The Math Readiness Program is a free, online course in ALEKS that is designed for students who can improve their math proficiency through independent learning without a course instructor to prepare for their college-level course. This course does not give you college credit for math, but it does serve as the pre-requisite for MAT 111, STT 210, and STT 215.
The 2023-2024 Course is available from March 15, 2023 until May 31, 2024.
Students, when you register for this course, you have 18 weeks to complete it. Any student who does not complete the course within 18 weeks, will be required to retake the course by registering with a new account.
The ALEKS course for the MAT 105 Readiness Program consists of 120 topics shared among 10 Objectives. ALEKS delivers optimal, personalized learning path for students through an ongoing cycle of learning and assessment. After students register and login to the course, they will complete a Tools Tutorial on how to use the system. Next, students will complete an Initial Knowledge Check (IKC) assessment. The IKC uses adaptive questioning in 30 questions or less to accurately measure students’ individualized knowledge states of mastered topics and most ready to learn topics. Once students complete their IKC, they will have access to their ALEKS Pie, which is a multicolor pie chart that represents the overall progress towards completion of the 120 topics. Students receive credit for any topics they master on the IKC and start practicing topics that they are ready to learn. ALEKS always presents most ready to learn topics first, so topics from the 10 Objectives will appear in a unique order for each student. Explanation pages, videos, and the eBook are available in the course to help students during their learning process. Students will be re-assessed by additional Knowledge Checks to determine if they successfully master the topics they learn. Students will continue to cycle between learning topics and taking Knowledge Checks until they achieve 90% mastery on a Knowledge Check to finish the MAT 105 Readiness Program.
After completing the MAT 105 Readiness Program, students will receive an email indicating they are now eligible to take MAT 111, STT 210, or STT 215. Students should be able to register for any section that has seats available within 2 working days of receiving the email notification (or as soon thereafter as SeaNet reopens for registration). This means students MUST complete the program at least 2 working days before registration closes for the semester they want to take MAT 111, STT 210, or STT 215.
If you have trouble registering for open classes after 2 working days, contact the Mathematics and Statistics Department at MathStats@uncw.edu.
Any other questions should be addressed to Elizabeth Creath (MAT 111 Coordinator) at creathe@uncw.edu.