential equations,
- [00:02:47.480]calculus three,
- [00:02:49.450]calculus based statistics,
- [00:02:51.240]along with a couple of mathematical proof based classes.
- [00:02:55.780]In addition to that,
- [00:02:56.613]then you would have a wide variety of options
- [00:02:58.640]for upper level math classes
- [00:03:00.450]that would allow you to customize again,
- [00:03:03.150]the option and the major,
- [00:03:04.260]the way you want it to be.
- [00:03:07.050]In mathematics, there are a lot of different things
- [00:03:09.780]that students choose to do to get experience outside
- [00:03:12.560]of just taking classes.
- [00:03:14.370]For example, we have students who do research
- [00:03:17.110]with different math faculty,
- [00:03:19.000]whether that be in pure or applied mathematics,
- [00:03:22.350]such as mathematical biology,
- [00:03:24.910]whether that be in other areas of math,
- [00:03:27.050]like algebra and discrete mathematics and coding theory,
- [00:03:31.420]differential equations,
- [00:03:32.590]and their applications to a wide variety of fields.
- [00:03:36.150]We also have students participate in internships.
- [00:03:39.310]Recently, we've had students intern
- [00:03:41.150]with insurance companies like Allstate and Nationwide
- [00:03:44.245]or on intern with engineering firms
- [00:03:47.800]to do more data analysis
- [00:03:50.670]or business analyst type positions
- [00:03:52.730]with places like Sandhills publishing here in Lincoln.
- [00:03:56.960]In addition, we also have opportunities
- [00:03:58.740]for students to get involved
- [00:04:00.410]from a student organization standpoint with our math club
- [00:04:04.010]and our association for women in mathematics groups.
- [00:04:09.990]Depending on what option of math
- [00:04:11.830]and what your particular interest in mathematics are,
- [00:04:15.010]there are a lot of different career opportunities with math.
- [00:04:18.370]Some of the biggest things and,
- [00:04:20.720]in terms of just overall numbers,
- [00:04:23.410]right now is the data science, data analytics areas,
- [00:04:26.780]which is going to align very well
- [00:04:28.910]with our new data science and statistics option.
- [00:04:32.620]In addition to that,
- [00:04:33.510]I've seen students go very wide variety of directions.
- [00:04:38.310]Statistics is obviously a field
- [00:04:40.470]that covers a very wide range of things.
- [00:04:43.340]So this allows students to get involved in a very big number
- [00:04:47.940]of different career fields,
- [00:04:52.270]depending on what they're exactly interested in,
- [00:04:55.000]banking, finance,
- [00:04:57.540]education,
- [00:04:59.350]students go on to graduate school in specific areas like,
- [00:05:04.150]quantitative finance
- [00:05:06.380]or into other fields,
- [00:05:08.205]depending on their interests.
- [00:05:10.020]So, you have a wide variety of options
- [00:05:12.870]and I'd be happy to explore with you further.
- [00:05:16.300]If you would like to contact me,
- [00:05:17.760]I'd be happy to discuss them.
- [00:05:19.630]Thank you.
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