<p>Basically I made a choice to go to college for what I truely wanted to study, regardless of job prospects and all of that. I am still on board for that even in this rough job market. However, a good minor that can be added that is good for my job prospects is I think a fair deal in getting the most out of my education. I had a few ideas of where I could go.</p>
<p>A minor in CS would make me employable like globaltrav and ucbalum mention. A possible finance minor for going into finance related fields. Maybe even just more math classes, like a focus on statistics. The possibilty of just more pure math for a possible graduate degree (masters only, I do not plan on a PhD and I do not plan to teach). Maybe someone here can recommend something else that I did not mention.</p>
<p>I am looking for peoples thoughts on this to help me map out my final 2 years at Sac State as I complete my second year at a local CC. As far as my interest go, well I am all over the map, but I really do like math and want to stay focused on that in my job if thats possible.</p>
<p>CS and finance/econ stuff do make the most sense.</p>
<p>Try to think ahead 5 years or more. What do you want to be doing at that time? Talk to professionals who are currently in your ideal job and find out what skills and knowledge is required. Then map out your education and experience accordingly.</p>
<p>I recommend you check the BLS OOH (just Google it) for information on typical education requirements, nature of the work, job prospects and salary, just to get an idea of what kind of quantitative jobs you might be interested in.</p>
<p>A minor in CS, finance/econ, (applied?) statistics, engineering, etc. could all help. As a pure math major, you might also be able to get into graduate school (most STEM stuff) or professional school (law?), so that’s an option. Or you could study to be an actuary. Lots of possibilities, really.</p>
<p>Yes, CS and finance/economics/statistics are the most obvious areas.</p>
<p>If you do the latter, you may want to include the actuarial VEE courses listed for your school (see [Be</a> an Actuary](<a href=“http://www.beanactuary.com%5DBe”>http://www.beanactuary.com) ) to open up the possibility of that line of work (the VEE courses are finance/economics/statistics courses anyway).</p>
<p>Since you mention being at a community college, try taking the prerequisites for the CS, statistics, and economics majors (see [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) for transferability to CSU Sacramento and other UC/CSU schools) so that you can easily take the more advanced courses in this subjects within your schedule after transfer.</p>