Re: math requirement AA degree
Bret Taylor (bret@IAG.NET)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 18:14:00 EST
At 03:33 PM 4/9/96 PST, you wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Would like to get some info on math requirements for
> the AA degree at your colleges. We have moved the
> intermediate algebra course (the prerequisite course for a
> precalculus course) to precollege level (no credit towards
> degree requirements even as an elective course).
>
> The requirement for an AA degree now becomes (1) a one
> quarter course in math that has intermediate algebra as a
> prerequisite, or (2) a one quarter course that has
> intermediate as a prerequisite and has an approved amount of
> "quantitative reasoning" in it.
>
> Naturally, there is a committee to determine the
> "approved amount", and I'm wondering whether any of you have
> gone through a similar activity, and how it was handled.
>
> At another level, I have some concerns that this math
> requirement for an AA degree is weaker than it should be.
> Do any of you have (or wish you had) stronger requirements
> in math for your degree program?
> Dick
>
> P.S. System has been acting up all winter, so I have just
> been lurking on the list. Appears OK now. (What's
> the symbol for crossed fingers? :-) )
>
>
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>
> Dick Benson rbenso@seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu
> Div of Science & Math
> Seattle Central Community College (206) 587 4076
> 1718 Broadway FAX: (206) 344 4390
> Seattle, Wa. 98122
>
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>
Dick,
At Lake-Sumter CC, public CC in Florida (open admission), we require two
courses in math for an AA degree. The lowest level college math course is
MAC 1102, Algebra. It is "between" Intermediate Algebra and College
Algebra. (It is really what was Algebra I in high school 25 years ago; it
more closely parallels Algebra II in high schools today. Our second course
can either be PreCalculus Algebra (College Algebra with an emphasis on
preparation for calculus) or Finite Math (a survey course which should
probably be called "survey of math" or even "Math Appreciation" since it has
many parallels to Art Appreciation or Music Appreciation.) I call it "Math
for Poets" since it is the preferrred route for non math and science majors.
Hope this helps.
Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
John Wooden