Bard College Math Camp

Entering its 8th summer in 2021 the creative and analytical math program camp is a non residential academic math program for students moving up to grades 6 9 in the fall who want to explore challenging math in a relaxed setting.

Bard college math camp. The epsilon awards given annually by the american mathematical society support some of the most prestigious summer math enrichment programs in the united states. The focus of the course is a rigorous treatment of the basic theory of groups subgroups permutation groups quotient groups homomorphisms isomorphisms group actions and an introduction to rings and fields ideals polynomials factorization. To provide students in the program with the opportunity to study the primary areas of contemporary mathematics. Mathematics 332 abstract algebra this course is an introduction to modern abstract algebraic systems specifically groups rings and fields.

Mathematics is at the core of human civilization and is the cornerstone of all modern science and technology. The national science foundation nsf has awarded bard college professors matthew junge mathematics and felicia keesing biology. The bard math circle s creative and analytical math program camp and founder japheth wood have been recognized with a 2020 epsilon award for young scholars programs. The epsilon awards given annually by the american mathematical society support some of the most prestigious summer math enrichment programs in the united states.

To provide physical and social science majors with the necessary mathematical tools for work in their disciplines. Summer math camps and programs for students summer programs that help gifted students explore the world of mathematics research. The undergraduate curriculum is designed to address central enduring questions facing succeeding generations of students. Faculty the master of arts in teaching program at bard college.

The bard math circle. 1989 associate professor of mathematics. And grinnell college professor nicole eikmeier computer science a 60 000 grant to develop network models that by more accurately incorporating social distancing measures better capture the geographic and social complexity of the covid 19 pandemic. Most are residential programs accepting applications nationwide.

Bard college seeks to inspire curiosity a love of learning idealism and a commitment to the link between higher education and civic participation. The bard math circle promotes enjoyment of mathematics for elementary middle and high school students in the mid hudson valley. We run math enrichment programs in the community lead a girls math club host math contests teach youngsters how to solve the rubik s cube and feature a summer camp creative analytical.