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tinylights
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Okay, so, I'm about 2 semesters from completing my AA degree and I decided a couple semesters ago that I really want to be a math major. I am not a traditional student exactly - I was homeschooled and my math education was not strong, so I ended up placing into Intermediate Algebra in my first semester of college. I've worked my way through that, College Algebra, Trig, Pre-Calc and am now in Calc 1. So even though I will have the required math prereqs when I finish my AA, I am still not as ahead in math as most math majors are at this point, since they often take a calculus class in high school.
I'm also an Honors student. In the last year of study for an Honors AA, there is a required research project of some sort. It's not a huge thing at all, only 20-30 pages. But I am really drawing a blank about what the heck to do it on. I'm worried that any subject I pick up to research will be too easy, because how many unanswered questions are there to be answered by someone who is just learning basic calculus? There's also the option of doing some sort of computer programming as an alternate research project, but I am in my first programming class ever and hence I struggle with the same problem.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the kinds of projects that would be relevant for a student who is still not well-learned in calculus or computer programming, while still having a certain degree of rigor and difficulty?
Thanks :)
I'm also an Honors student. In the last year of study for an Honors AA, there is a required research project of some sort. It's not a huge thing at all, only 20-30 pages. But I am really drawing a blank about what the heck to do it on. I'm worried that any subject I pick up to research will be too easy, because how many unanswered questions are there to be answered by someone who is just learning basic calculus? There's also the option of doing some sort of computer programming as an alternate research project, but I am in my first programming class ever and hence I struggle with the same problem.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the kinds of projects that would be relevant for a student who is still not well-learned in calculus or computer programming, while still having a certain degree of rigor and difficulty?
Thanks :)