Honors Student Colloquium 1 Credits/Maximum of 6

Catalog description

The course comprises colloquium style weekly lectures by visitors and by Penn State faculty covering select topics in classical and contemporary mathematics. Some talks will describe math-intense jobs outside of academia and help the students to plan for their future career. The topics of the lectures will be quite advanced, distinguishing it as an honors course. In addition to attending the talks, toward the end of semester, the students will either give a presentation or write an essay on a mathematical topic of their choice or a topic covered in one of the colloquium talks.