MSEP stands for the Minority Science & Engineering Program at the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). The MSEP is managed, motivated, inspired, you name it by Dave Prince (kdp@u.washington.edu) and many other capable people, including Angela Dancer (adancer@u.washington.edu) and Scott Minnix (twins@u.washington.edu), to name a couple.
The mission of the MSEP is to provide opportunities and support for minorities entering the fields of science and engineering. You can learn more about the program in general by contacting Dave Prince.
I work as a facilitator in the program, which means I organize Academic Excellence Workshops (modelled after workshops in the University of California system). These workshops are designed to meet in conjunction with normal classes and sections as an additional time to be used by the student to EXCEL in his or her chosen field of study. While we spend some time talking about current issues relevant to the classes, like homeworks and upcoming tests, the major goal of the workshop is to provide the student opportunities to expand his or her knowledge beyond the scope of the class in question. For the motivated student, this provides a constructive outlet for their mental energies and strengthens the foundations upon which they will build their future careers both in college and in the Real World (tm).
Below, I've included links to LaTeX and Postscript versions of some of the resources I've used in running workshops in the past. I'm always working on building this collection. Included below are:
So far, I've done most of my work exclusively alongside the Calculus sequence (Math 124, 125 and 126) taught by Neal Koblitz. The M124 class is basic calculus. The M125 class is the first part of a differential equations sequence that continues later. The M126 class is vector calculus.
Important note: Many of the worksheets make use of Far Side cartoons, which I haven't yet been able to include as encapsulated Postscript or GIF's, but I'm working on it. Also, since these are largely first-iteration worksheets, some of them have problems, such as unclear problems and problems that are much more difficult than intended. We corrected these on the fly in the workshops, but these changes are not always reflected in the versions you see here. In other words, if you plan to use these worksheets, WORK THE PROBLEMS YOURSELF FIRST.
Links to other science education resources