Rutgers University   MAT 640:492 - Honors Seminar
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Each week there are two 30 min lectures. Communicating mathematics is incredibly difficult to do well, and takes lots of practice!

Each speaker will give two practice lectures to an assigned audience of two sets of students. One practice lecture will be either on Thurs or Fri preceding the Wed lecture, and the second practice lecture will be on Mon or Tues just before the Wed lecture.

The audience students will grade the practice lectures according to this rubric. Immediately after the lecture, the students will take a picture of their completed rubric and email it to the professor and CC the speaker.

WEEK LECTURER 1 READING 1 LECTURER 2 READING 2
Week 1
1/18
Prof. Kontorovich Overview ----
Week 2
1/25
Tobias
Th/F aud: Anastasia and Siqi
M/Tu aud: Francesca and Tiancheng
1.1 Jongwan
Th/F aud: Patrick and Chi-nuo
M/Tu aud: Rahul and Zheng
start 1.2
Week 3
2/1
Francesca
Th/F aud: Terrance and Harrison
M/Tu aud: Steve and Arthur
finish 1.2 Anastasia
Th/F aud: Siqi and Zheng
M/Tu aud: Toby and Terrance
1.3
Week 4
2/9, 5-6:20 pm in Hill 423
SNOW DAY
Week 5
2/16, 9-10:20 am in Hill 525
Arthur
Th/F aud: Hamza and Harrison
M/Tu aud: Chi-nuo and Toby
start 1.4 Zheng
Th/F aud: Terrance and Steve
M/Tu aud: Rahul and Hamza
finish 1.4
Week 6
2/22
Terrance
Th/F aud: Arthur and Francesca
M/Tu aud: Jongwan and Rahul
more 1.4 Chi-nuo
Th/F aud: Siqi and Toby
M/Tu aud: Steve and Harrison
finish 1.4
Week 7
3/1
Hamza
Th/F aud: Terence and Francesca
M/Tu aud: Anastasia and Chi-nuo
1.5 Rahul
Th/F aud: Arthur and Terence
M/Tu aud: Steve and Siqi
start 1.6
Week 8
3/8
Siqi
Th/F aud: Zheng and Harrison
M/Tu aud: Jongwon and Toby
finish 1.6 Steve
Th/F aud: Arthur and Harrison
M/Tu aud: Anastasia and Rahul
start 2.2
Week 9
3/15
SPRING ---- BREAK
Week 10
3/22
Prof. Baragar Ruler and compass constructions
Week 11
3/29
Steve (5 mins)/Zheng
Th/F aud (for Zheng): Jongwon and Hamza
M/Tu aud: Francesca and Anastasia
finish 2.2 Harrison
Th/F aud: Chi-nuo and Jongwon
M/Tu aud: Zheng and Hamza
2.4-2.5
Week 12
4/5
Toby
Th/F aud: Rahul and Hamza
M/Tu aud: Steven and Chinuo
3.1-3.2 Francesca
Th/F aud: Jongwon and Zheng
M/Tu aud: Siqi and Anastasia
3.4
Week 13
4/12
Jongwon
Th/F aud: Steven and Arthur
M/Tu aud: Hamza and Francesca
3.5 Anastasia
Th/F aud: Francesca and Terence
M/Tu aud: Toby and Rahul
4.1
Week 14
4/19
Siqi
Th/F aud: Zheng and Jongwon
M/Tu aud: Chinuo and Anastasia
4.2 Hamza
Th/F aud: Terence and Harrison
M/Tu aud: Arthur and Toby
4.3
Week 15
4/26
Chi-nuo
Th/F aud: Siqi and Terence
M/Tu aud: Steve and Rahul
start 4.4 Terence
Th/F aud: Harrison and Anastasia
M/Tu aud: Francesca and Arthur
finish 4.4