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

卡尔顿和圣奥拉夫学院暑期数学课程 来自卡尔顿和圣奥拉夫学院的数学教师正在为有才华的本科女生开展为期四周的暑期数学课程。 三年内将有48名年轻妇女参加。 该计划由数学家谁是活跃的专业人士和优秀的教师。 学生们沉浸在数学，生活和工作在一个支持性的社区的女学者（本科生，研究生和研究生）谁是热衷于学习和做数学。 该计划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中取得成功所需的工具，并将她们与女性数学家网络联系起来。 学生参加讲座课程，满足在周二和周四上午和研讨会，满足在周一，周三和周五上午。 研讨会在星期一和星期三下午有一个小组工作时间，由一名女助教领导。 在每门课程中，学生都会被介绍到微积分之外的数学领域，学生通常没有机会在标准的本科数学课程中学习。 这些课程可能的主题包括代数编码理论，图论，组合数学，博弈论和数论。 通过这些课程，并在他们分配的作业，学生有机会提高他们的猜测和证明，书面和口头表达，数学建模和图书馆研究的技能。 每个学生都将在课程结束时收到导师对她的表现和成就的书面评价。 每个星期一晚上为那些想解决有趣问题的学生提供解决问题的机会。 四个下午专门教授一些计算机应用程序，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期间的日常工作。 每个星期二下午都有一个关于学生继续奖学金的主题的讨论：作为一个数学专业的成功，职业选择，选择和生存的研究生课程，并成为一名女科学家。 每个星期二和星期四有一个座谈会上的数学刺激领域。 一个星期五的下午，学生们去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.