Precalculus Preparatory Program (PPP)
Winter/Spring 2010

The Department of Mathematical Sciences wants to ensure all students enrolling in Math 117 – Precalculus for Scientists and Engineers, have the prerequisite Intermediate Algebra skills needed to succeed. If your math placement exam score is less than Level IV, this indicates some gaps in your background. The Precalculus Preparatory Program (PPP) provides an opportunity for you to review these skills so you can enroll in Math 117. The PPP is an online assessment and learning program of Intermediate Algebra skills. It is coordinated by the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the ALEKS® Corporation. The cost is $30 for six-week access.

DUE DATE(s):

Winter 2010 Session registration: Begin no later than November 16th. and finish by December 21st*

If you begin prior to November 16th, you must finish six weeks from the date of your registration with the ALEKS program or December 21st, whichever is earliest.

Spring 2010 Session registration: Begin no later than December 16th and finish by January 20th*.

If you begin prior to December 16th, you must finish six weeks from the date of your registration with the ALEKS program or January 20th, whichever is earliest.

*It is to your advantage to complete the program as soon as possible to ensure the best choice of Math 241 course meeting times.

Past experience indicates students need about three weeks to complete the program. However, your time to completion is determined by your knowledge of these skills and it may take a longer or shorter amount of time.

COMPLETION OF PROGRAM

To successfully complete this program, your overall learning progress must be 70% or greater.    Your progress is monitored routinely and when you successfully complete the program, you will be contacted by email.. Once confirmed, you will need to contact your college advising office to make changes to your schedule. This is your responsibility and is not done automatically. If you do not know how to contact your college advising office, please go to http://www.udel.edu/registrar/subjects.html

BEFORE REGISTERING:

Please have the following information BEFORE attempting to register: a credit card, your University of Delaware student ID number (which begins with 70), your University of Delaware (@udel.edu) email address, and the course code: 9X4T3-QA9N6

Remember:

• Copy down the course code: 9X4T3-QA9N6. You will need this if you leave this web page.


• During the registration process, you will need to purchase a 20-character access code. You will be prompted through the process and will need a credit card


• As the registration process begins, you will be asked to enter some information. When entering your personal information, you must use your University of Delaware student ID number and your University of Delaware email address. This is not optional as it may indicate. If you do not complete this correctly, your student record may not be updated.


• When prompted, select “Delaware” as the State and “UNIV OF DELAWARE – PO BOX 286” as the school address

A link to the registration process is provided below.

Questions about PPP:

Many of the most common questions can be answered at http://www.math.udel.edu/placement/pt_prep_FAQ.html. Please look at this for further information. If you have further questions or concerns about the math placement program, you can contact Bettyann Daley at daley@math.udel.edu.

Technical Support

If you have questions or registration/system issues with ALEKS at any point, please contact ALEKS customer support at http://support.aleks.com/ or call (714) 619-7090. There is also a list of FAQs available at http://www.aleks.com/support .

Begin the Registration Process:

You will need a credit card, your University of Delaware student ID number (which begins with 70), your University of Delaware (@udel.edu) email address, and the course code: 9X4T3-QA9N6.   COPY this course code down as you will not have access to it if you leave this page!   

Once you are ready to register and begin the program, click here         

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