Mathematics - Grossmont - Cuyamaca Community College District

Mathematics from Grossmont - Cuyamaca Community College District is a Campus Associate Mathematics degree that prepares you for a Education career. The Mathematics Department provides a wide variety of courses to serve the needs of the students at Grossmont College. These include developmental math courses as well as the lower-division, university courses for transfer. Our mission is to prepare students mathematically for courses in other departments at Grossmont and for transfer to the four-year schools. To meet the goals of our mission, we offer pre-algebra, beginning algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra for students who left high school without completing the courses preparatory for a college education and for students re-entering academic study after being away. We match most universities' offerings for the first two years of study with courses in trigonometry, college algebra, a three-semester sequence of calculus for engineers and a semester course in calculus for business and social sciences. We also have courses to meet the general education requirement, to help prepare students to teach in the elementary schools, to introduce them to computer programming, and to help them understand and use statistics. In recent years we have added to these course offerings alternative courses in pre-algebra, courses for the math-anxious, and post-calculus, lower-division courses. We have a two-unit pre-algebra, a four-unit arithmetic and pre-algebra, a one-unit course for math anxious taught jointly by Math and Counseling, and a five-unit combination of the two latter courses. At the other end of our spectrum, we have introduced courses for university-bound students in differential equations, linear algebra, and discrete mathematics. The department has two degree programs, an Associates Degree in Math and an Associates Degree in Computer Science (offered jointly with the Computer Science and Information Systems Department). We have very good success in placing our students in the UC and CSU schools as well as at many other universities. In the case of the Business School at SDSU, as an example, students must have completed courses in statistics and calculus for business and pass a qualifying exam before being admitted to upper-division status. Students who take our stat and calc courses routinely pass the exam in high numbers. The strength of the Math Department is in the diversity and stability of its faculty. We have people who are authors. Several books and educational software programs have been written by present and recently retired department members. Some have been presenters at regional, national and international conferences in mathematics , and others are officers and board members of their professional organizations. Our faculty is known as an innovative faculty. The Grossmont College Math Department is known nationally as one of the leaders in successfully integrating technology across the curriculum. Our Math Study Center is a showcase for others to imitate. We were among the first to incorporate the use of graphing calculators in nearly all of our courses. We were already teaching our courses using a "multi-sensory" approach to learning. This includes emphasizing problem solving with numerical, analytical an graphical explorations. It includes providing opportunities for communication by writing and by cooperative group work. It means tutorial support outside of class, both with peer tutors, instructor contact in a non-structured environment and computer assisted learning in- and out-of-class. View more details on Grossmont - Cuyamaca Community College District . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Mathematics courses.