Undergraduate Curriculum Guide for the Mathematical Sciences

通过MAA的数学本科课程委员会（CUPM），MAA大约每十年发布一次课程指南。最后一份此类指南于2004年发布。CUPM现在正在制定下一代的指导方针和建议，以帮助数学科学部门有效地应对他们在教育下一代STEM领导者方面面临的挑战。对STEM职业感兴趣的学生比二十年前有更多的选择。在课程设置，标准和要求的可能性的数组已经离开了许多数学系要求协助设计和创新的数学科学专业为21世纪世纪。 为了开发下一个指南，CUPM已经形成了来自不同机构的教师团体，专注于特定的课程和项目领域。在国家会议上召集了焦点小组，以帮助确定CUPM的工作。正在利用国家会议上的小组讨论来征求进一步的投入。指南草案将在2015年初正式发布之前广泛分发，以确保指南满足数学科学和更广泛的STEM社区的需求。此外，MAA将在国家和区域会议上组织会议，无论是在指南的发展和发布后，提供指导教师和部门使用的建议，以改善他们的本科数学课程。美国国家科学基金会的数学科学部提供共同资助，反映了其在提高数学科学本科教育的兴趣。

Through MAA's Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM), the MAA has released a Curriculum Guide approximately once every decade. The last such Guide was released in 2004. CUPM is now developing the next generation of guidelines and recommendations to help mathematical sciences departments effectively meet the challenges they face in educating the next generation of STEM leaders. Students interested in STEM careers have many more choices than they did twenty years ago. The array of possibilities in course offerings, standards, and requirements has left many mathematics departments asking for assistance in designing and innovating mathematical sciences majors for the 21st century. To develop the next Guide, CUPM has formed groups of faculty from diverse institutions to focus on specific courses and program areas. Focus groups have been convened at national meetings to help shape CUPM's efforts. Panel discussions at national meetings are being used to solicit further input. Draft guidelines will be circulated broadly in advance of the formal release, targeted for early 2015, in order to ensure that the Guide meets the needs of the mathematical sciences, and broader STEM, communities. In addition, MAA will organize sessions at national and regional meetings, both during the development of the Guide and after its release, to provide guidance to faculty and departments for using the recommendations to improve their undergraduate mathematics program. NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences is providing co-funding, reflecting its interest in improving undergraduate education in the mathematical sciences.