ALEKS

Warning! as of October 2020, ALEKS courses are unavailable for credit. It is unknown at this time if the ACE recommendation will be renewed. If you finished an ALEKS math course prior to August 31, 2020 then you can still receive credit for that course so long as it is placed on your ACE transcript.

Overview
ALEKS (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) is an online, adaptive artificial intelligence engine that can teach you math from K-12 and through college algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, and statistics, with courses that have been ACE-recommended for college credit. It works by the following method:
 * 1) Asks you a type of problem, e.g. "solving quadratics by factoring."
 * 2) If you get the problem wrong, it thoroughly explains that specific problem and the strategies used to solve it, and then asks you another problem of the same type.
 * 3) Once you get several right in a row, it adds that problem as a "learned topic" to your progress chart and then asks you another question, e.g. "solving quadratics by completing the square."
 * 4) Repeat until complete.

Why is ALEKS important?

 * 1) It is accepted as direct credit for math coursework by Excelsior College and TESU. For TESU, ALEKS trigonometry fulfills your precalculus requirement for a business degree.
 * 2) You only need to reach 70% to pass -- you don't need to take a whole course, just reach 70% on a periodic assessment test and you are done.
 * 3) It only costs $20 per month -- much cheaper than even a CLEP test.

ACE Credit-Recommended ALEKS Courses
As of August 2018, the following ALEKS courses are ACE-recommended for college credit:


 * College Algebra
 * Trigonometry
 * College Algebra with Trigonometry
 * PreCalculus
 * Introduction to Statistics
 * Business Statistics
 * Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Students cannot receive ACE credit for both of the courses in the following combinations (you can only receive credit for one or the other:


 * College Algebra and College Algebra with Trigonometry
 * College Algebra and PreCalculus
 * College Algebra with Trigonometry and Trigonometry
 * Trigonometry and PreCalculus
 * College Algebra with Trigonometry and PreCalculus
 * Introduction to Statistics and Business Statistics
 * Introduction to Statistics and Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
 * Business Statistics and Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Resources

 * ALEKS home page
 * ALEKS promotional tour video
 * Some helpful resources for learning math are available in the Study Guides section