- Call to order
- Approval of minutes from October 31, 2019
- Course outline for MAT2630 (Profs Zhou and Li)
- Course outline for MAT 0650 (Prof Ellner)
- MAT 1190 continuation of experiment (Prof Benakli)
- WeBWorK and videos for MAT 1375 and MAT 1475 course outlines (Prof Masuda)
- MAT 2440 uniform final exam (Prof Thiel)
- MAT 1272 prerequisite discussion
- Suggestion from Prof Taraporevala: MAT 1190/1190CO OR eligibility for MAT 1375
- Assessment update (Prof Zhou)
Author: Kate Poirier (Page 3 of 5)
- Call to order
- Approval of minutes from September 26, 2019
- (Prof. Africk) Adoption of experimental text (volume 1 and volume 2) and course outlines for MAT 1475 and MAT1575.
- (Prof. Singh) Adoption of experimental text and course outline MAT 3788
- (Prof. Katz) Change in pre-requisite for MAT1272 from:
- MAT 1190 or higher to
- math proficient OR MAT 1190CO OR MAT 1190
- (Prof. Tradler & Prof. Rozenblyum) MAT 1275/1275CO textbook subcommittee update
- Other experimental text/course outline oral reports
- (Prof. Zhou & Prof. Li) MAT 2630 update to course outline
- (Prof. Han) Tentative CUNY contract and adjunct office hours
- Experiment to allow MAT 065 eligible incoming students to enter MAT 1275CO. (I will need to work on the phrasing of the proposal.) The experiment will be conducted in Spring 2020, data will be collected to see how these 065 students perform in 1275CO without taking 065. This experiment responds to CUNY’s recommendation to place students with “light developmental math needs” into credit level corequisite course. Please see the attached memo, relevant section is highlighted on page 4.
- Attendance policy in developmental math:
- Developmental Mathematics: Academic Statement and Policy on AttendanceIt is crucial for students to attend and participate fully in every class, whether it’s lecture, computer lab, individual work, group work, or exams. Absences and latenesses of any kind, excused or unexcused, are discouraged. They disrupt learning and cause work to fall behind. To encourage good attendance practice, the math department implements an attendance policy which allows for absences of no more than 15% of the total number of class meeting sessions. Absences exceeding 15% will be considered excessive. A lateness is marked when a student misses 15 minutes of instructional time for that session, by arriving late, leaving early, or taking an unofficial break in-between. Two latenesses equate to one absence. Incorporating the attendance policy, there are three possible grades for the course: S – Satisfactory – student successfully completes and passes the course.R – Repeat – student, in good attendance standing, fails the course.
WU – unofficial withdrawal – student, with excessive absences, fails the course
A student with a WU grade is not eligible for the intercession express course (MAT0675) or the free summer course (MAT065/065CO)
Students in developmental math are mandated to stay in the course. They do not have the option to officially withdraw from the course.
- Developmental Mathematics: Academic Statement and Policy on AttendanceIt is crucial for students to attend and participate fully in every class, whether it’s lecture, computer lab, individual work, group work, or exams. Absences and latenesses of any kind, excused or unexcused, are discouraged. They disrupt learning and cause work to fall behind. To encourage good attendance practice, the math department implements an attendance policy which allows for absences of no more than 15% of the total number of class meeting sessions. Absences exceeding 15% will be considered excessive. A lateness is marked when a student misses 15 minutes of instructional time for that session, by arriving late, leaving early, or taking an unofficial break in-between. Two latenesses equate to one absence. Incorporating the attendance policy, there are three possible grades for the course: S – Satisfactory – student successfully completes and passes the course.R – Repeat – student, in good attendance standing, fails the course.
- MAT 065CO students who fail the course with an R grade will repeat MAT 065 without the corequisite. MAT 065CO students who receive WU will repeat MAT 065CO or be recommended to go to CUNY Math Start.
- MAT 065 or MAT 065CO students who successfully complete the course with an S grade and receive a score of 80 or higher on the department algebra final and obtain a course average of 80 or higher are eligible for the regular MAT 1275 without the corequisite.
- Call to order
- Approval of minutes from August 29
- MAT 1275/MAT 1275CO textbook(s) subcommittee (Prof. Tradler)
- Developmental math proposed changes (Prof. Ellner):
- Permit use of four function and Scientific Calculators (that don’t simplify radicals). Neither graphing calculators nor cell phones calculators will be allowed.
- Eliminate Scientific notation from the syllabus.
- Replace exercises using functional notation with evaluation examples.
- Include topics pertaining to horizontal and vertical lines.
- Include reducing fractions in the form that requires factoring.
- Reorganize the topics order in the syllabus and incorporate these changes into the existing review sheets.
- MAT 065/MAT1275CO proposals (Prof. Han)
- Committee policy proposal addition (Prof. Poirier):
- For courses with subcommittees (MAT 0650/0650CO and MAT 1275/1275CO), proposed changes to course outlines must be approved by the subcommittee before being presented to the committee.
- Course outline management (Prof. Poirier):
- Course outlines that have been approved by the committee department (and other relevant bodies) should be forwarded to the committee chair and committee secretary to be uploaded to the department webpage.
- MAT 1475/1575 experiment update (Prof. Africk)
- Call to order
- Election of secretary
- Approval of minutes from April 18 and May 2 (coming soon)
- MAT 3772 (Prof. Thiel)
- Textbooks (Prof. Masuda)
- Chair’s report (Prof. Han)
- Experiment updates
- Committee policy/procedures
- Voting
- Course outline management/workflow
- Department website
Meeting dates:
- Thursday, August 29
- Thursday, September 26
- Thursday, October 31
- Thursday, November 21
Experimental text/outline reports due: Thursday, October 31
All meetings from 1pm to 2pm in N718 (or in a nearby room)
- Thursday, August 29
- Thursday, September 26
- Thursday, October 31
- Thursday, November 21
- Call to order
- MAT 1275 course outline
- MAT 1275CO experiment
- Call to order
- Approval of minutes from March 28
- Supplemental materials policy proposal:
- “The addition of supplementary instructional or assessment materials to the official departmental course outline will be subject to curriculum committee approval.”
- MAT 1275/1275CO
- MAT 1275 experimental textbook (Instructors_Experiment)
- MAT 1275CO supplements
- MAT 1275CO alternate schedule
- Supplementary materials (subject to item 3 above)
- MAT 2675
- Outline
- Textbook
- Supplement on Taylor polynomials/Taylor’s theorem
- MAT 2440/2540 project proposal:
- This course has been designated as a “Writing Intensive” (WI) course by City Tech. A WI course includes critical reading, logical thinking, and the use of writing to help students understand the topic; the use of appropriate style and disciplinary conventions in writing and speaking; the use of research resources, including the library, specific to the discipline; a detailed syllabus; a comprehensive course calendar; and a minimum of fifteen pages of writing per student. Writing assignments will be both formal (graded) and informal (non-graded).
- Projects will be a mandatory part of the course. This can include coding projects, proofs, and writing assignments. Projects will account for a minimum of 10% of the overall grade in the course.
- Faculty resources repository OpenLab site
- MAT 1375 WeBWorK update
- Outside companies’ solicitations: policy/guidance
- New item: MAT 0650 course outline
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