MATHEMATICS
Department-sponsored services
Area of Service
Served
Mathematics Learning Center
3500
Computer Assisted Learning
650
Student advisement and mentoring
2000
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Math Seminar - Mapping Class Groups
2/24/2010
11
Practice for AMATYC Student Contest
2/24/2010
2
AMATYC Contest
3/3/2010
9
Math Seminar - Mapping Class Groups II
3/3/2010
5
Practice for NYSMATYC Student Contest
3/17/2010
3
NYSMATYC Contest
3/24/2010
10
Math Seminar - Euclidean Steps to hyperbolic Space
4/14/2010
16
Math Seminar - Numbers and Geometry
4/21/2010
17
organized
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Dona
Boccio
Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
Reference
Presented on “Aviation Mathematics” at the American
Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), 35th
Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12, 2009.
Dona
Boccio
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
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Maria
Franco
Book, Authored
Franco, Maria Mercedes. Minimizers for a One-Dimensional
Elasticity Problem: Existence and Regularity Results without
Convexity Assumptions. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany,
2009 (paperback).
Maria
Franco
Service as a
reviewer/editor/consul
tant
Service-Learning Syllabus for a "Number Systems" course,
included in the "5CC Regional Network's Community College
Service Learning Toolkit", NY/PA Campus Compact, October 2009.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Maria
Franco
Conference
Presentation, other
Reference
Presenter, “Using the Tools of the Trade: Connecting Education
Students with the Profession,” Developing a Good Heart into the
STEM: The First Summit on Incorporating Social Justice and
Service-Learning into the STEM Curriculum, Ithaca College, NY,
June 11, 2009.
Co-presenter, “Leadership and Empowerment through ServiceLearning,” National Institute for Staff and Organizational
Development (NISOD), 31st Annual International Conference on
Teaching & Leadership Excellence, Austin, Texas, May 27, 2009.
Co-presenter, “Demystifying the World of Partnerships,” The
Community College National Center for Community Engagement
(CCNCCE), Annual National Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, May
21, 2009.
Co-presenter, “Inclusive Excellence through Service-Learning,”
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), 89th Annual
Convention, Phoenix, Pennsylvania, April 6, 2009.
Co-facilitator, Workshop: "Getting Ready for Service-Learning,"
The Atlantic Center for Learning Communities's Retreat on
"Learning Communities in the Community: Practicing Civic
Engagement," October 2009.
G. Michael
Guy
Other
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Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount, period of
award)
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Tian
Ren
Journal Article, peerreviewed
A Refinement of Stark's Conjecture Over Complex Cubic Number
Fields, T. Ren and R. Sczech, Journal of Number Theory 129
(2009) 831–857.
Tian
Ren
Conference
Presentation, other
Presented a paper “A Refinement of Starks’ Conjecture Over
Complex Cubic Number Fields” at the AMS annual meeting,
January 2009.
Tian
Ren
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
Awarded a PSC-CUNY 40 Grant, A Refinement of Stark's
Conjecture in the First Order Zero Case, ($3,000, July 1, 2009 to
June 30, 2010).
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Tian
Ren
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
Reference
An Application of L Functions to the Comparison of Cusp Forms on
SL(3,Z), J. Huntley, N. Moh, and T. Ren, Far East Journal of
Mathematical Sciences, November 2009 (accepted).
Tian
Ren
Service as a
reviewer/editor/consul
tant
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College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
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Howard
Sporn
Conference
Presentation, other
“Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students,” presented at the 2009
NYSMATYC (New York State Mathematics Association of Two-Year
Colleges) Conference, April 19, 2009.
Howard
Sporn
Curriculum or
laboratory
development, workshop
conducted
Worked on and taught part of Learning Community combining
Math-005 with Introduction to Business, Spring and Fall 2009.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Howard
Sporn
Conference, workshop,
training attended
Attended NYSMATYC Conference (New York State Mathematics
Association of Two-Year Colleges), April 17-19, 2009.
Howard
Sporn
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
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Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
Comments
MA 005M
Basic Math and Problem
Solving Workshop
Basic Math and Preliminary finding shows over
Problem
20% improvement in passing rate
Solving
for regular MA 005 for
Workshop
appropriately placed students.
MA 128
Calculus for Technical
and Business Students
Calculus for
Technical and
Business
Students
Added a higher prerequisite (a Cor better in MA-120). Expect
better passing rate in MA 128.
MA 336
Computer-Assisted
Statistics
ComputerAssisted
Statistics
Introduced a higher prerequisite (a
C- or better in MA 120). Expect
better passing rate.
MA 315
Topics in Mathematics
Topics in
Mathematics
Introduced a more flexible
prerequisite (permission of the
department). Allows us to serve a
wider student population.
Revised Course
Curricular Changes - Program
Course Change
Program
Semester
NONE
Fall 2009
Comments
Personnel or organizational structure changes, newly developed projects
Changes
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Equipment changes
Equipment Changes
Purpose
Semester Evaluation
Upgraded computers and added podia. Enabled more instructors to have
access to a Smart Classroom.
Fall 2009
More technology is being used in
the classroom.
Resource changes
Other Resources Purpose
Semester Resource Evaluation
Other changes affecting department
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
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Departmental participation in self-study/program review
Program(s): Reviewed
Program Review Follow-up
Action Item
Timeline
Accomplishements
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
Course Assessed: MA 005, MA 010, MA 120, MA 440
Educational Objectives: Improve student success rate in the course.
Curricular Objectives: Improve student learning.
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Results of certification exams, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations
Data Source
Results
Action Plan
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
Revise MA 005 to increase
student success rate.
Excellent results with new MA 005M.
Met with advisors and Freshmen
Academy Coordinators to explain
MA 005M and how and why to
place students in MA 005M.
Improve the pass rate in MA
010.
Committee formed and devised major
pedagogical changes to be implemented
in Fall 2010
Three major pedagogical changes:
more problem solving time built
into the curriculum, students
required to go to the Math Center
for help if they are at risk of failing;
on-line homework will be
implemented in 12 sections as a
pilot program.
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Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
Planned Method of Evaluation
Implement new pedagogical
Improve the success rate of students in Passing rates will be compared to previous years
practices in MA 010. If successful, remedial mathematics.
and/or sections where the modifications were not
look at these practices for other
implemented.
basic courses.