El Camino College to Sponsor Free Summer Math Academy

El Camino College will sponsor a free, three-week math academy for new, incoming students this summer.

The 2013 El Camino College Summer Math Academy provides an opportunity to study math for three weeks in a friendly, stress-free environment. Students will learn how to study efficiently and become well-prepared for college placement testing. Math courses cover basic skills, algebra and precalculus. Students must be enrolled in a math course for fall 2013.

The Summer Math Academy runs Mondays through Thursdays, July 22 through August 8. An orientation meeting is scheduled from 5-6:30 p.m. July 10 in the Math Business Allied Health Building, room 319.

Through this academy, students will gain the information and tools needed for success in the mathematical sequences of college classes required to graduate or transfer. The academy also provides students with another opportunity to avoid taking non-degree applicable or non-transfer level pre-requisite math classes by scoring higher on the Mathematics Placement Test.

Participants will be able to take the math placement test at the end of the academy. By scoring higher on the Mathematics Placement Test, students have the opportunity to finish required math courses in a timely manner and be on track to graduate.