First-Year Seminar in Mathematics

Resource Links

Career Information

• Industrial Math Case Studies videos


• Career Information from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics


• Career Information from the American Mathematical Society


• Career Information from the Mathematical Association of America


• Career Information from the American Statistical Association


• Information from the Society of Actuaries

MATLAB Resources

1. The university site license allows students to download MATLAB. Instructions may be found at http://www.uml.edu/IT/Services/Software/Matlab-For-Students.aspx


2. MATLAB Tutorials from The MathWorks


3. Gregg Forsythe's MATLAB Quick User's Guide This document summarizes the most frequently used MATLAB commands (with lots of examples) and gives many useful tips.


4. Octave, a cost-free MATLAB clone.

Mathematica Resources

1. Instructions for downloading Mathematica


2. Lots of useful information on Mathematica is available at Professor Levasseur's web site

Other Resources

1. Professor Lee's web page with information on careers in statistics


2. Table of Integrals


3. Professor Jane Grossman's Math Tutorials


4. Khan Academy web site with tutorials on many subjects.


5. Douglas Godfrey's Amazing Math, Physics, and Engineering Formula Sheet


6. List of National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Programs


7. UMass Lowell Electronic LibrariesThe UMass Lowell Electronic Libraries provide access to a wealth of periodicals, the card catalog and on-line resources. Please note the some on-line databases can only be accessed via a UMass Lowell Internet address (I.P. Address).