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Senior Colloquium - Mathematics 400 - Fall 2000 |
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Instructor: Ramin Naimi Office: Fowler 403 Office Hours: officeHours |
Phone: (323) 259-2550 Fax: (323) 259-2704 Email: click here Web: www.rnaimi.oxy.edu |
| Fall 2000 |
Class |
| Spring 2001 |
Presentations |
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Activity |
| August 24 | Requirements, Important Dates and Deadlines, Grading, Topic Brainstorming (JQ) and Discussion, 1998 Comps I Exam, Topics and Mentor Preferences, including example (JQ), Fall graduation and/or honors? |
| August 31 | Topic and Mentor Preferences Round 1
due. Work on 1998 Comps I exam. Evaluation criteria for comps papers and oral presentations: Brainstorming broad areas for evaluation (e.g. the talk, the paper) Categorizing these areas; weighting of these areas. Giving descriptors for a rubric (JQ) in each category. Example of descriptive outline and bibliography (JQ). |
| September 7 | Topic and Mentor Preference due. Comps I information sheet. LaTeX intro/refresher (JQ) |
| September 14 | Comps I field day. Everyone bring 5 potential comps questions - typed (one from differential calculus, integral calculus, linear algebra, multivariate calculus, and discrete mathematics). |
| September 21 | Sample talk with critique. (Possibly a faculty talk on Wednesday with a shortened class period Thursday.) |
| September 28 | Comps I revisited!! |
| October 5 | Comps I again. |
| October 12 | Comps I Exam (includes class time). |
| October 19 | Progress updates. Strategies for dealing with your mentor. |
| October 26 | Descriptive Comps Outline and Bibliography due. Bring 4 copies to class. |
| November 2 | Presentation Date Requests due. Revisit evaluation guidelines (JQ). |
| November 9 | Announcement of talk schedule and conflict
resolutions. Finalize evaluation guidelines (JQ). |
| November 16 | Comps I rewrites due at 3 p.m. |
| November 21 TUESDAY! |
Paper Draft due. |
| November 30 | Course evaluations. Wrap-up... |