Math Class Formats/Venues

TMCC's math department offers courses in developmental and university parallel mathematics. The sequence of the curriculum allows students to matriculate through the developmental program into the university parallel program. Course content and learning objectives are established for each course. All courses are offered in more than one type of learning environment.

All math classes are offered in a lecture-interactive setting at TMCC.

Other Formats

• Computer-based classes for Math 093, 095 and 096. These classes meet in a classroom equipped with computers. Faculty instruct on an individual and small group basis, meeting the changing needs of the students. Students work with interactive software in this setting, completing homework and assessments on the computer. Students do not need prior computer knowledge for these math classes; however they need access to a computer outside of class time (PC format).
• Late Start classes for math 093, 095 and 096. These classes meet for 11 weeks, beginning the fourth week of school. TMCC offers one section of each of these sections each semester. These classes are well suited for students who learn at an accelerated pace, or for students that need to drop to a lower math class after the semester has begun. These classes will be available for registration through the second day of classes, into the fourth week of school.
• The Math Learning Center offers classes in an individualized setting. Developmental and non-transferable courses are offered in the Math Learning Center. Instruction is individualized, meeting the pace of the individual student, and offered to a group of students. Faculty and students meet for three contact hours each week, as in all standard math courses.
• The Math Department also offers individualized developmental math courses in a computer-based format. To enroll in these sections, students should register for Math 090. This is a 3 credit class that allows students to bypass the ACCUPLACER math placement test and be placed into the appropriate developmental math course based on their work in the computer-based assessment program. This assessment will take about one to two weeks. Students are then asked to work on the curriculum appropriate to their level of assessment, and may advance to higher curriculum levels, time permitting. In the 13th week, students are enrolled in the appropriate developmental math course to earn a final grade.
• Web classes are available for Math 091, 093, 095, 096, 120, 126, 127 and 176. Students will not meet in a class and will interact with the instructor online. Students must have access to a computer with Internet connection. Midterms and final exams may require the student to come to campus for testing.
• Mini-session courses. The Math Department offers courses in a seven week mini-session format. These classes meet four(4) times per week for seven weeks. Classes run for on hour and thrity minutes. Classes are set up so that a student may take a course in the first mini-session, and then take the next course in sequence in the second mini-session, which is also seven weeks long. Students may use the second mini-session courses to drop back from higher level math courses taken in the regular format, individualized format or eleven week late start format.