First-Year Core Calculus

The First-Year Core Calculus Report to the BCcupm was unanimously approved (all recommendations) at the May 2002 Meeting of the BCcupm.  This Report was prepared by a team representing various sectors of the post-secondary mathematics education community in BC and the initiative was supported by BCCAT under a Transfer Innovations Project grant. 

For a copy of the full, Final Report to BCCAT, click HERE.
For a brief outline of the Core Curricula with the approved recommendations, click HERE.

First-Year Core Calculus Follow-up Survey Report to the BCcupm

This report tabled in May 2003 summarized the experiences of the post-secondary mathematics education community with the Core Calculus Curricula one year after their adoption.  For a printable copy of the Follow-up Report, click HERE.

Mathematics Flexible Pre-Major

Some colleges striving to provide for their students a variety of courses sufficient to allow entry into the third year of a Mathematics Major program at university urged that a study of program requirements for a Math Major and of the status of present offerings at BC colleges be undertaken. 

In this regard, the Mathematics Flexible Pre-Major Analysis Project Report gives an insight into the challenges and opportunities for students, colleges and universities.  It also suggests a set of first-and second-year courses that should form the core of a Math Pre-Major program.  The BCcupms approved the Recommendations of the Report in May 2006. 

For a printable copy of the Final Report, click HERE.

At its May 2008 meeting, the BCcupms endorsed an updated version of the course details for the Mathematics Flexible Pre-Major. The report containing this updated information can be obtained HERE (PDF).

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Web-based Resources for College Mathematics and Statistics

At its May 1999 Meeting the BCcupm initiated a project to identify suitable web-based learning materials on a more detailed basis than are available in most existing resource guides.  It is hoped that this project, chaired by Alan Cooper at Langara College, will enable students quickly to find reliable materials in support of their immediate learning objectives, and that it may also provide an effective medium for faculty to distribute the new mathematics/statistics resources that they create.  
To check out the Internet Resources for the Mathematics Student site, click HERE!

What do you REALLY need to know in order to succeed in first-year math/stats?

Mathematics Proficiencies - For Post-Secondary Mathematics/Statistics Courses (Report)

In 1999, the Centre for Curriculum Transfer and Technology in BC completed a project to review the general and specific mathematics proficiencies recommended by BC's post-secondary educational institutions for entry to selected mathematics/statistics courses.   The courses selected for this study were Calculus, Introductory Statistics and Mathematics for Elementary Education.  The Report details some very interesting findings and details the recommendations of the Project's Steering Committee.  To down-load the Report, you'll need a pdf reader.

The Provincial Calculus 12 course.

The IRP for the BC Calculus 12 course is now available.  Pierre Gilbert, Manager of the Content and Achievement Branch for the Ministry of Education, chaired the development team and welcomes your comments and input.