The Mathematical Association of America
2004
HIGHLIGHTS
Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the
Mathematical Sciences:
CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004
This is the first CUPM report to address the entire
undergraduate mathematics curriculum, for all students.
It is the result of four years of work including extensive
consultation with hundreds of mathematicians as well as
biologists, chemists, economists, engineers, and faculty in
other partner disciplines.
Supported by grants from NSF and the
Calculus Consortium for Higher Education
The Mathematical Association of America
Six general recommendations endorsed by the MAA
Board of Governors
Sixteen additional recommendations that address
specific student audiences including general
education courses, majors in partner disciplines,
prospective teachers, and mathematical science
majors preparing for the non-academic
workforce or for graduate school.
The Guide and its companion Illustrative Resources
are available at www.maa.org/cupm
The Mathematical Association of America
Convergence
On-line Magazine
that uses history to
teach mathematics
 Funding from NSF Division of Undergraduate Education,
2001 through 2008.
 Nine PREP workshops for 2004 include:
interdisciplinary topics (two on mathematics and
biology), topics in current mathematics, and
innovative curricula and pedagogical issues.
 Workshops have three components:
 preparatory component, intensive component, and follow-up that
may include sessions at national meetings and electronic
communication
 All workshops are “hands-on”, provide opportunity to
work with colleagues to explore new ideas, and establish
relationships for long-term professional support.
 A PREP 2004 brochure has been sent to all MAA
members. More information and applications at the PREP
website, http://www.maa.org/prep.
• Collaboration between MAA and AMATYC, funded by
ExxonMobil
• Participants are new or recently hired faculty at two-year
colleges
• Goals: develop a cadre of faculty who are
– effective teachers and scholars
– engage in the full range of professional activities
• Participate in ACCCESS activities:
– Weeklong programs concurrent with two consecutive AMATYC
Conferences
– ACCCESS and/or NExT at MAA Section meeting near home institution
– Electronic Network of Fellows and senior mathematics faculty
• Partnerships with MAA sections:
– Create a Section ACCCESS program, can be extension of Section NExT
– Contact Gavin LaRose, glarose@umich.edu, for Section information and
funding
• Project ACCCESS: http://www.maa.org/ProjectACCCESS.
The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP)
will be on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus,
June 13-July 3, 2004.
Students will be treated to classes on advanced
mathematical topics, special guest speakers, mathematical
contest training and related social and mathematical
activities.
A special purpose of the MOSP is to identify the 6 students
will represent the US at the International Mathematical
Olympiad (IMO). The IMO will be in Athens, Greece
from July 6 - July 19, 2004.
http://www.unl.edu/amc
The 30 top scoring students on the USA Mathematical
Olympiad (April 27 and 28, 2004) will be invited to attend
the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program.
Thanks to a grant from the Akamai Foundation, the MOSP
will also invite an additional (approximately) 30 ninthgrade USAMO participants for a special simultaneous
MOSP program aimed at preparing them for future
Olympiad level competitions.
http://www.unl.edu/amc
MAA Science Policy Initiatives
• Contract with Lewis-Burke Associates, calendar
year 2004
– Washington Public Policy Advocacy Group
– Congressional contacts
– Federal Agency contacts
– Monthly reports to Science Policy Committee
and Executive Director
MAA Science Policy Initiatives
• Science Policy Committee Meeting, March 22-23
– Arrangements and Briefings by Lewis-Burke
– Meet with Federal Agency Representatives
– Meet with Members of Congress
• Science Policy Committee Website
– Updated regularly
MAA Science Policy Initiatives
We participate in
• Committee on National Science Funding: exhibits
for Congress, Reports and Letters to Congress and
the President
• Council of Scientific Society Presidents
• Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (MAA, AMS,
SIAM, ASA)
– Mathematics Awareness Month
– Communications Award
– Meetings with Federal Agency people and
Congressional Representatives
MAA Study Tour of England
May 20th - June 3rd
Abbreviated Itinerary
 London: Friday, May 21 – Monday, May 24
Private guided tours of the British Museum’s
Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek collections, the
British Library’s works of Leonardo da Vinci,
Galileo, and Newton; Ranleigh Gardens; Chelsea
Physic Garden; and the Tower of London with a
talk on Harriot; the architecture of Christopher
Wren.
 Oxford: Tuesday, May 25 – Thursday, May 27
Walking tour of Oxford conducted by Robin
Wilson; Keble College; Bodleian Library; dinner
hosted by Oxford mathematicians; Museum of
the History of Science; talks by university
mathematicians; Stonehenge, Avebury, and travel
through the Cotswalds.
MAA Study Tour of England
May 20th - June 3rd
Abbreviated Itinerary
 Cambridge: Friday, May 28 – Tuesday, June 1
Bletchley Park, the Colleges of Cambridge;
Grantham; Newton’s home,Woolsthorpe Manor;
Trinity College; Science Museum; the Wren Library,
viewing a Newton first edition; New Cavendish
Library; talk on mathematical physics.
 London: Wednesday, June 2 – Thursday, June 3
Visit to the Royal Society; farewell banquet.
See you at
August 12th - 14th in
MAA INVITED ADDRESSES
Pebbling Results by Undergraduate Researchers
Aparna Higgins, University of Dayton
The Mystery of the Missing Tangents
Steven Sigur, The Paideia School, Atlanta
How Computer Graphics is Changing Hollywood
Tony DeRose, Pixar Animation Studios
visit www.maa.org
for more details