Directed Reading Program

The DRP student is required to have an hour-long weekly meeting with their mentor to discuss progress towards the goal of the project. Approximately four hours of independent work by the student is expected between meetings. At the end of the semester, the group of DRP participants will meet, and each DRP student will give a 15 minute talk on the semester's work. The program guidelines can be found here.

• Any sophomore, junior, or senior is eligible to participate if they have a strong background in mathematics, including at least the completion of a year-long calculus sequence.

• Freshmen or others with unusual background will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• While you are welcome to apply to multiple DRPs (the physics and computer science departments also have DRPs), you may only participate in one program per semester. 

• Students may only participate in the math DRP three times (summer DRP does not count towards this number). 

• Tips to improve your chances to get paired with a mentor can be found here.

The applications are available each fall and spring semester in the first or second week of classes. If you would like to be informed when they reopen for Fall 2025, subscribe to our mailing list.