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What is it?

Our math department designed this course specifically to prepare students for MATH 1332, College Mathematics, and MATH 1342, Elementary Statistics. The prerequisite is Elementary Algebra, MATD 0370. In it, we work on a broader group of mathematics skills than just algebra, although some work on algebra is included. Passing MATD 0385 with a C or better will make a student TSI-complete.

Why should I take it?

We have had INCREDIBLE success with student success in this course, and with students in 1332 after taking this course. (We have too little data to report on 1342 because very few students from this course have been enrolling in 1342.)

So we are taking students with weaker math skills in their background and making them even more successful, on the average, in MATH 1332 than students with stronger backgrounds!

A few details: The success rate of students in MATD 0385 is around 70% to 80%, compared to around 50% for our other developmental math courses. When the students who successfully complete MATD 0385 go on to MATH 1332 the next semester, their overall success rate is higher than those who come from MATD 0390, Intermediate Algebra, and higher than the students who place directly into MATH 1332 without needing developmental math at all. This is really an amazing record, considering that most of the students who take MATD 0385 are students with lower grades in their math courses than typical students.

Even more details: See a more full report of numbers describing this student success.

 

What is the course like?

See this description.

When should I take it?

Take it after MATD 0370, Elementary Algebra. See this memo to MATD 0370 students about a way to satisfy TSI-status right after MATD 0370: memo doc | memo pdf

Here is a flow-chart of our MATD courses and how they lead into entry-level college math classes. Chart.doc | chart.pdf