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   * {{:forms:undergraduate_request_to_take_graduate_course.pdf?nocache|Request to Take a Graduate Course}} — You must first obtain the instructor's consent, then visit the math department office for paperwork. To count a graduate course toward your major requirements, email the DUS **after** you have registered.
   * {{:forms:independent-study-course-registration-form_497.pdf?nocache|Undergraduate Independent Study (Math 497) Form}} — Find a faculty member willing to supervise, then visit the math department office. Note that there is a limit on how many independent study credits can count toward the major.
+=== Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Program ===
+  * [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOS2-lleSNuovFMl7pJf9S35bGZtg7jlvmHpcu4Znc_EbzUA/viewform|Apply to be a Math & Stats UTA]] — For students applying to serve as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant.
+  * [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCYIeBW_2ghCDx0P6YGfXqkA1Bna3I7avwGz_S3RuYUBpAXg/viewform|UTA Faculty Endorsement Form]] — For faculty endorsing a student who has asked them to support a UTA application.
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 Math-related options include:
-  * [[https://www.binghamton.edu/math/graduate/4-plus-1.html|BA/BS Mathematical Sciences → MS in Data Science and Statistics (DSS)]]
+  * [[https://www.binghamton.edu/math/undergraduate/overview/4-plus-1.html|BA/BS Mathematical Sciences → MS in Data Science and Statistics (DSS)]]
   * [[https://www.binghamton.edu/som/graduate-programs/mba/harpur.html|Harpur/MBA 4+1 program]]
   * [[https://www.binghamton.edu/tlel/academics/accelerated/index.html|BA Mathematical Sciences → MAT Mathematics (Adolescent Education)]]
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   * **Data Science:** In addition to probability and statistics, consider extra coursework in computer science and computational methods.
-**Pursue research experience.** REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) programs are competitive summer research opportunities funded by the NSF and hosted by universities across the country. They strengthen graduate applications significantly and give you a taste of what research is like. Most REU applications are due in **January–February** for the following summer, so start looking in the fall. Sophomores and juniors are the strongest candidates. You can also approach faculty in our department directly to ask about research projects suitable for undergraduates. See this [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-27BeHMSJCWumbNByal2tHyYo9wRVud9WoRE70E47Y/edit?gid=1578071627#gid=1578071627|list of REU programs]] for current and past opportunities.
+**Pursue research experience.** A natural starting point is our department's [[https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/directedreadingprogram/home|Directed Reading Program (DRP)]], which pairs undergraduates with graduate-student mentors for a semester-long guided reading project on a topic beyond the standard curriculum. It's a low-stakes way to experience mathematics outside the classroom and is excellent preparation for REUs and graduate study.  REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) programs are competitive summer research opportunities funded by the NSF and hosted by universities across the country. They strengthen graduate applications significantly and give you a taste of what research is like. Most REU applications are due in **January–February** for the following summer, so start looking in the fall. Sophomores and juniors are the strongest candidates. You can also approach faculty in our department directly to ask about research projects suitable for undergraduates. See this [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-27BeHMSJCWumbNByal2tHyYo9wRVud9WoRE70E47Y/edit?gid=1578071627#gid=1578071627|list of REU programs]] for current and past opportunities.
 **Plan your recommendation letters.** You will need letters from faculty who know your work well. Think ahead about which courses and professors will give you that opportunity — a professor who taught a course in which you earned a B or lower may decline to write, or write a letter that does not help your application.
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     * You may switch to another faculty advisor later, after you get to know the faculty.
-  * **Advising Liaison (especially for pre-majors / lower-division).**
+  * **Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising (especially for pre-majors / lower-division).**
     * **David Biddle** (biddle@math.binghamton.edu) is the department's Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising.
     * He is the primary contact for students exploring the major (not yet declared) and for majors still completing mostly lower-level coursework.
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     * [[https://bengaged.binghamton.edu/actuarial/home/|The Actuarial Association]]
     * [[http://people.math.binghamton.edu/alex/Pi_Mu_Epsilon_at_Binghamton_University.html|The Binghamton Chapter]] of [[http://www.pme-math.org/|Pi Mu Epsilon]], the National Mathematics Honor Society.
+    * [[https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/directedreadingprogram/home |The Directed Reading Program (DRP)]] — semester-long one-on-one reading projects with graduate-student mentors.