Basic Studies (BASK)
Basic Studies at Stockton is a freshman-only program serving students whose SAT/ACT scores indicate that they would benefit from small sections taught by select faculty who are most interested in improving student skills. BASK provides freshmen with coordinated experiences in academic reading, writing and mathematics. The program serves as an introduction to college work by offering materials to build a firm base for academic achievement.
Three of the five BASK courses earn fall college-credit and also satisfy other freshman requirements. College Writing, BASK 1101, is a writing-intensive course (a W1); Readings, BASK 1102, is a freshman seminar; and Quantitative Reasoning, BASK 1203, is a quantitative-reasoning-intensive course (a Q1). Math Workshop, BASK 1703, is a tutorial taken in conjunction with BASK 1203. Developmental Mathematics, BASK 1113, is a non-credit course for students whose test scores indicate they are not yet ready for BASK 1203.
Almost all BASK sections are taught by full-time faculty and staff -- members of the General Studies division or certain faculty from other divisions of the College. Section sizes are small (often about 20 students/class).
Retention and graduation rates of BASK students compare very favorably to students whose test scores place them out of BASK. Approximately three of every ten new freshmen take a BASK course in their first semester at Stockton. In each graduating class, however, former BASK students represent more than four of every ten “endemic” (non-transfer) graduates. We like to think that the support and guidance students find in their BASK courses in their first semester help bond them to the College and enhance their abilities to succeed in other courses throughout their college careers.
Newly admitted freshmen with 15 or fewer credits are subject to the BASK competency requirement. Some students may be exempt on the basis of SAT/ACT scores. Others may be required to take a placement test.
Students who fail to meet the competency requirement in BASK 1101, 1102 or 1203 in the first semester must retake the course in the next term in order to satisfy the requirement. Those who do not meet the competency requirement at the end of the term are subject to dismissal from the College.
Students who are dismissed may not apply for readmission to the College for a period of at least one year. These students must demonstrate competency on a retest in the appropriate Basic Skills area(s) before their readmission application will be considered. Many students who are subject to BASK dismissal are also subject to general academic dismissal. These students must satisfy both sets of requirements for readmission.
For more information, contact the Basic Studies Program Coordinator, Frank Cerreto, Frank.Cerreto@stockton.edu, at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, N.J. 08240-0195, Phone: (609) 652-4631.
The Faculty
Frank A. Cerreto
Ed.D. (Rutgers, The State University), Professor of Mathematics: mathematics, curriculum development, mathematics education, technology in education.
Jack Connor
Ph.D. (University of Florida), Professor of Writing: ornithology, composition, natural history, writing about nature, evolution and religion, the Pine Barrens.
Judith Copeland
M.F.A. (University of Iowa), Assistant Professor of Writing: creative nonfiction, memoir, travel writing, humor writing, composition, freshman seminars.
Pamela G. Kennedy Cross
M.A. (Georgetown University), Writing Center Coordinator/Developmental Education Specialist: tutor training, composition, freshman seminars, writing for the workplace, learning differences.
Emari DiGiorgio
M.F.A. (New York University), Assistant Professor of Writing: creative writing (poetry and fiction), contemporary world poetry, why poetry matters, composition, women’s studies, social activism.
Penelope A. Dugan
D.A. (State University of New York at Albany), Professor of Writing: composition theory, history of rhetoric, women writers, critical theory and feminism, early American literature, American literature to 1865.
Wondimagegnehu Geremew
Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Assistant Professor of Developmental Mathematics: variational analysis, optimization and applications.
Carra Leah Hood
Ph.D. (Yale University), Assistant Professor of Writing: writing, cultural studies, visual rhetoric, digital composing.
G.T. Lenard
Ph.D. (Temple University), Associate Professor of Writing: American studies, 18th century literature, composition.
Heather McGovern
Ph.D. (Texas Tech University), Associate Professor of Writing: technical and professional writing, environmental discourse, composition theory, online writing, document design, rhetoric, history of rhetoric, rhetoric of science.
Betsy McShea
Ph.D. (American University), Associate Professor of Developmental Mathematics: algebraic problem solving, quantitative reasoning, methods of teaching elementary mathematics, elementary school math, numbers and patterns, sports and math, politics and math.
Luis Pena
M.S. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Math Center Coordinator: mathematics, quantitative reasoning, tutor training, aerospace engineering, space science, history and policy.
John M. Quinn
Ed.D. (Pepperdine University), Assistant Professor of Developmental Mathematics: mathematics, curriculum development, mathematics education, technology in education.
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Alan F. Arcuri
Ph.D. (Brown University), Professor of Political Science: judicial politics, law and society, political behavior, Supreme Court politics, critical thinking.
Anne F. Pomeroy
Ph.D. (Fordham University), Associate Professor of Philosophy: social and political philosophy, Marxism, existentialism, process philosophy
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