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Academic Affairs Office
Maria AndersenMath Instructor, Muskegon Community College
Phone: 231-777-0682 Fax: 231-777-0487 Office: 143-3 in the Math/Physical Science wing (corner office) of MCC. Email: maria.andersen@muskegoncc.edu
Classes for Fall 2009
Classes for Winter 2010
Classes for Summer 2010
If you are planning to take Calc I, click here to go to the review page for Calc I. Also, go read the advice from students past.For Online Calculus Orientation, go here. What to do if you're a transfer student and want to take Calc I or Calc II this summer?
What will it be like to take ONLINE CALCULUS? I will use a mix of video mini-Lessons, concept activities with discussion board responses, and a homework management system called WebAssign. Our learning management system will be Blackboard, with integrated WebAssign. Tests must be taken at an approved testing center (like the MCC Testing Center). Technical requirements for Online Calculus: You will need to have a way to submit handwritten work or typed mathematical work, including graphs. The recommended software for this is MathType Lite and Jing (both are available free). You can also do this with a digital pen, a scanner, a peripheral tablet, a tablet computer, or a camera (as long as you can reduce the file sizes to something reasonable). You will also need to download the latest versions of several Internet Plugins (Java, Flash, Quicktime, etc.). WARNING: Online calculus is intended for students with high-speed internet access. You can use campus computers for high-speed internet access if you do not have it at home. During a standard 15-week semester, online calculus requires a minimum time commitment of 12 hours per week (regular calculus requires a commitment of 4 hours of class time + 8-12 study hours per week). If you do the math... 12 hours divided by 6 days (one day off for good behavior), you will see this works out to at least 2 hours per day. If you do not have this time in your schedule, do not sign up for online calculus. What does it mean if my algebra course is web-enhanced? Material for the course will also be available in an online format - you will likely have access to notes, some video lectures, worksheets, etc. This can be a great benefit to you if you fall ill or need to miss school due to outside obligations. Also, you will complete your homework online. You will have multiple tries at homework problems (to maximize your homework grade) and you will receive instant feedback on your homework submissions. At the beginning of the semester, you will have access to every assignment for the entire semester - work ahead if you'd like. Learning (much of it active) and exams take place during normally scheduled class sessions. Practically - you will need to make sure that you have access to decent Internet for a few hours per week (any computer lab on campus will do).
Video Help for some Tricky AlgebraFactoring trinomials of the form ax2 + bx + c (click here) Factoring a Sum or Difference of Cubes (click here) Factoring "Tricky" Expressions (click here) Simplifying Rational Expressions (click here) Multiplying or Dividing Rational Expressions (click here) Adding or Subtracting with Like Denominators (click here) Adding or Subtracting with Unlike Denominators (click here)
Publications
Student Workbooks for Elementary and Intermediate Algebra (series) Instructor's Resource Binders for Elementary and Intermediate Algebra (series) (to accompany 4ed Tussy/Gustafson Algebra series) Sample Chapter Available at Cengage Learning Website. Back to the Board, Innovation Abstracts, Volume XXVIII, Number 19 (2006) Full text available here. Selecting Applicants and Employees for Math Competency, World at Work Journal, Volume 12, Number 1 (2002). Basic Algebra Review, McGraw-Hill (1998) About me:
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