Instructor:
Rashmi Koushik
E-mail: rashmi.koushik@bellevuecollege.edu
Phone: (425)-564-4032
Office
location: R230 E (second floor of R
building, at end of the hall)
Office
Hours: Before class and by appointment
BOOKS
AND MATERIALS REQUIRED
For
this lab, GED texts and practice tests will be provided. You should bring your math class text with
you to lab if you plan on working on homework.
The
textbooks will be available in the Bellevue College Bookstore, located in the B
Building. You can also search for these books on an on-line retailer such as www.amazon.com, but you might not get your
books for a few weeks, and this might delay your reading and homework.
Supplies:
Each student should come to class with a 3-ring binder, plenty of lined paper,
pencil, pen, and eraser. You may also
want a dictionary or other reference books.
GRADING
The ABE/GED department requires students to take
the CASAS reading and math assessments.
Each student takes the appraisal and pre-test before placement into a
course and a post-test at some point after 45 hours of instruction. The purpose of these assessments is to make
sure students are improving their reading and math skills to strengthen their
employability and other life skills.
The
Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning
challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or
learning challenge for which you have documentation or have seen someone for
treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful
in college, please contact us as soon as possible. If you are a person who
requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire,
earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a
safety plan within the first week of the quarter.
The
DRC office is located in B 132 or you can call our reception desk at
425.564.2498
CLASSROOM
ENVIRONMENT
The college's "Affirmation of
Inclusion” is posted in each classroom and sets forth the expectation that we
will all treat one another with respect and dignity regardless of whether or
not we agree philosophically. This
expectation is in line with the principle of free speech in a free
society: we have the right to express
unpopular ideas as long as we don't show disrespect for reasonable people who
might believe otherwise.
Part
of this respect involves professional behavior toward the instructor,
colleagues, and the class itself.
Disruptive behavior is disrespectful behavior. The Arts and Humanities Division honors the
right of its faculty to define "disruptive behavior," which often
involves such things as arriving late, leaving early, leaving class and then
returning, talking while others are trying to hear the instructor or their
group members, doing other homework in class, wearing earphones in class,
bringing activated beepers, alarm watches, or cellular phones into class,
inappropriate comments or gestures, cheating during quizzes or tests, etc. Such behavior interrupts the educational
process. When you are in doubt about any
behavior, consult your instructor during office hours: the Division of Arts and Humanities
recognizes the judgment of the instructor as the final authority in these
matters.
When
disruptive behavior occurs, instructors will speak to the students
concerned. Those students are then responsible
for ending the disruptions at once.
Failure to do so may result in removal of the students from class.
Bellevue
College E-mail and access to MyBC
All
students registered for classes at Bellevue College are entitled to a network
and e-mail account. Your student network account can be used to access
your student e-mail, log in to computers in labs and classrooms, connect to the
BC wireless network and log in to MyBC. To create your account, go
to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam . All messages from your instructors will go to
your student email account. You can link
this account to your personal email if you want email forwarding.
BC
offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and
student success. Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting
the Computing Services website.
Public
Safety
The
Bellevue College (BC) Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous
non-commissioned staff provides personal safety, security, crime prevention,
preliminary investigations, and other services to the campus community, 24
hours per day, and 7 days per week.
Their
phone number is 425.564.2400.
The
Public Safety website is your one-stop resource for campus emergency
preparedness information, campus closure announcements and critical information
in the event of an emergency. Public Safety is located in K100 and on the web
at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/