Bellevue College ________________________________________________________
Arts and Humanities

Summer Quarter 2009

GED CLASS SYLLABUS

 

INSTRUCTOR:                                                       CLASS: GED Mathematics

Barbara AW Wright                                                  Office Hours by appointment

Office:  R 130W                                                          Classroom:  R109                        

Voice mail:  425-564-2066                                          Email: bwright@bellevuecollege.edu

 

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MATERIALS:

Contemporary GED Math                                  Foundation of Writing

This is a hybrid class with a variety of books, handouts, and software programs.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1.    To evaluate, from studies, practice tests, and your readiness to take the GED or COMPASS test.

2.    To investigate the various learning styles and the affect your learning style has on the way you understand and retain information.

3.    To review reading skills, essay writing skills, and basic math skills.

4.    To learn test-taking strategies for multiple choice tests and writing essays.

5.    To learn attitudes and behaviors for successful GED test-taking.

6.    To determine and clarify individual goals toward future educational growth.

7.    To learn about the various BC campus services available to all students.

 


FORMAT AND REQUIREMENTS:

1.    Promptly attend and actively participate in each class.  Do not miss class except in cases of extreme emergencies. 

If you must miss class, please call 425-564-2066 and leave a message.

2.   Share ideas during class and complete all class work and homework activities.

3.   Respect yourself and others when sharing ideas.

4.   Ask questions or request clarification about topics, class activities and/or assignments.

5.   Establish and reevaluate GED test readiness throughout the quarter.

6.   Study the five GED test areas both individually and in cooperative groups and take a minimum of two tests each quarter

 

EVALUATION:

1.   Assessment will be given throughout the quarter at individual levels.

2.   An S (satisfactory) or NC (no credit) evaluations will be given at the end of the quarter based on attendance, class work, homework, and practice tests.

 

AVAILABLE SERVICES

Students with disabilities who have accommodation needs are required to contact Disability Resource Center (DRC) and complete the

DRC intake process in order to establish eligibility for accommodation.  DRC is located in B132.  Telephone:  425-564-2498 or TTY 425-564-4110.

 

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT:

The college's "Affirmation of Inclusion” is posted in each classroom and sets forth the expectation that we will all treat one another

with respect and dignity regardless of whether or not we agree philosophically.  This expectation is in line with the principle of free

speech in a free society:  we have the right to express unpopular ideas as long as we don't show disrespect for reasonable people

 who might believe otherwise.

Part of this respect involves professional behavior toward the instructor, colleagues, and the class itself.  Disruptive behavior is disrespectful behavior. 

The Arts and Humanities Division honors the right of its faculty to define "disruptive behavior," which often involves such things as arriving late,

 leaving early, leaving class and then returning, talking while others are trying to hear the instructor or their group members, doing other

 homework in class, wearing earphones in class, bringing activated beepers, alarm watches, or cellular phones into class, inappropriate comments

or gestures, cheating during quizzes or tests, etc.  Such behavior interrupts the educational process.  When you are in doubt about any behavior,

consult your instructor during office hours:  the Division of Arts and Humanities recognizes the judgment of the instructor as the final authority in these matters.

When disruptive behavior occurs, instructors will speak to the students concerned.  Those students are then responsible for ending the disruptions at once.

Failure to do so may result in removal of the students from class.