The Mathematics Department provides services to students in two locations:

• on the Brighton Campus through the Robert A. Fratangelo Mathematics Learning Center, and
• on the Damon City Campus through the Integrated Learning Center, an interdisciplinary learning center.

Mathematics Department services in both locations are coordinated by Eraj Basnayake, Mathematics Learning Center Coordinator and Kathleen Milligan, Mathematics Learning Center Technical Assistant.

Robert A. Fratangelo Mathematics Learning Center

RAFMLC POLICIES:

• You must swipe in when entering and out when leaving. This helps generate operating funds for the RAFMLC.
• Effective this semester, RAFMLC will allow students to present EITHER an MCC ID OR a CURRENT PHOTO DRIVER'S LICENSE to take exams. No other forms of ID (e.g. credit cards, IDs from other colleges, etc.) will be accepted. Please note that the ID policy for borrowing reserve materials has NOT changed; an MCC ID is the only form of ID that will be accepted.
• Cell phones may not be used in the MLC. Please disable your ringer when you enter; you are entering an area for testing and studying.
• Computers are for academic purposes only. No chat rooms, pornography, or games.
• Food is strictly forbidden in all rooms of the RAFMLC.
• Beverages in closed containers are permitted in 11-204 only. No beverages are permitted in 11-202 or 11-206, to protect the computers.
• Please be considerate of other students, and keep noise level to a minimum.
• Phones for personal use are located in the hallway of building 11.

Computer Classroom 11-202
The Computer Classroom houses 30 mediated learning stations for MTH 098 and MTH 104 mediated learning classes.  This classroom providing individualized instruction was made possible through a grant from the Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Foundation in 1997.  First through their personal donations and later through the Foundation they established to continue their philanthropy beyond their own lives, the Schmitts have provided area colleges and universities with funding for buildings, research, exchange programs, scholarships, and academic initiatives.  The projects supported by the Schmitts and their Foundation foster discovery, learning, and understanding; and open doors of opportunity to individuals for academic and professional success.

In mediated learning classes, each student is the center of instruction. The instructor serves as a tutor/mentor/coach/advisor/facilitator of instruction who works with individuals, small groups, and sometimes the entire class. Computer software that uses artificial intelligence and interactive multimedia technology individually prescribes, delivers, and modifies instruction based on each individual student's answers to questions testing mastery of the material. The instructor is in the classroom to assist students with their learning -- to answer questions that may arise, and to supplement the on-line instruction. Students have on-line access to reports on how they are doing, and the instructor has detailed information on the work done by each individual and the class as a whole.

Study and Tutoring Area 11-204
The following services and facilities are found in 11-204:

• Study Area
  Students can study in groups or alone. Copies of textbooks and their solutions manuals for all mathematics courses offered, and scientific and graphing calculators are available at the student aide desk for room use only with MCC photo ID.  
  
• Tutoring Professional mathematics tutors are available in 11-204 to answer students' questions on a walk-in basis. Students are encouraged to look at the Suggestions and Guidelines for Tutoring before seeking tutoring in 11-204.

• Testing
  Mathematics instructors can, at their discretion, arrange for a student to take an exam or make up an exam.  Students must present their MCC photo ID in order to take an exam.
  
• Reference and Reserve Library
  • Instructional videos, located in carrels equipped with VCRs for:
    • Elementary, Intermediate, and College Algebra;
    • Statistics; Precalculus;
    • Calculus I, II and III;
    • Survey of Mathematics I and II; and
    • Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and II.
  • Textbooks
  • Solutions manuals
  • Study guides
  • Videotapes
  • Calculators
  • Faculty reserve materials

Computer Room 11-206
There are 60 PCs available for students to use on a drop-in basis. On occasion, faculty may reserve some of the computers for class training sessions. There is a daily computer reservation schedule posted on the inner and outer doors of 11-206, noting the times of day that computers have been reserved and the number of computers reserved. Computers that have been reserved will have RESERVED signs placed on them. Students are free to use any computers that have not been reserved. Students may be assigned by their instructors to complete work in the Computer Room or they may choose to use the available software for their own exploration. Also available are two high-volume laser printers and two scanners.

Available software includes:

• Microsoft Word 2003
• Microsoft Excel 2003
• Microsoft Access 2003
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
• Internet and E-mail access
• Minitab 14
• MathType 5
• Mathematica
• Academic Systems
• Algebra (all levels) and precalculus tutorials

Tutoring
Professional mathematics tutors are available in 11-206 on a walk-in basis during limited hours for students in need of mathematics assistance while working on tutorial software or other mathematics programs such as Minitab.

Integrated Learning Center - Damon City Campus
(Room 4-258)

Professional mathematics tutors are available to answer students' questions on a walk in basis. Texts, solutions manuals, instructional videos and software are available for student use.

For a listing of labs and learning centers at MCC, see the Labs and Learning Centers Directory.