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To enroll in Distance Calculus @ Suffolk University, you will be registered in the
Continuing and Professional Studies (CAPS) special admission program in the
university. This category is for students who are taking just 1 or 2 courses at
Suffolk University. At other universities, these special admission areas are sometimes
called "Extension Schools".
Unlike regular admission to Suffolk University, you do not have to complete SAT exams,
write an entrance essay, submit high school transcripts, etc. Accordingly, you are
not eligible as a CAPS student to pursue any degree-granting courses or obtain a
Bachelor's or Master's or Ph.D. degree at Suffolk University (without
further applications).
But most likely, your academic plans are at another college/university, and you just
need to take one or more Calculus courses to satisfy some requirements, and you wish
to complete these courses via Distance Calculus for one of many reasons, including
flexibility of scheduling, interest in technology-based curriculum, etc., and
transfer these academic credits to your main academic institution.
Possibly you are not a student at another academic institution at all! We have
many students who are taking Distance Calculus as a refresher course, or part of a
professional development plan at their place of work, or are retired, and looking for
some academic challenges.
Academic Requirements / Prerequisites
The only significant academic requirement for enrolling in Distance Calculus is meeting
the prerequsities for the courses. For Calculus I, for example, the prerequisite is
"a course in precalculus".
A very common question we receive from students is: "I took precalculus 10 years ago,
do I need to take it again before enrolling in Distance Calculus?"
The answer to this question is no in almost all cases. If we detect a weakness in
your academic background surrounding issues in precalculus, for example, we will assign
you extra modules at the precalculus level for you to strengthen your skills in that area.
Due to the Mastery Learning approach of Distance Calculus, you can go as slow or as fast
as you like through the material, so if you need extra time on precalculus, you take an
extra few days/weeks to review that material and improve your skills.
If you have not actually taken a prerequisite course and would like to "skip it",
that, of course, is not allowed. We do ask all new students to submit proof of
completion of prerequisite courses.
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