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Posted by Michael Gage, 12/12/00 at 2:18:28 PM.
This may be one of the very few semester abroad programs at the University of Rochester with a science focus. When I was at the annual meeting of the American Math Society in Washington, DC this past January, I met several students who had recently participated in this program. They are VERY enthusiastic about it. The Budapest Semester Abroad Program Home page at St. Olaf's College is a good place to start.
DEADLINES:
- FALL SEMESTER ---- about April 30
- SPRING SEMESTER ---- about November 1
Two articles on this program appeared in the April 1999 edition of Math Horizons. (You can still find copies of this in the Math Lounge.)
Two teasers from the April 1999 edition of Math Horizons
Math Majors Study Abroad in Beautiful Budapest
Things were different in Budapest in 1983 when Gyuri Petruska and I first discussed the idea of St. Olaf undergraduates studying mathematics in Budapest: no internet, no e-mail, no fax machines (very few phone lines!), a Warsaw Pact, rent and heat at essentially no charge, and a world class opera absolutely anyone could afford. But some things were not so different: powerful and distinctive intellectual communities, a deeply rooted tradition of ferreting out and developing mathematical talent, colorful and effective institutions maintaining world class standards in the face of forbidding obstacles, a common opinion that soon all would be lost. I had spent several extended stays in Budapest doing research and by 1983, Petruska and I knew each other pretty well, but he really got my attention when out of the blue he asked "If there was a mathematics program in Hungary for St. Olaf students, would anyone come?"
Szerda to Vasarnap
We are two Saint Olaf students who attended the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program in the fall of 1998. Here is a view of students' lives on the BSM program. We hope you enjoy following our character Brett around Budapest from Wednesday to Sunday, Szerda to Vasarnap.
I have a little more written information. If any one is interested contact gage@math.rochester.edu.
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