Open on May 31, 2013

Student Mathematic Requirements:

1. If Your Major is Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry (B.S.), Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or if you are in a scholarship program that requires Math 131: You MUST take a calculus sequence starting with MATH 131 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus I) and the Mathematics Placement Exam.
   
   
2. If You Are Considering the pursuit of a Minor in Applied Mathematics or if you are attending The Citadel on a Navy scholarship, you may ELECT to take MATH 131. If you ELECT to take MATH 131, then you MUST take the Mathematics Placement Exam.
   
   
3. If you do not need to take MATH 131 (students who select majors other than those listed above) or if you wish to take MATH 119, Pre-Calculus, before taking MATH 131 in the fall, then you DO NOT need to take the Mathematics Placement Exam.

Other Exceptions to taking the MPE:

1. A student who already has transfer credit for Math 119 (Pre-Calculus).
   
2. A student who has transfer or Advanced Placement credit for Math 131 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry I) but decides to repeat Math 131.

Suggestions:

• Many students entering college for the first time are not sufficiently prepared for the rigors of freshman Calculus.
• These students need to take a semester of Pre-Calculus, MATH 119 (Pre-Calculus) before attempting MATH 131.

Placement:

1. In order to determine the appropriate course for entering freshmen, the placement process is based primarily on the Mathematics Placement Exam (MPE), which covers the basics of Algebra and Trigonometry.
   
2. If you fall into any of the categories listed above, you are required to take the MPE online before August 1, 2013, otherwise, you will be placed in MATH 119 (Precalculus).