DEPARTMENT
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SENIOR PROJECT GUIDELINES
Dimensions
Dimensions, Allegheny's primary mathematics club and student chapter
of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), organizes social events,
trips to professional conferences, weekly discussion groups. Club members
also gather to share career and graduate school information. For more
information, visit the Dimensions
Home Page.
Pi
Mu Epsilon
The Pennsylvania Sigma Chapter of Pi
Mu Epsilon, an honorary mathematics society, completed its second
full year of existence in 96-97. This year's officers were Jennifer
Timcho ('97), Berent Eskikaya ('97), Jennifer Johnson ('97), and Maria
Fire ('97). Seven students and one professor were inducted during a
dinner ceremony in the fall of 1996.
Honors and Prizes
Outstanding academic achievement by majors is recognized through three
prizes awarded annually by the department's faculty. These are the Frederick
H. Steen Prize and the Doyle Prize for seniors, and the Outstanding
Junior Major Prize.
Special Lectures
One lecture/seminar series by a nationally-known mathematician is
offered each year. Students have many opportunities for informal interaction
with lecturers such as the editor of the American Mathematical Monthly,
the president of the American Mathematical Society, and the president
of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Graduate
School
- About 40% of our majors attend graduate or professional school eventually.
About 30% go on directly, with a 95% acceptance rate. Top schools
include:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cornell University
- University of Kentucky
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Pittsburgh
- The most popular fields of study include:
- Applied mathematics
- Abstract algebra
- Topology
- Medicine
- Business
- Information about graduate school, from how to apply to life as
a graduate student, can be found in this Survival
Manual written by Dianne O'Leary of the University of Maryland.
- Looking for a graduate school? A complete listing of US graduate
programs in mathematics has been compiled by Ralph Bravaco of
Stonehill College.
Career
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