Math 497 Senior Projects
Spring 2026
Syllabus
Here is a PDF of the syllabus. This was printed on the first day- if there
are any changes, always use the version on Canvas (I'll try to keep this one up to date as well).
Key Dates
- Senior oral exam- Saturday, Jan 24 at 9AM
- Power and Privilege Symposia are on Thursday, Feb 19 (no classes that day)
- Undergrad Research Conference is on Tuesday, Apr 14 (no classes that day)
- The 9th annual PiMUC conference is on Saturday, May 2 (everyone will give their oral presentations that day).
Links by Day
- Week 1 (Jan 20-22)
- Tuesday
Today we'll review the syllabus and schedule. We'll do a short exercise on what makes a good paper. Then we'll discuss LaTeX and Beamer, and take a look at Overleaf. Finally, we'll discuss the homework.
- Thursday: Our first set of oral presentations.
- Week 2 (Jan 27-29)
- Tuesday: Work Pipeline for our Projects and Peer Review
- Pipeline Discussion
- Peer Review Workshop
- HOMEWORK for Thursday: Read Krantz, 1.1-1.8
Answer the readback by Wednesday 11:59 PM.
- Thursday
Today we're discussing Krantz's text on how to write mathematics,
then we'll take a look at applying for a job.
- Discussion on Krantz:
- Jobs and AI
- Homework: Remember to write in your project idea to Canvas before class on Tuesday.
- Week 3 (Feb 3-5)
- Tues Feb 3: Class will be in the library (with librarian Amy Blau)
- Thur Feb 5:
- Week 4 (Feb 10-12)
- Tues Feb 10: We'll talk about writing, how to put together a good talk. There will be time today for writing your project and presentation.
Interesting clip- Philosophy of Math
- Thur Feb 12: Oral Presentations
- Week 5 (Feb 17-19)
- Tues Feb 17: Peer Review sessions
- Thur Feb 19: No classes - Power and Privilege Symposia