Mathematics has been referred to as 'our invisible culture', and its benefits can be seen in traditional applications in the physical sciences and engineering to more recent applications in the life sciences, economics, finance and management. But the dazzling achievements of mathematics sometimes overshadow the subject itself. The major in Mathematics provides solid and comprehensive undergraduate education in the subject and nurtures quantitative reasoning, logical and analytical thinking, meticulous care to work, ability to conceptualise, problem-solving skill and innovative imagination.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Mathematics Major graduates find employment in commercial (banking and finance), service industry (insurance and government) and education (secondary schools and universities) sectors. Many of our outstanding graduates continue their postgraduate studies (Master and PhD) in both overseas and local universities. The positions held by Mathematics Major graduates ranging from project associates, management trainees, financial planners and school teachers.
按2010 年7 月份的資料顯示 (http://www.actuaries.org.hk/membership.php?id=7),目前香港大約只有429 名正式會士(Fellow Members )精算師、157 名準會士(Associate Members )精算師和160 名學生會士(Student Members )精算師。能考獲精算師牌照及已取得正式會士(Fellow Members )資格才可稱為精算師。
原帖由 Sindy 於 10-7-30 00:08 發表
thank you ,咁好景架?.........讀到就好囉....你知唔知萬一唔成....咁點樣呢?無牌會唔會好難搵其他工呢?thanks
Always want to find a chance to express my appreciation for your helps and support when my daughter applied to kindergarten 2 years ago.
Just to share some information since I also studied math major in college (well.... that was long ago though).
Just to clarify if your daughter is interested in pure math, then actuarial science is not her cup of tea since it is more statistics in nature. I am not sure how the subjects are defined in HKAL nowadays but that should be more in the applied math area for the old HKAL syllabus.
If her interest is on pure math, then she should really be aiming for mathematics department. Since I studied (extensively) both math and statistics in university, there is a clear difference between these two subjects and where they can be applied. For example, math is a critical subject for preparation of post-graduate study of economics. For a PhD program for Economics, the entire first year will only be math. On the other hand, statistics will be more related to subjects like actuarial science or finance majors.
Honestly, statistics will be more useful in workplace so it can applied to wider professions. For math, its application to business world is limited and the problem in Hong Kong is people don't appreciate the technicality of these specialists.
So, I guess your daughter would have to start considering her future career to have early planning. Has she been accepted by the Australian university already? Is Australia the only country she is considering now?
Mq 教授精算學已有超過40 年歷史, 該校精算學學院獲得澳洲精算學會 (IAA) 評價為 Centre of Excellence in actuarial education, 可稱得上是澳洲精算學教育方面的權威.
Curtin 相對於 Mq 而言, 其入學要求較低.
根據 Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) 的資料顯示, 現有6間澳洲大學提供該會認可課程。如要 exempt 該會專業試 Part I 部份或所有 subjects:
Curtin University of Technology students must obtain at least a mark of 73% in the Curtin unit, for subjects CT1 & CT6 and an average of at least 73%, with a minimum of at least 65% in each of Curtin units for all other subjects.
Macquarie University students must obtain at least a credit grade.