Job prospects for math majors and grad school questions

<p>Well, I've pretty much been convinced to stay away from any biology major like I had planned, but this has left me major-less. However, I'm wondering if graduate school in biology has as bad of prospects as a BS. Would bioinformatics or computational biology have better job prospects? (Although I'm not entirely sure what those entail.) What about epidemiology? I'm decent at math, so I could definitely go into the mathematical side of biology if that's beneficial. I could minor in computer science and/or double major in statistics/math. Is it at all possible for me to work in a biology-related field and still have good job prospects and a decent salary?</p>

<p>I'm also wondering what jobs one can do with a mathematics major (and what these jobs really entail.) I can potentially see myself majoring in math, but I'm not sure if I would like the jobs it opens one up to. I went to a math major seminar at my school, and one of the graduate students had worked in robotics/artificial intelligence, which definitely interests me, but it seems like most people with jobs like that would need an engineering background (and I don't know if I'm engineering material.) Could someone potentially tell me some jobs that math majors can do and what those jobs entail? All I ever see is stuff about finance or banks, and it all sounds so dry...</p>

<p>I'm also considering computer science, although I've never taken a programming class in my life. I could see the problem solving side of it being very interesting, but I can't imagine enjoying doing it exclusively. I'm open to other science/math related majors as well if they have good prospects.</p>

<p>Thanks to anyone who can contribute even the slightest amount of information.</p>

<p>My undergrad major was computational mathematics, which is in essence, a hybrid math/computer science degree. An applied math major is a very flexible degree which (with some well-selected electives) would mimic a few engineering majors.</p>

<p>A math major can pretty much morph the major into a CS degree because so many courses overlap. An operations research emphasis in a math major will prepare you for some industrial and systems engineering jobs. Computational <fill in="" the="" science=""> would also give you a background to use software engineering as a “Plan B” in case you cannot secure a likeable job in computational <fill in="" the="" science="">. There is also areas on mathematical finance (math with finance), mathematical economics (math + econ).</fill></fill></p>

<p>Of course, I am partial to computer science and software development since it has probably the most job opportunities but hey, use it as a Plan B and let the mathematical and computational areas of biology be your first choice.</p>