What are some possible minors for mathematics majors??

<p>I know CS is one..... Anything else that is useful for math majors? Also, between physics minor and econ minor, with math major... which seems better??</p>

<p>Which one are you more interested in? </p>

<p>Computer science beats physics and economics in terms of marketability, but that’s no good if you are not interested in the field. I know few if any students who are interested in both economics and technical fields like computer science or physics. </p>

<p>If you are interested in the consulting or finance area, you could consider some sort of business minor. If you are interested in tech stuff and mathematical modeling, an engineering background might be helpful. If you are studying statistics, some exposure to sociology or psychology or biology might come in handy. Or you could get certified to teach.</p>

<p>Your choice of minor now does not restrict the options available to you in the future. If you want to do math for a living, you will most likely need a graduate degree or comparable further training (e.g. to pass actuarial exams) anyway.</p>

<p>Haha thank you so much ! I guess I’ll have to think moe about it… I’m definitely sure I will major in math/computer science… But I also like to explore econ, business, physics/engineering, or even chem… So hard to choose my future … Haha</p>

<p>I’m doing a double major in Maths and Computer Science too. Maths and Computer Science seem to be a pretty popular pair. Most Computer Science students I know are still taking maths classes (second year) even though only first year calculus and linear algebra are required for the major. </p>

<p>As to what I plan to do with a maths / comp sci double major? Go into graduate school in either Algorithms, Graph Theory (or algorithmic graph theory :P), Complexity Theory, Data mining or Artificial Intelligence. It’s still pretty early for me, so I haven’t completely narrowed down my interests, but I seem to be most interested in more theoretical / conceptual areas of computer science (as opposed to the more software engineering side of it) and areas of discrete mathematics such as graph theory and operations research that tie in very well with computer science.</p>