For those incoming freshmen NC State students who will have taken the SAT Math Level 1 or the SAT Math Level 2 Subject Test and/or the NCSU On-line Math Placement Test, the cutoff scores for placement in their first mathematics course are presented below.
Level 1 Subject Test Cutoff
Scores
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Course |
Minimum Score |
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MA 141 |
620 |
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MA 111, 121, 131 |
540 |
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MA 107 |
490 |
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MA 103, 105, 114 |
470 |
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Students making below 470 must take MA 101. |
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Level 2 Subject Test and NCSU Placement Test
Cutoff Scores
|
Course |
Minimum Score |
|
MA 141 |
550 |
|
MA 131 |
520 |
|
MA 111, 121 |
480 |
|
MA 107 |
450 |
|
MA 103, 105, 114 |
430 |
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Students making below 430 must take MA 101. |
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Those students who have taken neither a Subject Test nor an AP Calculus Exam will not be allowed to take any calculus course. Students who took either the AP Calculus Exam or who took a SAT Subject Test too late for the score to reach NC State before their Orientation Session will be temporarily placed in a math course using their on-line test scores. The on-line scores have the same cut-offs as the SAT Level 2. However, if and when their Subject Test or AP Calculus score reaches NC State, and if that score is too low for placement in calculus, the student will need to drop the calculus course and register for an appropriate non-calculus course. Likewise students who have been registered in MA 107, MA 108, or MA 111 before their Subject Test score arrives must adjust their registration to their score. Failure to do this will result in the Department of Mathematics disenrolling the student from the inappropriate course possibly too late for the student to register for any different course. Students without a Subject Test, on-line test, or AP calculus score or transfer credit will be placed in MA 101.
Students with an AP Calculus Exam score of 2 or higher will be allowed to enroll in a first semester calculus course (MA 121, 131, or 141).
Students who have been placed into and who successfully complete the pre-calculus course, MA 107, will be allowed to then take MA 121 or MA 131. However, students placed into MA 107 who are required to take MA 141 will need to make a C- or better in MA 107, and then make a C or better in MA 108 (second semester of pre-calculus) before qualifying for MA 141.
Students cannot qualify for MA 141 by taking MA 121 or MA 131. Those
students who are required to take MA 141 but do not qualify for MA 141 will
need to either take MA 111 and make a C- or better, or else take MA 107 and MA
108 and make a C- or better in each course. The MA 107-108 sequence is a
package deal - students are not allowed to take MA 108 without taking MA 107 or
it equivalent first.
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For students in the
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Math Course |
Advanced Placement Exams |
International Baccalaureate |
|||
|
|
|
|
Hours Credit |
Score |
Credit (higher level) ***) |
|
141 |
2 or 3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
241 |
3(*), 4, or 5 |
2(*) or 3 |
4 credit hr for MA 141 |
5(*) |
Placement in MA 241 |
|
242 |
|
3(**), 4, or 5 |
8 credit hr for MA 141 & MA 241 |
6, 7 |
4 credit hr for MA 141 |
For placement a student can choose to use their AB sub-score of the BC calculus exam.
(*) Students who make a 3 on the Calculus AB Exam (or a 2 on the Calculus BC Exam or a 5 on the IB Advanced) are allowed to start in MA 241 but will not receive credit for MA 141 until they make a "C-" or better in MA 241.
(**) Students who make a 3 on the Calculus BC exam are allowed to start MA 242 but will not receive credit for MA 241 until they make a "C-" or better in MA 242.
(***) The standard level scores will be looked at individually by the Mathematics Department.
Students who place into MA 107 will need to follow MA 107 with MA 108 before being allowed to take MA
141. A "C-" or better is required in both MA 107 and MA 108 to
qualify for MA 141.
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For most students in the Colleges of Education, Forestry, Management,
Textiles, and the
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Math Course |
Advanced Placement Exams |
International Baccalaureate |
|||
|
|
|
|
Hours Credit |
Score |
Credit (higher level only) |
|
121 or 131 |
2 |
2(*) |
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|
|
|
231 |
3(*), 4, or 5 |
3 |
3 credit hr for MA 131 |
5(*) |
Placement in MA 231 or 3 credit hr for MA 121 |
|
231 |
|
|
|
6, 7 |
3 credit hr for MA 121 or MA 131 |
For placement a student can choose to use their AB sub-score of the BC calculus exam.
(*) Students who make a 3 on the Calculus AB Exam (or a 2 on the Calculus BC Exam or a 5 on the IB) are allowed to start in MA 231 but will not receive credit for MA 131 until they make a "C-" or better in MA 231.
Students who need MA 121 can get credit for MA 121 with a 3 on
Students who make a 4 or 5 on the Calculus BC Exam will receive credit for
both MA 131 and MA 231.
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For students who are not required to take any calculus:
Subject Tests
|
Math Course |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
|
101 |
200-460 |
200-420 |
|
103 or 105 or 114 |
470-800 |
430-800 |
Þ Additional information: Department of Mathematics, 515-2382.
2-1.7.1
Advanced Placement Program
2-1.7.2
College Entrance Examination Program Advanced Placement Policy
2-1.7.3
Placement in Biology
2-1.7.4
Placement in Chemistry
2-1.7.5
Placement in Computer Science
2-1.7.6
Placement in English
2-1.7.7
Placement in Foreign Language
2-1.7.8
Placement/Admisssion of International Students
2-1.7.10
Placement in Mathematics for Lifelong Education Students
2-1.7.11
Placement in Reading