Mathematics
About Mathematics
Mathematics is a powerful tool for solving practical problems and a highly creative field, combining logic and precision with intuition and imagination. It is more than just numbers and rules for calculating with them. Math reveals and explains patterns - whether the pattern appears as electrical impulses in an animal's nervous system, as fluctuations in stock market prices, or as fine detail of an abstract geometric figure. The ability to simplify complex situations through abstraction and systematic reasoning is a great asset. UBC Mathematics builds on collaborative opportunities through its connections to the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, the Institute of Applied Mathematics, and MITACS. You can explore the mathematics library, math club, undergraduate computer labs, and a dedicated learning centre.
Program Details
You'll have plenty of choice, both in the math courses you can choose, and in the options you can pursue across other fields. A math background is one of the best ways to get into an Education program--there is a shortage of math teachers at the secondary school level, and teaching positions at the university and college level. The business and IT sectors also employ math grads, especially in the software industry, actuarial field, investment and banking.
Skills
- Statistical and data analysis
- Organizational interpretation
- Deductive reasoning
- Logical, systematic thought processes
- Computer literacy
- Advanced quantitative skills
- Numerical computation
- Technical skills in mathematical concepts, logic, and specialized software
Programs offered
- Major or Honours, Mathematics
- Major, Mathematical Sciences
- Combined Major, Mathematics and Economics
- Combined Major, Computer Science and Mathematics (See Computer Science)
- Combined Honours, Mathematics and another subject
- Co-op
Resources
Career Options
With an undergraduate degree
- Algorithm designer
- Appraiser
- Bank manager
- Budget analyst
- Claims adjuster
- Computer programmer
- Cost analyst
- Data or information analyst
- Database administrator
- Demographer
- External auditor
- Insurance salesperson
- Inventory control specialist
- Mortgage researcher
- Quantitative analyst
- Statistical analyst
- Tax investigator
- Technical analyst, statistics
With additional study
- Actuary
- Biostatistician
- Bioinformatics scientist
- Consulting actuary
- Economist
- Environmental epidemiologist
- Financial planner
- Insurance actuary
- Investment banker
- Statistician
- Statistical consultant
- Systems or research analyst
- Teacher or professor
UBC Science Mathematics Graduates Work As
- Research Engineer, Google
- Math Teacher, North Vancouver School District
- Software Engineer, Apple Inc
- Servicing Analyst, BMO
- Corporate Finance Division Associate in Valuation Services, Deloitte
- Quantitative Developer, RBC Global Asset Management
- Biomedical Engineering Technologist, Lions Gate Hospital