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Open House and Program Planning
Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 at 6:30pm
in Room 508 of the Mathematics Building
All Barnard students who are
thinking of taking a Mathematics class next semester are
invited to meet faculty and other students who can answer questions
about the Mathematics Department, the courses it offers and the
major.
There will be sandwiches and soft drinks. Hope to see you there!
The Undergraduate Mathematics Society welcomes all to a talk
afterwards, at 7:30. For additional advising hours see below*.
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MATH BEYOND CALCULUS
WHY CHOOSE A
MAJOR IN MATHEMATICS?
There are many different reasons to major in mathematics:
Some choose the subject because it is beautiful, others because it
is practical and yet others for some combination
of these reasons.
Mathematics is wonderful training for the mind, a great training if
you are thinking of being a lawyer for example, and it has an
increasing range of applications, from the study of the genome and
climate change to financial mathematics and medical statistics.
Mathematics has always been the language of physics, and, with the
advent of computer modeling, is and essential component of almost
all science.
An undergraduate degree in mathematics opens the door to many
professions and to graduate study in a wide variety of disciplines:
the web page
http://www.ams.org/careers/ shows the variety of careers open to
people who major in math-related fields.
Do come to talk to one the Barnard mathematics faculty if you have
any questions.
Also, if you are interested in possibilities for summer mathematical
research, please go to the page
"Opportunities for Research in Mathematics".
This page also contains some links to
various organizations for women in mathematics.
ADVISING
Any student with a question about mathematics courses should come to
talk to one of the faculty members.
Either
email for an appointment or come to one of the office hours listed
below.
FACULTY OFFICE HOURS
Dave Bayer: (Fall
teaching: V 3951 Undergraduate seminars I, W 4042 Modern Algebra II)
Dave Bayer's office
hours
Daniela De Silva: (Fall
teaching: V 1102 Calculus II)
Office hours: Mathematics 518, MW
2:15-3:15PM and by appointment (email
me)
Dusa McDuff: (Fall
teaching: V 2000 Intro to Higher Mathematics)
Office hours: Mathematics 612, M
3:30-4:00, 5:15-6:00, T 10:30-11:30 R 12:00-1:00.
*Additional Advising hours: W Nov
12, 3-4; T Nov 13, 11-12 and T Nov 18, 11:30-1 or by appointment.
Walter Neumann: (Fall
teaching: W 4062 Modern Analysis II, W 4043 Algebraic Number
Theory)
Office hours: Mathematics 616, T 10:00-12:00
and by appointment (email
me)
*Additional Advising hours: Th Nov 13
and 20.
Dylan Thurston: on
sabbatical Fall 2008
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