Abstract
ABSTRACT The senior seminar in mathematics at Hood College is a course in the history of mathematics. A requirement for all mathematics majors, it serves as a capstone course, bringing together students who have been pursuing different tracks in the major, and giving them a glimpse of the Big Picture at last. It is a student-led seminar, with students gaining practice in oral presentation, preparing visual aids, and planning a class. Students also complete projects, both individually and in groups, and gain library research experience. We use films, the Internet, and journal articles, as well as books, to learn about the history of mathematics. At the end of the course, we celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month by sharing what we have learned with the rest of the campus. * This paper is an invited paper from the Contributed Paper Session on The Undergraduate Seminar in Mathematics at the New Orleans Joint AMS/AMA Mathematics Meetings, 10–13 January 2001.
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