Mathematical Sciences: An Accelerated Research and Study Program for Undergraduates in Mathematics

鼓励本科生选择或继续数学科学领域的职业选择的过程必须尽早开始。根据我们的经验，本科生通常很早就选择主修数学，通常是在预科阶段，从那时起，这个过程往往是一种自然减员。我们的数学和统计快速通道计划旨在在进入大学时(以及在进入大学之前)识别潜在的优秀数学学生，并在五年的时间里将他们沉浸在一个以研究为导向的激励环境中，这将使他们在能力增长的同时保持对数学的兴趣。该计划的主要内容是由参与数学研究的教师进行密集指导，每个学生每个学期都有一个独立的研究/学习项目，一个具有挑战性的数学课程，数学研讨会和数学研究的道德，将强调学生的参与和学生之间的互动，以及小组工作项目。在这个过程中，学生将完成数学学士和硕士学位的要求，达到UAB的所有文科课程分配要求(核心课程)，并为涉及数学研究的研究生工作做好准备。加州大学伯克利分校数学系和国家科学基金会分享学生参与者在他们是本科生时的支持(最多四年)。此后，对学生的支持由UAB数学系负责。

The process of encouraging undergraduates to select or continue career choices in the mathematical sciences must begin as early as possible. In our experience, undergraduates usually choose to major in mathematics early, often at matriculation, and, from that point on, the process is all-too-often one of attrition. Our Fast-Track Program in Mathematics and Statistics is designed to identify potentially outstanding mathematics students as (and before) they enter university, and immerse them in a stimulating research-oriented environment over a five-year period which will keep their interest in mathematics fresh as their competence grows. The principal ingredients in the program are intensive mentoring by faculty who are involved in mathematical research, an independent research/study project each academic term for each student, a challenging mathematics curriculum, seminars in mathematics and the ethics of mathematical research which will emphasize student participant and interaction among students, and small-group work projects. In the process, students will complete the requirements for both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in mathematics, meting all the liberal arts course distribution requirements (core curriculum) of UAB, and will be well-prepared for graduate work involving research in mathematics. The UAB Mathematics Department and NSF share in the support of student participants while they are undergraduates (at most four years). Thereafter, support of the student is the responsibility of the UAB Mathematics Department.