subject: Career In Maths [print this page] Students have always been looking for career options, which are different and which enables them to form a niche place in the society. The career opportunities have been growing with the advancements in different sectors of the country. Students now-a-days have got much more fields to opt for, than it was before. The traditional options have also been left behind, with an addition of a number of other options. Students have started taking more of challenging jobs, which would give them the chance to explore their talent and polish their skills accordingly. Many career fields, which were earlier, referred as the most problematic and difficult careers are now seen more in demand and so are the colleges providing corresponding career.
One such fields is maths, from which the students used to run earlier, but now with the advancements in technology, many new fields and courses have/ been introduced, which involves the use of maths. Any field, which has maths as a subject, in its undergraduate or post graduate courses, needs its applicants to have maths as main subject in their senior secondary school, to be able to do justice with the course. BA in Maths or Maths Honours is the main course for maths students at undergraduate level, after which depending on the interest of the student, he can choose the course for post graduation or for further studies. Students taking maths as their career are very intelligent and have a very vigilant approach. There are many colleges in India, which provide quality education to students in the field of maths. The students are best in calculations and have a very strong concentration power, which makes them solve mathematical problems in a very short span of time.
Other than becoming a teacher or a professor in maths, a student can opt for a number of career options after taking education in mathematics. Following are few of the career options, which can be opted by students after doing maths:
Teaching- A student can do B Ed, PhD, after doing MA or MSc Maths, after which he can apply for jobs in school or college.
Management degree- After doing BA or BSc Maths, a student can also do MBA in different fields, depending on his interest and then take his career forward in the respective direction.
Computers or software: Computers or technology is the field, which attracts a large number if students applications towards it. Programming, software development, software engineering, networking, testing, maintenance, etc are the fields, in which a student can develop his career. information technology is a very fast field and the students depending on their varied interests can choose their area of work in this field.
Statistics: It is another field, which the students can choose after doing graduation in maths,
For pursuing these masters courses, a student need to have graduation degree in maths, which shapes the basis for his future studies. Few of the colleges in India, which provide graduation and post graduation courses in maths, are:
Loyola College, Chennai
Sri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi
Presidency College, Kolkata
St. Stephen College, New Delhi
Ramjas College, New Delhi
Hindu College, New Delhi
Queen Mary's College, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu
Christian College, Kerela
Bethune College, Kolkata
Hans Raj College, New Delhi
Taking admission to these colleges is not an easy task to do. Students across the country, compete with a number of other students to grab a seat in one of the renowned colleges of India. Colleges like the top ones under DU are surely the priority, but getting admission in any of the recognised college in India, are a deal these days. So students settle down their wishes with the tag of DU and pursue their education in the course they aim to.
