You can find the full handout from Academic Fair here, or under the About link above (look under the picture). Some recurring questions from the Student Survey are addressed in that document. Below are some relevant pieces:
- This program is for 12 credits. Can I take a course in addition to the program? 12 credits are sufficient for you to be considered a full-time student, so you don’t need to take more credits. However, there may be a 4 credit course you are interested in taking; this program allows for that possibility. The main reason for designing the program at 12 credits was to enable students who know that they will need to spend a significant amount of time to make up for gaps in their math background or study skills to have that time. If you think that you are such a student, we encourage you to concentrate on just this program.
- I’ve taken pre-calculus/general chemistry/algebra-based physics. Is this the right program for me? If you’ve done well in pre-calculus (or equivalent) or a college-level science course with significant mathematics content (like general chemistry, algebra-based physics, or similar), then this is not the right program for you. If you’ve taken a science course or program and found that you struggled with the mathematics required to understand the science content, you will be able to develop a solid mathematical foundation in this program.
- Are there any math prerequisites for this program? There are no math prerequisites other than what is expected for all college students – completion of high school algebra or its equivalent. If your algebra is rusty or if you have weaknesses in your algebra from your previous classes, then this program is probably right for you. If you are not able to do basic algebra at all, then you should probably be taking an algebra course elsewhere.