| Wed. Dec. 13 |
The final exam for this course is scheduled for Weds.,
Dec. 13 at 2:30 pm, but instead of an exam, you're final project counts
as your final exam. The course is complete for you once you've done the
following:
Please turn everything in to me before 2:00 pm on Wednesday,
December 13.
A: Completed the special evaluation form that I will distribute
to you via email.
B: Receipts for any expenses you've incurred from this
course (gasoline receipts, supplies for the final binders, etc.) &
name of person to reimburse.
C. As a class, you must deliver to me TWO complete copies
of your REPORT. One of these binders will be delivered to the organization
you worked with. The other will stay with me. See below for a description
of what is expected. They need not be identical -- you may want to include
more background or supplementary information in the binder you give to
me.
Please organize yourselves to get this all put together
completely and in time! This report must include the following:
1. A binder with a cover label that says "Final Report for <insert
name of organization you worked for>, College of the Holy Cross, Math
303: Mathematical Modeling, Fall 2006"
2. A table of contents that includes a list of everyone's names involved
in the project, including my name and the contact information for the
organization you worked for (names, job titles, address, phone, email).
3. A one page description of the project - this is a summary
of your entire project, suitable for a press release or newspaper article.
4. A section about your project - this is much like a lab report in the
sciences. It should be written as a paper that includes pasted-in charts
and graphs. This should describe your methodology -- just what you did
(e.g. how many surveys were collected, when they were collected, how they
were analyzed). Discuss your results and observations, include a set of
recommendations or main points. You may want to describe some good future
directions for this project. Since several of you may work on this section,
you can each contribute a couple of pages to this part or you can try
to write it all up as one uniform document that describes all that you've
accomplished.
5. A letter to any future group of students who want to pick up where
you left off to work on this project some more. You can include suggestions
for what else needs to be done, informal bits of advice that you think
might smooth the way, etc.
6. An appendix with copies of all your charts & graphs printed out
(preferably in color -- use the printer in Swords 332, but don't wait
until Wednesday...it's slow and finicky, so start early).
7. A print out of your power point final presentation (preferably in color
-- use the printer in Swords 332).
8. Any additional appendices that you think are needed.
9. A CD-ROM with the power point presentation, plus the databases, plus
the charts and graphs you might have files for.
10. A list of everyone who should be thanked for helping you out with
this project. Please include full name, mailing address, and a note about
how that person helped. If you want to include a thank you letter from
your group with your own signatures in the binder for me, I'll add it
to my own thank-you letter.
11. A personal reflection document from
each of you -- one page minimum -- where you discuss the experience of
working on this project. I'd like you to focus on describing what you
learned and about how you think this experience might help you in the
future workplace. This should just be in the binder for me. If you want
it to remain private, you can seal it in an envelope. |
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of the Holy Cross