MATH 4395 - Senior Project in Mathematics

Crosslisted CS 4395, STAT 4395. Credit may not be earned for more than one. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, formal approval by the prospective project advisor and the department chair.
A project on a statistics related topic under the guidance of a member of the Mathematics & Statistics faculty. Students will develop writing and oral presentation skills specific to statistics by submitting a written report and giving a public presentation. Students are required to select a project advisor in advance. Individual work is accompanied by regular progress reports and classroom instruction on writing and presenting papers. Examples include research, critical literature reviews and field studies. Course can be used to fulfill the writing skills requirement.