A Common Vision for Undergraduate
Mathematical Sciences Programs in 2025

by Karen Saxe & Linda Braddy


The Common Vision project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF DUE-1446000), brought together leaders from five professional associations in the mathematical sciences - AMATYC, AMS, ASA, MAA, and SIAM - to collectively reconsider undergraduate mathematics curricula and ways to improve education in the mathematical sciences. Following a two-and-a-half-day workshop for over fifty participants in May 2015 at the ASA headquarters in the Washington, DC, area, Braddy and Saxe publised this report reflecting common themes found in exsiting curricular recommendations from the five aforementioend associations. One of the most striking findings is that all associations emphasized, “The status quo is unacceptable.” Consequently, this report focuses on specific areas that require significant further action from the mathematical sciences community to improve undergraduate learning, especially in courses typically taken in the first two years. These areas fall into one of four categories: curricula, course structure, workforce preparation, and faculty development.

 

 

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