| Pre Requisites | Sample Syllabi | Course Outcomes | Math Team | Accuplacer |
| Students at Massasoit enroll in mathematics courses for a variety of reasons. Some are taking courses as a part of general education requirements for programs at Massasoit or at four-year institutions. The College does not offer graduation credit for Fundamentals of Mathematics or Introductory Algebra in any program. To ensure a particular mathematics course would be appropriate in a particular program, one should talk with the director of that program and/or a mathematics professor. |
Who Should Be Taking Which Mathematics Course
The Mathematics Department offers courses that range from a review of arithmetic through Calculus. The department, also, has several specialty courses, e.g. Mathematical Experiences for Early Childhood Education. There is a sequence designed for students who would like to get a sense of the breadth of mathematics, Topics in Mathematics I & II. |
| Although a student should discuss which course to take with an advisor and/or a mathematics faculty member, here are some guidelines: |
- Fundamentals of Mathematics and Introductory Algebra do not count for graduation credit in any program.
- Intermediate Algebra & Trigonometry does count for graduation credit in many career courses.
- The Calculus sequence, starting with College Algebra, is appropriate for transfer students who would like to major in business, mathematics, or a hard science.
- The Topics in Mathematics courses would be appropriate for liberal arts transfer students who do not need advanced mathematics or students who are planning on being elementary school teachers.
- As mentioned above, there are several specialty courses that are designed for students in a particular program.
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| If you would like to see a flow chart of mathematics courses showing the prerequisites for each and a course description for each course, click here. |
| Sample Syllabi & Course Outcomes |
We have put up sample syllabi and course outcomes up on this site. Course outcomes are a matrix of what we expect a student learn (click on the link for more info):
If you click on this link you will have access to many sample syllabi for our courses. These are identified by both the course and the professor who created the syllabus. |
If you would like to see the course outcomes we have created for many of our courses,
click on this link. |
Mathematics Placement Test
There is a Mathematics Placement Test, Accuplacer, that all matriculating students must take to be properly placed in a mathematics course. We have on-line a study guide, the Study Guide for Accuplacer. |
Academic Resource Center (also known as the ARC)
The ARC offers tutoring in a variety of fields, including mathematics. For more information on the ARC, contact Kerryn Snyder, the Mathematics Coordinator of the ARC. The ARC webpage is here. |
AMATYC & NEMATYC
Several of the mathematics faculty belong to AMATYC and/or NEMATYC. These are mathematics organizations specifically for two-year college faculty. In fact several of the faculty are officers in these organizations. |
Mathematics Team
Massasoit Community College sponsors a Mathematics Team which competes with other community college students in a written competition. For more information, contact Professor Lois Martin, coordinator for the Mathematics Team. Here you will find some general information on the Mathematics Team. Information about the March 3rd competition can be found here. |
Accommodations for Students
The department also embraces the position of the disability service providers at the college. Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in the classroom are encouraged to contact the Learning Disability Coordinator, Andrea Henry, at x1805, or Disability Counselor, Stan Oliver, at x1464, as soon as possible, in order to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Note: Massasoit's main telephone number is 508-588-9100. |
The Mathematics Department
We are a group of mathematicians who have varied interests in mathematics and many other fields with a consuming interest in helping students learn. |
Technology & Mathematics
We have embraced the graphing calculator in particular and use them constantly in the Calculus sequence. Generally, we encourage students to use them in Statisitcs. If a student doesn't want to buy a graphing calculator, we offer them for rental. For College Algebra and Precalculus we use the TI-83. For the Calculus courses we use the TI-92/89. |
This Site
If you have any questions related to the Math Department site, please contact Mary Sullivan. |
