What About Students Not Ready for Co-reqs?

As more colleges adopt co-requisite models to get students through college-level math more quickly, the focus can sometimes be on those with recent math experience. However, many students (especially non-traditional ones) come to college with little-to-no formal algebra experience. Does it make sense to offer these students the option of a “Math Foundations” course to prepare them for the rigors of a 7–10-credit college + co-req math class? Or should we just trust that students thrown into the deep end will figure out how to swim? Come with your thoughts, experiences, suggestions and data. If you have experience with developing/teaching such a course, or have been part of a decision to not offer such a course, we welcome your insights!

• presentation slides (PDF)
• Zoom chat and whiteboard interaction (PDF)
• Tacoma CC math flowchart (PDF)

Use this space to share math flowcharts from local colleges (see Tacoma CC flowchart linked above for an example) and other relevant documents.