Program description
Why do you need to know math? This is a question that many students often ask their teachers and parents. Whether you're buying a car, following a recipe, decorating your home, designing and building a bridge, sailing a boat, programming a computer, or going Christmas shopping, you are using math skills. You need to know math to compete in our dynamic world marketplace.
The Mathematics Department at Century College is committed to ensuring you will have access to quality mathematics courses that will meet your educational needs. These courses include:
- Developmental coursework to prepare you for college-level mathematics courses.
- Program-specific mathematics courses that satisfy the mathematics requirements of degree technical programs offered at the college.
- College-level mathematics courses that meet general education requirements and successfully transfer to four-year universities in Minnesota and across the United States.
- College-level mathematics courses that meet the lower division mathematics requirements for a student who is majoring in mathematics, natural science, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, business, or mathematics education.
Program points of pride
The newly expanded and remodeled Mathematics Resource Center has extended evening hours and has nearly doubled the number of students that use it from the previous year. You can come to the Mathematics Resource Center for free, walk-in assistance with your Math coursework or just to have a place to do your Math homework. The center is staffed by professionals with mathematics degrees who are assisted by student tutors from advanced mathematics courses. The Mathematics Resource Center is also open on Saturdays.
Joyce Gwizdala, faculty member in the Mathematics Department, received the 2005 Century College Outstanding Faculty Award for her exemplary work in the classroom and service to the college.
During Fall semester, 2006, mathematics faculty member Carol Purcell received the Golden Apple Award from Phi Theta Kappa. Persons receiving this award are nominated by their students.
At the 2006 AMATYC national conference in Cincinnati in November, Brian Peterman had the highest score of all participants in the AMATYC Faculty Mathematics Contest.
Student points of pride
The Century College Mathematics Club is in its second year of existence. Currently consisting of over 35 student members, the Math Club sponsors fun math-related activities on campus and fosters interest in mathematics among the students. This year, the Math Club designed its own mathematics contest specifically intended for developmental-level mathematics students.
For three consecutive years from 2004 – 2006, a team of students from Century College earned first place in the state of Minnesota in the Student Mathematics League Contest of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). They also earned first place in the Central Region of the United States, which consists of 12 states.
Flexible learning options
Mathematics courses are offered in a variety of formats, including traditional lecture and discussion courses, web-supplemented courses, web-enhanced courses, fully online courses, and evening and Saturday courses. Mathematics instructors are innovating with technology and alternate teaching strategies, including collaborative, group, and discovery learning, and the use of numerous mathematics-related software programs such as Mathematica, Derive, Maple, and Minitab.
Financial aid and scholarships
The Mathematics Scholarship awarded by the Century College Foundation is fully funded by members of the Mathematics Department. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to an outstanding Century College student who excels in the area of Mathematics. This year, the scholarship award amount was $1500.
Clubs and groups
The Century College Mathematics Club is in its second year of existence. Currently consisting of over 35 student members, the Math Club sponsors fun math-related activities on campus and fosters interest in mathematics among the students. This year, the Math Club designed its own mathematics contest specifically intended for developmental-level mathematics students.
Links