Overview

This compulsory course, offered by ELTE University (in the BSM building), is designed to enhance your mathematical academic writing skills, with a particular focus on writing proofs. The curriculum is tailored to your individual proficiency level and offers an opportunity to engage deeply with a specific mathematical problem, fostering a comprehensive understanding and practical application of the subject.

To achieve these goals, you will work one-on-one with a Teaching Assistant (TA) under the supervision of the Course Coordinators. The TAs, who are PhD students from ELTE University and the Technical University, will guide you in producing a mathematical document (a short term paper) in LaTeX. The specific topic and scope of the paper will be determined in collaboration with your TA and in consultation with the Course Coordinators.

Course Structure

Each TA is responsible for specific courses and will hold three types of office hours:

• Course-Specific Group Sessions: These are focused on specific courses, where groups of BSM students can ask questions and discuss course material with a TA. Attendance is by appointment.
• Dedicated Mentorship Hours: when students meet with their TA mentor one-on-one to work on the Term Paper. Attendance is by appointment.
• Open Office Hours: These sessions are open to all BSM students for one-on-one discussions on any course a TA oversees. Attendance is on a drop-in basis.

Note that Open Office Hours will always be available throughout the semester so that you can get help with your courses, in addition to Professors' office hours.

The course itself is divided into three stages:
Stage 1: Finding Your TA Mentor (Weeks 1–3, Mandatory)

The goal of the first period is for each BSM student to be matched with a TA mentor by the end of week 3. To that end TA's will have Course-Specific Group Sessions in addition to Open Office Hours.

• Each BSM student is required to attend at least one Course-Specific Group Session each week until they find their TA mentor.
• Once a student selects a TA and course, they must submit a request to the Course Coordinators for approval. Each TA can mentor up to five BSM students, assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so it may take more than one attempts to find your TA mentor.

Stage 2: Writing the Term Paper (Weeks 4–7, Mandatory)

During this phase, students will work closely with their TA mentors in Dedicated Mentorship Hours, at least for 30 minutes weekly, to develop their Term Paper.
The final version of the paper, must be submitted by the end of Week 7.

Stage 3: Advanced Directed Reading Project (Weeks 8–14, Optional)

Students who are motivated and wish to continue their work may opt to engage in an advanced directed reading project with their TA. To participate, the TA-student pair must submit a brief project proposal for approval by the Course Coordinators. Depending on the quality and depth of the final project, outstanding papers may be included in the public BSM Repository.