Mathematics provides tools for explanation and analysis in the physical, engineering, business and social sciences. These tools can help in areas as diverse as planning and evaluating market research, modeling problems in business and finance, developing new educational practices, comparing treatment groups in the biological and social sciences, providing fundamental organizing structure for the physical world and giving satisfaction to those who love mathematics for its own sake.
At UMass Lowell, you can:
Anthony Gaeta says his six-month co-op at John Hancock Financial gave him real-world experience in his dream job as an actuary.
Curiosity led Russell Todd ’81, ’83 to a wide-ranging career that included nuclear subs, weather radar and disease outbreak modeling.
Thomas Heywosz’s experiences in the UTeach program and in Haiti have made him a successful high school math teacher.
Alex Frieden found his calling thanks to an elective sociology course.
Eric Roy started doing meteorological research on campus the summer after his freshman year – and then won two research internships with government agencies.
