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Undergraduate
research as a capstone requirement
Hannah L. Callender, James P. Solazzo and Elizabeth Wilcox
Vol. 7 (2014), No. 3, 273–279
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Abstract |
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If a mathematics department has a capstone course, how does undergraduate research figure into that capstone requirement? What challenges are involved when instituting undergraduate research as part of the capstone experience? These were the central questions for discussion in the undergraduate research as a capstone requirement breakout session at the 2012 Trends in Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences conference. In short, there is not one design that will satisfy the needs and goals of every mathematics program, but a department seeking to implement undergraduate research as a capstone requirement may benefit from the experiences of other departments. This article discusses the common objectives of a capstone in mathematical sciences and presents several successful models that incorporate undergraduate research in a capstone experience. The challenges and questions associated with each model are also discussed. |
Keywords
undergraduate research, capstone requirements
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 97D30
Secondary: 97D40
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Milestones
Received: 10 January 2013
Revised: 27 October 2013
Accepted: 19 November 2013
Published: 28 April 2014
Communicated by Darren A. Narayan
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Authors |
| Hannah L. Callender | |
| Department of Mathematics University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Boulevard MSC 60 Portland, OR 97203 United States |
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| James P. Solazzo | |
| Department of Applied Mathematics
and Statistics Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 29528 United States |
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| Elizabeth Wilcox | |
| Department of Mathematics State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 United States |
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