EMSW21-MCTP: Penn State MASS Program

宾夕法尼亚州立大学的MASS项目（数学高级研究学期）是一项为期一个学期的密集活动，面向从全国各地招募的本科生，与暑期本科生研究活动相结合。麻省理工学院旨在为参与者提供独特的、相互促进的学习和研究活动。其目标是保证其参与者从本科到研究生的数学学习的成功过渡。MASS的主要组成部分是：三个定制的核心课程，主题从代数、分析和几何中选择；学生个人研究项目；MASScolloquium——由来访的数学家和偶尔杰出的宾夕法尼亚州立大学教师每周举办的系列讲座；以及由麻省理工学院项目主任主持的每周两小时的跨学科研讨会。大量的参与者获得了在研究生院取得成功所需的经验和信心。通过这种方式，MASS项目将增加以数学为职业的学生人数。目前的项目将支持大众计划的运作为期五年，并将纳入以下新元素：计划的规模将扩大，该计划将针对以前没有致力于数学的有才华的学生，并提供有吸引力的支持计划。

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.