Student Resources for Mathematics

Department Chair

Pete McGill
Phone: (773) 244-5260
Email

North Park Services

• Academic Planning Sheet
• Course Descriptions and Major Requirements
• Math Club
• Tutors    

Study Tips

• North Park Math Department
• Saint-Louis U
• Ohio State U

Professional Organizations

• ACCA - Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (local opportunities for students)
• ACMS - Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
• AMS - American Mathematical Society (emphasis on mathematical research)
• ASA - American Statistical Association
• MAA - Mathematical Association of America (emphasis on teaching mathematics)
• NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• SIAM - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• ΚΜΕ - Kappa Mu Epsilon (honors student society)
• ΠΜΕ - Pi Mu Epsilon (honors student society)

Career Options

• MAA-Mathematicians have the best jobs
• Joint AMS/MAA/SIAM career information
• MAA - Mathematical Association of America
• Bureau of Labor
• Associated Content
• UC Davis  

Career Guides

• Career Guide and Aptitude Test
• Choosing a Career and Major

Careers and Math

• Math aids success in chemistry, physics, and biology
• Math and computer science salaries
• Math leads to good salaries and job satisfaction
• 9 of 15 most satisfying jobs require mathematics
• Careercast:  Best Jobs of 2009

Mathematical Images

• Mandelbrot Set
• Koch's Snowflake
• Chaos Gallery.
• Tiling the Plane
• Math and Escher's work

Mathematical Aesthetics

• What is Mathematical Beauty?
• Nice Patterns
• The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers in nature (site 1)
• The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers in nature (site 2)

Math and Christianity

• Christianity and mathematics
• Does the Bible say π= 3?

Games and Activities

• Alien Tiles Game
• Planarity (game played with planar graphs)
• A few strategic games
• Mostly children’s games, but try Compulse, Orb2, Spectrum Genesis, and Bloxorz

Big Mathematical Errors

• Mars climate orbiter crashes
• Commercial jetliner runs out of fuel

Big Mathematical Accomplishments

• Proof of Fermat's last theorem
• Characterization of all finite groups
• Discovery of calculus
• The Rise of Calculus
• Euclid's Elements and the axiomatic system

Math and Communication

• Statistics for the movie Toy Story

Miscellaneous Sites

• Cattle of the Sun by Archimedes
• Math Quotes
• More Math Quotes  
• Sequences (encyclopedia of integer sequences)  
• Mathematical Description of Beauty