Senior Math Colloquium policies
Every senior math major is required to prepare and deliver an acceptable colloquium talk or thesis presentation. Your talk should be around thirty minutes long. You can speak on any math/stat topic as long as it is interesting and new to you. Colloquium talks require meticulous preparation in close contact with a faculty advisor, over a period of at least a month.
During the Academic Year 2024-2025 the Math Colloquium will be in person and the attendance requirement will be 20+1 (20 colloquia attended and one given). The time for a colloquium presentation will be 30 minutes +/- 3 minutes. The math colloquia will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-1:45pm in Wachenheim 113. Please follow the announcements on the webpage of the Math/Stat Department for more information (additional colloquia, honors thesis defenses, guest speakers, etc).
All seniors and other interested students should be sure to sign in on the attendance sheet (link below). If you do not attend at least 20 colloquia (at most 5 of which can be previously recorded from your junior year; 5 of which can be from stats colloquia), you will be dropped from the major. The colloquium you deliver counts as one of your 21. Also, there is a prize for best attendance at colloquia!
Some serious fine-print. Your colloquium presentation will be graded by faculty and you are required to earn a passing grade.
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