In college, do professors give you a syllabus for what might be needed on a project?

Yes, most professors do give out a syllabus for you to check off you're list and make sure you get those points.

-DweebDork

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without