First of all, mathematics and applied mathematics are basic majors, and the employment prospects are still very good. If you plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination, you can continue to develop and study in mathematics research, and you can also take the postgraduate entrance examination in pedagogy. You can also engage in other math-related industries, such as education and training, finance and insurance, software development, etc., and do not intend to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Choosing to be a people's teacher is also good, and it will be even more fragrant if you can be admitted to the teacher establishment. According to this senior, their salary is still very good. In addition, we specially recruit students facing Tibet, free of tuition, and work in Tibet after graduation, and the salary is also considerable.
Career prospects
Let's start with the main courses of mathematics and applied mathematics (teachers' class). If you take the postgraduate entrance examination, the most basic and important courses are mathematical analysis and advanced algebra, and the postgraduate entrance examination will take these two mathematics professional courses. But these two courses are also difficult to learn. When I was a freshman, I didn't learn much about mathematical analysis. The pace of the teacher's class is very fast, and I am a little at a loss. Many formulas and theorems in these two courses need to be understood by ourselves, but they will be used after understanding, otherwise many problems will be impossible to start, and there are few problems of pure calculation, most of which are proof problems.
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Advanced algebra exercises
Besides math major, we also have many other courses about teachers' skills, such as three strokes (pen, chalk, brush) and teachers' language skills. We are busy with other things in our spare time, so we have no time to preview and review. Sophomore mathematics majors include probability theory and mathematical statistics, mathematical analysis 3, ordinary differential equations, complex variable functions, operational research, elementary number theory, mathematical models (mainly matlab drawing and calculation) and so on. There are also some educational courses, such as primary education, psychological counseling for primary school students, child development and educational psychology. There are also discrete mathematics, numerical analysis, educational statistics (mainly SPSS data statistical analysis), geometric sketchpad, mathematics curriculum and teaching theory, introduction to mathematics history, teachers' professional ethics, school-based curriculum development and other courses. There is also a mathematical modeling society in the college. If you have the ability, you can sign up for the mathematical modeling competition. Attached is my schedule for this semester:
Curriculum schedule for the next semester of junior year
Finally, I have some personal suggestions. If you are interested in mathematics and have strong mathematical logic thinking ability, the major of mathematics and applied mathematics will be a good choice, but if your thinking ability is not very strong, I suggest you develop in the direction of education (I am also in the direction of education). But no matter which direction, everyone should study hard and make plans in advance.