NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY THE CITY

NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Mathematics Department Meeting May 3, 2018

• Approval of minutes from April 12, 2018 • The chair election: May 2 and 3 • The math department appointments committee election: May 10, 2018

Awards and Special Recognition • SIAM National Society – Shannon Evans • Computer Science awards – Shmuel Kamensky and Chi Yan Li • Applied Mathematics awards - Jeffrey Tumminia and Mukadder Cinar • Math Education – Diana (Mei) Zhu and Irania Vazquez • Math Department award - Farjana Shati

Thank you Wai-Ming Nagid Radia Ahlam Ashley Tahir SYDNEY Janice Brandon LAURIE THOMAS Kenny Tiffany Fahmida Sarah Ansa

Celebrate Professor Arthur Kramer’s retirement Thursday, May 24 12 -2 pm, faculty lounge

Commencement 2018 Monday June 4 Honor’s Convocation Wednesday May 30

Administrative Dates • Snow day makeup class: Thursday May 17 follows the Wednesday schedule. • Final exam period: Friday May 18 – Thursday May 24. • Final grades are due Tuesday, May 29. Personnel Dates • Faculty scholarship report is due Monday April 30. • Annual evaluation conference – Please submit your PARSE at least one week in advance of your conference appointment. • Faculty submit to OFSR final updated PARSE forms and supporting documentation by June 4.

Registration and advisement Thursday April 19 – Wednesday May 16 Corequisite registration

Curriculum • MAT 1190 – extend the experimental usage of the textbook for one more semester • MAT 1272 – edits in the course outlines • MAT 1475/1575 – new textbook? https: //escholarship. org/uc/item/78 g 124 h 2 • Developmental Math course outlines • Math Education Major curriculum proposal

Math Education • The new NYS requirements are expected to increase: The student teaching days from 40 to 70 days. The observation hours from 100 to 200 clock hours • Dual certification in math and computer science. • Tasks: develop course outlines for the new courses, or modify existing courses Timeline: • To submit the completed proposal for major curriculum changes by September 2018, for implementation in Fall 2019

Math Education Credits Gen ED EDU courses MAT (+ CS (3) + Applied Math (3)) MEDU (includes new secondary math course+12 credits students teaching+ and the new Micro-teaching course (3) with 120 observation hours) TOTAL Number of Credits 30 -32 11 45 34 120 -122

Committee Reports

Good and Welfare Adjournment