Project Guides for Math 319, 419/519, and 560

Sample project titles from years past

• Math 319
• Math 419/519
• Math 560

Direct Guidelines

Project Reports and Proposals

• Standard Projects for Math 319
• Overview and Grading Rubric
• Writing requirements
• Peer review guidelines
• Peer review template

Presentations

• giving-a-good-presentation.pdf by J. Gallain, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
• powerpoint-rubric.pdf; meant for history class presentations, but generally good ideas. From Scholastic.com.
• article on Technically Speaking, by Lew Ludwig, Denison University
• Technically Speaking website
• ross-presentation-guide.ppt My thoughts on presentations.
• sample-5min-presentation.ppt
• Point Auction rules for allocating final presentations.

Samples

I am not saying these samples are perfect, but I would be happy if future students achieved what these projects did and wrote it up in a similar fashion. In particular, they generally have the proper formality to their writing.

• A Sample Proposal/Proposal Template
• sample_paper_outline.doc; please use this file to start typing up your report.
• Kidney donation project (by an undergrad student, Math 319)
• Pollution project (by an undergrad student, Math 319)
• Sensor-location project (by Masters students, Math 560)
• Inventory project (by a PhD student)
  And, some professional examples:
• SUV Safety project (by professional researchers)
• Ambassador Bridge study (by professional consultants)
• Finding the Center of a Circular Starting Line in an Ancient Greek Stadium (by professional researchers)