About the Undergraduate Program

All students who plan to take any courses in mathematics should take the Mathematics Placement Examination. Those who do not pass the algebra portion of the test are advised to take MAT 112 as their first mathematics course.

Students who complete any calculus course numbered 284 or higher with a grade of C or better are exempt from the quantitative skills requirement. Otherwise, students may satisfy the quantitative skills requirement by passing two courses in an approved sequence, as described in the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum Handbook. Students who have been awarded six credits in calculus on the basis of the CEEB Advanced Placement Examination may use those credits to satisfy this requirement.

There are two calculus sequences, MAT 285, 286 and MAT 295, 296, 397 (formerly 295, 296, 397, 398). Advisors are available in the Department of Mathematics to assist students in the choice of the appropriate calculus sequence, which is very important since switching sequences is difficult. Furthermore, only one of MAT 284 or 285 may be taken for credit. Students cannot receive credit for MAT 284 or 285 after successful completion of 295. Also, students cannot receive credit for MAT 295 after successful completion of MAT 286.