Date:  August 12, 2009
      To:  Advisors and Support Services
    From:  Tom Muenzenberger
 Subject:  Advising students in math service courses

1) To distinguish between the traditional and studio options when enrolling
in MATH 100 College Algebra: Recitation is the primary component;
Traditional option recitation sections are A, B, C, ...;  Studio option
recitation sections are AA, AB, AC, ....  More information may be found in

   "College Algebra Choices" by Andrew Bennett:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/courses/collegealgebra.pdf

2) Syllabi and course test archives for most math courses are on-line:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/oldtests
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/syllabi/current-semester-syllabi.html

3) College Algebra lecture notes are on-line:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math100/spring-2008/LectureNotes.html
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math100/fall-2005/LectureNotes/
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math100/burckel-notes

4) College Algebra and Trig snippets are on-line:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math100/fall-2006/nagy/snippets.html
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math150/fall-2007/nagy/snippets.html

5) Calculus I lecture notes are on-line:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/math220/burckel-lectures/

6) Math instructors conduct daily help sessions for:
   MATH 100 College Algebra;
   MATH 150 Plane Trigonometry;
   MATH 205 General Calculus and Linear Algebra;
   MATH 220, 221, and 222 Calculus I, II, and III; and
   MATH 240 Elementary Differential Equations.

Math instructors also conduct final help sessions during finals week for
the above courses.

Math instructors conduct computing lab study hours for:
   MATH 100 Studio College Algebra;
   MATH 240 Elementary Differential Equations;
   MATH 540 Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations;
   MATH 551 Applied Matrix Theory; 
   MATH 615 Digital Image Processing; and
   MATH 655 Elementary Numerical Analysis.

A schedule for these help sessions and computing lab study hours is on the
Math Help board outside 121 Cardwell Hall and may be accessed via the Help
Sessions link in the sidebar on the Department of Mathematics homepage:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/help/
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/help/helpsche.pdf
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/help/final.htm

7) AAC, ARC, and SAS help in math courses:

   * Academic Assistance Center Walk-In Tutoring in Leisure Hall:
     http://www.k-state.edu/aac/tutoring/walkintutoring.htm

   * Academic Assistance Center On-line help:
     http://livehelp.k-state.edu/help_math

   * Academic Resource Centers Tutoring in Derby and Kramer Complexes:
     http://housing.k-state.edu/arc/

   * Scholars Assisting Scholars Tutoring in Durland Hall:
     http://www.k-state.edu/wesp/SAS/

8) How to Succeed in K-State Math Courses:
   http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/course_info/help/succeed.html

9) Elementary education majors wanting to take MATH 160 Contemporary
Mathematics may obtain permission from Dr. Perl in 013 Bluemont Hall;
other majors may enroll in MATH 160 after the last day of early
enrollment.

10) This document and all the above links are on-line at: 
    http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/handbook/dept/memos/ugmemos/help-your-students.mem