Part-time, Evening: Sample Programs

Many students at CSUEB are completing their educations while managing other responsibilities. The Department and University try to pay attention to the needs of part-time and evening students.

A part-time student will generally only take one to three courses each quarter. Mathematics courses are often challenging, and should probably be combined with electives for a manageable schedule.

Many part-time students are transferring from community colleges, and have completed all their lower division mathematics requirements and sixty quarter units of general education courses. This student would then need 44 units of mathematics and 58 units more of mathematics, G.E., and electives. The sample schedule (Table 5) would apply to such a student who can take two courses per quarter (and sometimes three), who wants to finish in three years, and is willing to attend four quarters per year. As written, it is appropriate for Option A. This schedule can be adapted in many ways to fit the needs of a particular student.

A sample schedule for night students is given in Table 6. Note that only the mathematics courses are shown; general education and elective courses should be chosen to complete the schedule.

Part-time students who want to work out their own schedules should keep in mind the general pattern of the Department course offerings. Table 7 shows the usual pattern of course offerings for those courses only available certain quarters.

For students restricted to evening classes, the Mathematics Department offers some courses at night (and late afternoon) every quarter. Some remedial courses (below 1000), both courses for business majors (1810, 1820), and courses for elementary school teachers (4021-4023) are always available at night, except summer quarter. In addition, Math 1130 (College Algebra) is always available at night.

Table 8 shows the usual schedule of available evening classes, for those courses not available every quarter. In addition, most senior and graduate courses are given in the late afternoon and evening. Classes that begin at 4 PM (or later) are considered evening. The department prefers scheduling classes at 6 PM or 8 PM, but this is not always possible.