Classroom	Earth Science 108
Class hours	MW 2:45 - 4:05PM
Professor	Boris Goldfarb
Office	Earth Science 115
Office hours	M 12:30 - 1:30PM and WF 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Email address	bgoldfarb at albany.edu
WWW page	https://www.albany.edu/~goldfarb/

In this course, the instructor will occasionally lecture, but it will be the students that will be presenting various topics on a regular basis. What are the main objectives for this class: the first objective is for the presenters to become comfortable researching and presenting some more challenging material, the second objective is for the audience to become exposed to a wider array of Mathematics not normally encoutered in the usual undergraduate and beginner graduate courses. The level of the material to be presented should be appropriate for beginning graduate students and challenging for a typical senior pursuing a degree in mathematics. Moreover the material should be presented in a manner that will be understood by the audience. The lecturer should research the references for the topics he/she presents, be well prepared ahead of time, and should try to engage the audience. Attendance for this course is a must. The audience is expected to participate actively with questions about the material presented and provide feedback about the presentation. We will have short questionnaires at the end of each lecture. This is a link to the course folder. The following information is added to satisfy the Minimum Contents of a Class Syllabus requirements. The prerequisite for this class is good standing in the graduate program. The course is S/U graded. The satisfactory grade is obtained by (1) giving a number of presentations that is decided in the beginning of the semester and determined by the size of the class and (2) participating in after-talk discussions. Attendance is critical to success in the class.