EMSW21-MCTP: Penn State MASS Program

宾夕法尼亚州立大学的大众项目(数学高级研究学期)是一项为期一学期的密集活动，面向全国各地招募的本科生，它与夏季本科生研究活动相结合。MASS旨在为参与者提供一个独特的、相互加强的学习和研究活动的结合。它的目标是保证其参与者成功地从本科生过渡到研究生学习。质量的主要组成部分是：从代数、分析和几何中选择的主题的三个定制的核心资源；个人学生研究项目；MASS学术讨论会-每周由来访的数学家和偶尔杰出的宾夕法尼亚州立大学教师举办的系列讲座；以及由大众项目主任举办的每周两小时的跨学科研讨会。大众参与者询问他们在研究生院取得成功所需的经验和信心。通过这种方式，大众项目将增加进入数学职业的学生数量。目前的项目将支持MASS项目的运作，为期五年，并将纳入以下新元素：项目规模将扩大，该项目将以以前没有致力于数学的有才华的学生为目标，提供有吸引力的支持方案。

Penn State's MASS program (Mathematics Advanced StudySemesters) is an intensive, semester-long activity forundergraduates recruited from around the country, which isintegrated with a summer undergraduate research activity.MASS is designed to provide a unique and mutuallyreinforcing blend of learning and research activities forits participants. Its goal is to guarantee the successfultransition of its participants from undergraduate tograduate study in mathematics.The main components of MASS are: three custom-designed corecourses in topics chosen from algebra, analysis andgeometry; individual student research projects; the MASScolloquium - a weekly lecture series by visitingmathematicians and occasionally distinguished Penn Statefaculty; and a weekly two-hour interdisciplinary seminar runby the director of the MASS program. MASS participantsacquire the experience and confidence they need to succeedin graduate school. In this way MASS program will increasethe number of students destined for careers in mathematics.The present project will support the operation of the MASSprogram for a five year period, and will incorporate thefollowing new elements: the program's size will be expandedand the program will target talented students not previouslycommitted to mathematics with attractive support packages.