405 Projects

Probably the best way to find a project idea is to consider some of the more challenging homework problems, or connected sequences of problems. Below is a link to an example based on a problem back in Chapter 2.

Mark McGwire Problem: McGwire.mws, McGwire.html.

Ideally your project should be something you would be proud to show off during a job interview. Projects may be done individually or in groups of two or three. Groups projects will need to be more extensive than individual ones.

If you decide to do a project please follow this time-line:

Submit a written Project Proposal on or by March 29. This should be two or three paragraphs; no more than a page.
Once your proposal is approved, submit a brief Project Progress report to me each Monday. This should be about a paragraph and include a sample of the work.
The project is due Friday May 3.

Make sure you do not plagiarize. I have a copy of the Student Solutions Manual and am not afraid to press formal charges of academic dishonesty. You can find a copy of the Student Conduct Code at https://srr.siu.edu/_common/documents/scc.pdf.