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Careers for math majors

Some careers for math majors include:

Actuary

Assess and manage risk for businesses by analyzing their spending. Actuaries also estimate the probability of events and the costs involved. Check out the UH actuarial program.

Statistician

Collect and analyze data for a company. Statisticians identify trends in data sets and share those patterns with company executives.

Mathematician

Solve problems through numerical analysis. Mathematicians might research new theories, develop mathematical models, or analyze data to solve business problems.

Economist

Gather financial and socio-economic data by studying markets. Economists use this data to help businesses make long-term financial and investment plans.

Data scientist

Interpret large amounts of complex data to gain insights for a company’s business operations. Data scientists may use tools, systems, and algorithms to extract information from data. Check out our math major data science track

Data analyst

Extract useful insights from vast sets of quantitative or qualitative information. Data analysts are in demand across all industries.

Math teacher

Plan lessons, teach and tutor students, correct assignments, and advise student groups or coach athletic teams.

Full disclosure: this list was drafted by an AI Assistant

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Graduate & Undergraduate programs in mathematical logic

The Department of Mathematics at University of Hawaii at Manoa has long had an informal graduate program in logic, lattice theory, and universal algebra (People, Courses, Description) going back to Alfred Tarski’s 1963 student William Hanf.

During 2022-2023 the logic seminar had talks by outside speakers from Chiba, Yamaguchi, Wisconsin, and Belgrade.

We are offering the following course rotation (courses mostly repeating after two years):

Graduate courses

Past offerings
Semester Course number Course title Instructor
Spring 2016 MATH 649 Applied Model Theory Ross
Fall 2016 MATH 654 Graduate Introduction to Logic Beros
Spring 2017 MATH 657 Computability and Complexity Khan
Spring 2018 MATH 649 Applied Model Theory Ross
Fall 2018 MATH 654 Graduate Introduction to Logic Kjos-Hanssen
Spring 2019 MATH 655 Set theory Williams
Spring 2020 MATH 657 Computability and Complexity Kjos-Hanssen
Fall 2020 MATH 654 Graduate Introduction to Logic Kjos-Hanssen
Spring 2021 MATH 649 Applied model theory Ross
Spring 2022 MATH 657 Computability and Complexity Kjos-Hanssen
Fall 2022 MATH 654 Graduate Introduction to Logic Kjos-Hanssen
Spring 2023 MATH 649B Applied model theory Ross

Future offerings:

Semester Course number Course title Instructor
Spring 2024 MATH 657 Computability and Complexity Kjos-Hanssen
Fall 2024 MATH 654 Graduate Introduction to Logic TBA

It is also recommended that students familiarize themselves with undergraduate level logic, which is offered on the following schedule:

Undergraduate courses

Past offerings
Semester Course number Course title Instructor
Fall 2012 MATH 454 Axiomatic Set Theory Kjos-Hanssen
Spring 2013 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Kjos-Hanssen
Fall 2014 MATH 454 Axiomatic Set Theory Ross
Spring 2015 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Khan
Spring 2016 MATH 454 Axiomatic Set Theory Khan
Spring 2017 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Ross
Spring 2018 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Khan
Fall 2019 MATH 454 Axiomatic Set Theory Williams
Spring 2020 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Williams
Fall 2021 MATH 454 Axiomatic Set Theory Kjos-Hanssen
Spring 2022 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Ross

Future offerings:

Semester Course number Course title Instructor
Fall 2023 MATH 455 Mathematical Logic Kjos-Hanssen

Faculty teaching in the program

David A. Ross, Professor
Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen, Professor

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