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

卡尔顿和圣奥拉夫学院的数学教师正在为有才华的女大学生进行为期四周的暑期数学强化课程。48名年轻女性将在三年内参加。该项目由活跃的专业数学家和优秀的教师组成。学生们沉浸在数学中，生活和工作在一个支持女性学者（本科生，研究生和研究生）的社区，她们对学习和做数学充满热情。该项目旨在激发这些年轻女性对数学和数学事业的兴趣，为她们提供在数学事业中取得成功所需的工具，并将她们与女数学家同行联系起来。学生们在周二和周四上午参加讲座课程，在周一、周三和周五上午参加研讨会。研讨会每周一和周三下午有一个小组工作时间，由一位女助教带领。在每一节课上，学生们都被介绍到微积分以外的数学领域，这些领域是学生们在标准的本科数学课程中通常没有机会学习的。这些课程可能的主题包括代数编码理论、图论、组合学、博弈论和数论。通过这些课程和作业，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，每位学生都将收到导师对其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。四个下午专门教授一些计算机应用，从日常计算机通信的基础知识到最新的数学计算。使用计算机进行通信和计算是程序中的日常工作。每周二下午都有一个关于学生继续获得奖学金的话题的讨论：在数学专业取得成功，职业选择，选择和幸存的研究生课程，以及成为一名女科学家。每周二和周四都有一个数学领域的学术讨论会。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.