Undergraduate Curriculum Guide for the Mathematical Sciences

通过MAA的数学本科项目委员会(CUPM)，MAA大约每十年发布一次课程指南。上一次发布这样的指南是在2004年。CUPM目前正在制定下一代指导方针和建议，以帮助数学科学系有效地应对他们在培养下一代STEM领导者方面面临的挑战。与20年前相比，对STEM职业感兴趣的学生有了更多的选择。在课程设置、标准和要求方面的一系列可能性使得许多数学系要求在设计和创新面向21世纪的数学科学专业方面提供帮助。为了编写下一本指南，CUPM组建了来自不同机构的教职员工小组，专注于特定的课程和计划领域。在全国会议上召集了焦点小组，以帮助塑造CUPM的努力。正在利用国家会议上的小组讨论征求进一步意见。准则草案将在定于2015年初正式发布之前广泛散发，以确保指南满足数学科学界和更广泛的STEM社区的需要。此外，MAA将在指南开发期间和发布后在国家和地区会议上组织会议，为教职员工和院系使用建议来改进他们的本科数学课程提供指导。NSF的数学科学部正在提供联合资助，这反映了它对改善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.