What jobs can you find in a Mathematics for Commerce degree?

[ronaldos_girl]

I started out my first year taking courses for my program for Applied Mathematics, which is a BSC degree. Over the past year and many hours of contemplation, I am deciding to switch over my major to Mathematics for Commerce. However, it is a BA degree. Hence, I need to change my faculty from the Faculty of Science and Engineering to the Faculty of Arts.

Now my main reason for switching over is because I feel that if I continue in a degree of Applied Mathematics, I will have a difficult time looking for a job related to my field other than teaching. Nevertheless, I feel that a degree in Mathematics for Commerce will lead to a more promising career as well as many job options. Furthermore, I have no desire to get into graduate studies.

As to my current understanding, becoming an actuary is very difficult. Is this a realistic career option I should look into? What kind of jobs can I find with a degree in Mathematics for Commerce?

I am a lost soul =(

[SamInfinity]

I started out my first year taking courses for my program for Applied Mathematics, which is a BSC degree. Over the past year and many hours of contemplation, I am deciding to switch over my major to Mathematics for Commerce. However, it is a BA degree. Hence, I need to change my faculty from the Faculty of Science and Engineering to the Faculty of Arts.

Now my main reason for switching over is because I feel that if I continue in a degree of Applied Mathematics, I will have a difficult time looking for a job related to my field other than teaching. Nevertheless, I feel that a degree in Mathematics for Commerce will lead to a more promising career as well as many job options. Furthermore, I have no desire to get into graduate studies.

As to my current understanding, becoming an actuary is very difficult. Is this a realistic career option I should look into? What kind of jobs can I find with a degree in Mathematics for Commerce?

I am a lost soul =(

If you want to become an actuary, you should be taking actuarial science major, to the best of my knowledge. I know UofT has one.

[wilkens]

Bump for a good question.

[cui5]

I just graduated with a Master Degree in Statistics. The title of my full time job is Business Information Specialist. Basically, I will get the requirements from the business analyst and extract data from the data warehouse to predict the future sales. I think 1/3 of the statistics people are in the biz world to do those things. The others are splitted between Biostatistics and Academic researches.

As for Math, i think the path down to a biz career is even wider. You could do Financial mathmatics at a graduate level. Those ppl mainly will be hired by the leading financial institutions and the starting salaries range from 60K to 90K. Pretty good investment.

[xsighted]

I started out my first year taking courses for my program for Applied Mathematics, which is a BSC degree. Over the past year and many hours of contemplation, I am deciding to switch over my major to Mathematics for Commerce. However, it is a BA degree. Hence, I need to change my faculty from the Faculty of Science and Engineering to the Faculty of Arts.

Now my main reason for switching over is because I feel that if I continue in a degree of Applied Mathematics, I will have a difficult time looking for a job related to my field other than teaching. Nevertheless, I feel that a degree in Mathematics for Commerce will lead to a more promising career as well as many job options. Furthermore, I have no desire to get into graduate studies.

As to my current understanding, becoming an actuary is very difficult. Is this a realistic career option I should look into? What kind of jobs can I find with a degree in Mathematics for Commerce?

I am a lost soul =(


there's a lot you can do with mathematics besides teaching. (not to degrade teaching). look into statistical analysis, actuary, risk management, trading, optimization.
If you have some computer science background as well, then look into business analysts, the roles vary very widely for this title, some are programming jobs, while others are very analytical.

many careers for mathies happen to be in the service sector, but there's a need for mathematicians in pretty much every field.
you can argue that doing a commerce option will open up a few options, but if you dont do that, you are not necessarily at a loss.

p.s. it doesnt matter if its a B.A. or a B.Sc ... hell it doesnt even matter if its math or english. eventually, it all depends on how you apply yourself.