Mathematical Sciences: Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges' Summer Mathematics Program

卡尔顿学院和圣奥拉夫学院暑期数学项目卡尔顿学院和圣奥拉夫学院的数学教师正在为有才华的本科生女性参加为期四周的暑期数学强化项目。48名年轻女性将在三年内参加。该计划的工作人员是数学家，他们是活跃的专业人员和杰出的教师。学生们沉浸在数学中，生活和工作在一个由热衷于学习和做数学的女学者(本科生、研究生和研究生)组成的支持性社区中。该项目旨在激发这些年轻女性对数学和数学职业的兴趣，为她们提供在数学职业生涯中取得成功所需的工具，并将她们与女性数学家同行网络联系起来。学生参加周二和周四上午举行的讲座课程，以及周一、周三和周五上午举行的研讨会。研讨会在周一和周三下午有一个小组工作时间，由一名女性助教领导。在每一堂课上，学生们都被介绍到微积分以外的数学领域，而这些领域通常是学生在标准的本科数学课程中没有机会学习的。这些课程可能的主题包括代数编码论、图论、组合学、博弈论和数论。通过这些课程和布置的作业，学生们有机会提高他们在猜想和证明、书面和口头表达、数学建模和图书馆研究方面的技能。在课程结束时，每个学生都将收到导师对她的表现和成就的书面评估。每周一晚上，为那些想要解决有趣问题的学生提供娱乐问题解决课程。四个下午用来教授一些计算机应用，从日常计算机通信的基础到数学计算的最新知识。使用计算机进行通信和计算是程序期间的日常程序。每周二下午都会有一个关于学生继续获得奖学金的话题的讨论：作为一名数学专业的成功学生，职业选择，选择并通过研究生项目，以及成为一名女科学家。每周二和周四都有一场关于数学刺激领域的座谈会。一个星期五的下午，学生们到明尼阿波利斯的几何中心进行实地考察。

Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges Summer Mathematics Program Mathematics faculty from Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges are engaged in an intensive four-week summer mathematics program for talented undergraduate women. Forty-eight young women will participate over the three years. The program is staffed by mathematicians who are active professionals and outstanding teachers. The students immerse themselves in mathematics, living and working in a supportive community of women scholars (undergraduates, graduates, and post-graduates) who are passionate about learning and doing mathematics. The program is intended to excite these young women about mathematics and mathematical careers, to provide them with the tools they will need to succeed in a mathematical career, and to connect them to a network of fellow female mathematicians. Students attend a lecture course which meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and a seminar which meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. The seminar has a small-group work time, led by a female teaching assistant, on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. In each of the classes, the students are introduced to fields of mathematics beyond calculus that students usually do not have the opportunity to study in a standard undergraduate mathematics program. Possible topics for these courses include algebraic coding theory, graph theory, combinatorics, game theory, and number theory. Through these courses, and the homework assigned in them, the students have an opportunity to improve their skills in conjecture and proof, written and oral expression, mathematical modelling, and library research. Each student will receive, at the close of the program, written evaluations of her performance and accomplishments from her instructors. Recreational problem solving is offered each Monday evening for those students who want to work on solving interesting problems. Four afternoons are devoted to teaching a number of computer applications, from the basics of everyday computer communication to the latest in mathematical computation. Use of the computer for communication and computation is a daily routine during the program. Each Tuesday afternoon there is a discussion on a topic pertaining to the students' continued scholarship: succeeding as a math major, career options, choosing and surviving a graduate program, and being a woman scientist. Each Tuesday and Thursday there is a colloquium on a stimulating area of mathematics. One Friday afternoon the students take a field trip to the Geometry Center in Minneapolis.