| Coordinator: | Jose A. Millan |
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| Phone: | (805) 756-2301 |
What is SWM?
Spring 2008 Schedule (MS Word - viewer)
The Cal Poly Supplemental Workshops in Math is an intensive mathematics program for students who are enrolled in mathematics courses from MATH 100 to 143. It is funded through Student Academic Services and a California Lottery grant, as well as additionally supported by the College of Science and Mathematics at Cal Poly.
The Supplemental Workshops in Math Program is designed around algebra, precalculus and calculus workshops, which are three to four-hour weekly sessions for academic credit. Workshops function as focused, collaborative learning, including: concept enhancement, problem-solving, review, mock quizzes/tests, question/answer sessions. The workshops are interactive--that is, the more students are involved, the more they learn. Students commit themselves to a regular Cal Poly class and two sessions per week in a specialized workshop.
Math workshops at Cal Poly have been successful in providing unique environments for study and learning since 1988. Workshops are designed to operate directly with specific sections of math courses so that all participants are working on similar material from the same instructor at each workshop session.
Supplemental Workshops in Math students focus on learning more, achieving more in their math courses and excelling in their math courses; as a result, students in math workshops achieve high percentages of A, B and C grades in their math courses
