Thursday,
April 15, 1999, 3:00 p.m. in GWC Room 604
Naomi D. Fisher
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
Professional Master's Degrees in Mathematics: Options in graduate programs
Abstract
The mathematics community is being challenged to examine and revise
graduate education to respond to the variety of demands for mathematically
well-prepared graduates in business, industry, schools, and government.
The professional master's degree that is designed to link mathematics to a
specific career path is an important way to begin to address these
concerns. The AMS, MER Forum, and SIAM are currently undertaking a joint
project, funded by the NSF, to promote the development of professional
master's degrees in mathematics departments. The scope of the project
includes organizing two national workshops. The first workshop was held at
NYU in November, 1998, and the second workshop is planned to be held at ASU
on November 4-6, 1999.
We will highlight salient features of the first workshop, give an overview
of the plans for the workshop at ASU, and discuss what we would like to
achieve.
