Judging from its curriculum, mathematics pays more attention to the study of theoretical knowledge. Its main courses include mathematical analysis, advanced algebra, analytic geometry, differential geometry, advanced geometry, partial differential equations, probability and mathematical statistics, real variable functions, abstract algebra and so on. These courses are based on mathematical analysis, advanced algebra and analytic geometry, and the difficulty increases year by year, reaching the peak in junior year.
The difficulty is because the specialty is too strong and the basic requirements for students are very high, even the students in the undergraduate mathematics department may not be able to learn well.
At the same time, applied mathematics is more inclined to the application of mathematics in other aspects. In addition to the most basic courses and specialized mathematics, related courses include mathematical modeling, mathematical experiments, numerical methods, computer basics and so on. In addition, even if it is applied mathematics, the junior will re-choose the direction, such as statistics and information.
2. The employment direction is different.
For professional mathematics, it is relatively narrow. For example, being a teacher is the choice of most students. In the eyes of others, mathematics is a good major. You can go to work in a bank, go to an insurance formula, go to a technology company, etc. In fact, there are very few people who can successfully transform, and even fewer graduate students directly transfer to seemingly unrelated jobs, and even fewer graduate students change their majors through postgraduate entrance examination. Therefore, it is actually the best to be a teacher in mathematics employment.
For applied mathematics majors, there are a wide range of choices. For example, those who choose computers can be programmers, those who choose finance can develop in the direction of finance, and those who choose statistics can be civil servants in the Bureau of Statistics. Relatively speaking, there are many choices.
Introduction to Mathematics and Applied Mathematics The major of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics trains senior professionals who master the basic theories and methods of mathematical science, have the ability to use mathematical knowledge and solve practical problems with computers, have received preliminary training in scientific research, and can engage in research and teaching in the departments of science, technology, education and economy or engage in practical application, development, research and management in the departments of production, operation and management;
Students are required to learn the basic theories and methods of mathematics and applied mathematics, accept the basic training of mathematical models, computers and mathematical software, have good scientific literacy, and initially have the basic abilities of scientific research, teaching, solving practical problems and developing software.