What is a Mathematician?

Someone who uses numeracy and problem solving skills:

• To investigate real world problems
• To improve the performance of complicated systems

Someone who works with:

Physicists Biologists Geologists Environmental Scientists

Economists Chemists Engineers Medical Scientists

Where can you find work?

Graduates in Mathematics from James Cook University have found jobs in:

Research CSIRO DSTO (Defence Science) AIMS (Marine Science) Universities	Administration Queensland Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Teaching Secondary schools in Australia and overseas	Private Business Mining companies

What should I do at University?

You should enrol in a Bachelor of Science and major in Mathematics. Third year subjects include:

• Mathematical modelling
• Mechanics
• Statistics
• Numerical Mathematics
• Complex Variable Theory