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A few announcements for the 2011-2012 academic year. Check this regularly for the most up-to-date concentration information.
How to Enter the Concentration
Planning to concentrate in Applied Math? Download this document to learn everything you need to know.
New Online Plan of Study Tool:
We’d like to encourage all students to try out the brand new plan of study tool:http://studyplan.seas.harvard.edu/ug/. We’re still working out some of the kinks, so if you try this and have problems, please let us know so we can make the appropriate changes.
AM Advisor Office Hours
Below are the AM advisor office hours for the semester. You can always email one of us to set up an appointment if you can't make these hours.
Elaine Angelino: Maxwell Dworkin 238
Monday: 1:30 - 2:30pm
Wednesday: 4 - 5pm
Yiling Chen: Maxwell Dworkin 339
By appointment only.
Email Yiling at yiling@seas.harvard.edu to schedule an appointment.
Zhiming Kuang: Geological Museum 455
John Lai: Maxwell Dworkin 242
Wednesday: 5 - 7pm
Margo Levine: Pierce 226
Monday: 3 - 5pm
Wednesday: 3:30 - 5pm
Thursday: 2 - 4pm
Danielle Li: 1050 Mass Ave, third floor
(MIT/Harvard Econ building).
Ask the receptionist for Danielle.
Thursday: 10 - 12pm
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan: Pierce 328
Michael Mitzenmacher: Maxwell Dworkin 331
Mauricio Santillana: Pierce 312
Monday: 2:30 - 4pm
Wednesday: 2:30 - 4pm
Eli Tziperman: Geological Museum 456
Tuesday: 1:30 - 3pm
Wednesday: 1 - 2pm
Hyoseok Yi: Maxwell Dworkin 321
Thursday: 1 - 3pm
Les Valiant: Maxwell Dworkin 351
New Concentration Requirements
Many of you noticed that new concentration requirements are posted on the website. These new requirements are essentially a reorganization of the old requirements. We hope this restructuring will help clarify our expectations for our concentrators: students should graduate with solid foundations, mathematical breadth, as well as an introduction to an area of application. The breadth courses are grouped into categories by mathematical topic.
There is one major difference between the old and new requirements. Under the old requirements, students starting in Math 1a took 16 courses to complete the concentration. Under the new requirements, these students take 15 courses. Similarly, under the old requirements, students starting in Math 1b took 15 courses to complete the concentration; now these students take 14 courses.
Students in the Class of 2012 and 2013 may continue to follow the old requirements, or petition to switch to the new requirements by speaking with the Director of Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies (and filling out a new plan of study form).
Now Open: Applied Math Undergraduate Lounge
The new Applied Math undergraduate lounge is now open in Pierce 307B. We hope you'll think it's a great place to socialize, study, sleep, hold small meetings (such as TF office hours), events, etc. The current set-up of the lounge is temporary; we want to see how students use the space before we decide on a permanent set-up. Any input is welcome and greatly appreciated!
