Author: John Quintanilla

I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.

What Industrial Jobs Can I Get With a Math Degree?

From Thomas Network:

While not every math major will get the chance to work on something as exciting as the Enigma Code or black holes, there’s one career that will provide an endless stream of fascinating challenges to keep even the brightest mathematical minds busy: manufacturing.

Mathematicians are in demand for these four skills in particular:

  1. Analytical skills
  2. Problem-solving skills
  3. Critical-thinking skills
  4. Quantitative reasoning skills

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the demand for math majors to grow by 30% from 2018 to 2028. As of last year, the median annual wage for mathematicians was $101,900.

Visualizing Vectors

From the Math Values blog of the Mathematical Association of America:

Anyone who has taught linear algebra knows how easy it is for students to get absorbed in performing matrix computations and memorizing theorems, losing the beauty of the structures in this foundational subject. James Factor and Susan Pustejovsky of Alverno College in Milwaukee, WI, bring back the visual beauty of linear algebra through their NSF-funded project Transforming Linear Algebra Education with GeoGebra Applets.

The applets are freely available in the GeoGebra book Transforming Linear Algebra Education https://www.geogebra.org/m/XnfUWvvp. Each topic is packaged with a video to show how the applets work, the applet, and learning activities.

Read more about it here: https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/visualizing-vectors