Honors in the Major in Mathematics

Up to approximately 10% of the graduating seniors in Mathematics will be awarded honors in the major on the basis of 1) demonstrated achievement in the mathematics major and 2) demonstrated ability to work independently on a project of greater depth than that normally required of a mathematics major.  Departmental faculty will select recipients each spring from among graduating seniors meeting the following minimum criteria:

Successful completion in the junior year of three of the following six courses:

Math 330 Probability and Statistics
Math 331 Applied Statistics
Math 410 Abstract Algebra I
Math 411 Abstract Algebra II
Math 420 Mathematical Analysis I
Math 421 Mathematical Analysis II

Successful completion of a two-semester research thesis project during the senior year culminating in the public dissemination of the student's work to all members of the mathematics department.

Minimum GPA of 3.25 in the major.

The following students have graduated with Honors in the Major in Mathematics.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the research thesis projects, which are presented as .pdf files (when available).

Jeffrey Santos (2005)
"The Secrecy of Pearl Harbor"

Benjamin Segal (2003)
"Finite Simple Groups Up to Order 1000"

Jonathan Keating (2003)
"Solvability of the Quintic"

Steven Black (2003)
"A Discussion of the Connectedness Locus of Complex Cubic Polynomials"
(figures 1-2, figures 3-4, figures 5-6, figures 7-8, figures 9-10, figure 11)

Steven Tedford (1997)
"A Brief Look at Hamiltonian Graphs and Long Cycles"

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