Mathematics and Statistics Students
You can count on many opportunities in your time at SDSU! Check out life as a mathematics or statics student.
The SDSU Math Club is an active group of primarily math majors that meets monthly. In addition to just having some fun, they also bring in speakers to talk about career opportunities for math majors and ongoing research in mathematics and take field trips to facilities that employ mathematicians. Recent field trip destinations have included , and regional financial institutions and mathematics conferences.
SDSU has one of only thirteen student chapters of in the nation. It is extremely active in promoting the professional development of our mathematics education specialist students. Activities include traveling to the annual state convention of , bringing in speakers such as recent alumni teaching in the area or high school principals who hire math teachers, and having more than a little fun along the way.
Math majors are in demand for nationally top-rated careers year after year. The SDSU Mathematics and Statistics Department is among the very best at preparing students for these top-rated careers.
- Data science
- Financial mathematics
- Mathematics teacher
- Actuarial science
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Computational science
- Statistics professor
- Operations research

Check out the Graduate School for important forms and dates you will need to know.
Handbooks for the graduate mathematics and statistics programs can be found on D2L under Self Enrollment.
Thesis Formatting: If you are writing a thesis (Ph.D. or Master's) in LaTeX, you can use or . You can download a variety of TeX/LaTeX editors and the TeX/LaTeX source code from . In addition, allows you to see the results of your TeX edits in real time.
