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Suffolk University
is one of the major
universities in Boston,
featuring its
internationally respected
Law School, School of Management,
and College of Arts and Sciences
Suffolk University is
fully accredited
by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
All Distance Calculus Courses
are offered through the
Mathematics &
Computer Science Department
at Suffolk University.
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Distance Calculus Course Requirements
- 1. Complete All Course Notebook Assignments
Depending upon which course you enroll in, you will be
assigned between 70 and 120 notebooks (functional files
in either LiveMath Maker or Mathematica formats) for you
to complete electronically: completed
refers to the mastery learning format,
which means the notebooks will go "back and forth" between
student and instructor until the student work is at 100%
understanding level.
- 2. Complete All Course Literacy Sheets
Depending upon which course you enroll in, you will be
assigned between 8 and 15 Literacy Sheets, which will be
completed by hand by the student, without the aid of
technology (such as the computer algebra software),
and transmitted to the instructors either via FAX or
via scan-to-PDF and submitted electronically.
These Literacy Sheets must be completed in a mastery learning format,
which means the Literacy Sheets will go "back and forth" between
student and instructor until the student work is at 100%
understanding level.
- 3. Complete All Course Quizzes
Depending upon which course you enroll in, you will be
assigned between 8 and 15 Quizzes, which will be
completed by the student using the computer algebra software
designated for the course,
and submitted to the instructors electronically.
These Quizzes should reveal to both the student and the instructor
the effectiveness of the Course Notebooks and Literacy Sheets
for the student's learning progress.
- 4. Complete and Pass a Proctored, Hand-Written Final Exam
The student must complete a proctored, hand-written Final Exam.
- Regular Suffolk University Students:
This Final Exam must occur on-campus under the supervision of
the instructor.
- External Students:
This Final Exam may occur at your (remote from Suffolk's Boston Campus)
location, under a proctored environment that is approved by the
instructor. Commonly, the Final Exam Proctor is a teacher
at a local school in your area, or a librarian at a local library,
or a religious leader at a place of worship in your area, or
a supervisor at a workplace. The Distance Calculus instructor
will coordinate with the student to identify and establish the
Final Exam proctor arrangements.
- 5. Score 70% or Higher on the Final Exam
In order to verify that the student work during the semester
has been genuine - i.e. the work has been completed
by the student enrolled in the course, and not by a surrogate -
the student must complete the Final Exam with a score of 70%
or higher. For a student who honestly completes the course,
scoring 70% or higher on the Final Exam is, in our experience, a
very easy and rewarding conclusion to the course.
If a discrepancy exists between the student work evaluated during
the term of the course, and the Final Exam, the only conclusion the
instructors may come to is that the student work was not genuine,
and that academic honesty is in doubt. In such cases, a failing grade
will be awarded to the student.
- 6. Time Limit For Completion of the Course
Students have the following time limits on completing the courses:
- Regular Suffolk University Students:
Regular Suffolk University Students must follow the traditional
Suffolk University Academic Calendar; thus, Regular Suffolk
University Students must start the Distance Calculus courses
at the beginning of a regular academic term, and finish the courses
within that term.
- External Students:
External Distance Calculus students are allowed 1 year from the semester
of enrollment in the Distance Calculus course to complete the course.
As External Students are not bound by the traditional academic calendar,
these students often start the courses in the middle of a term, and finish
the courses - at their own pace - in the middle of a subsequent academic term.
The time limit, however, is 1 full academic year; for example, if you enroll
in Spring 2006 semester for a Distance Calculus course, you have until the
end of Spring 2007 to finish the course.
- 7. Independent and Honest Student Work
Due to the nature of the distance "classroom", an extra statement on academic honesty
is required. All students are expected to submit work that is genuinely
their own.
Help from the instructors is expected - the courses are based upon communication
between student and instructor.
Help from friends, fellow students, loved ones, neighbors, and tutors are all encouraged
and often quite helpful to the learning process.
However, work submitted must be work the student completed by their own hand and brain.
Due to the intensive level of communication between student and instructor, and
the experience of the instructional team, such academically dishonest behavior is
actually quite difficult to get away with. The instructors have an excellent sense
of the student learning process, and the language and concepts that a student
at the level of the course should be able to command. It is actually quite easy
to identify when a student is receiving "more than just help".
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