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C A L C U L U S R E A D I N E S S P L A C E M E N T CALCULUS PLACEMENT Many majors require Calculus (either MAT 127: Calculus A or MAT 125: Calculus for Business and the Social Sciences). The College of New Jersey is deeply interested in student success in mathematics, and college-level Calculus is a more rigorous course than the Calculus courses taught at most high schools. The Mathematics and Statistics department has determined that the SAT and ACT mathematics score are important indicators for success in college-level Calculus. You must meet specified entrance requirements, based on these scores and the high-school math courses you have taken, before enrolling in a Calculus course. If you do not meet these requirements, you may be required to take a lower-level course. Even if you have already taken Calculus in high school, you may be placed into MAT 120: Precalculus or MAT 119: Introduction to Functions due to your math scores in order to ensure success when you take our Calculus courses. Transfer students who receive transfer credit equivalency for Calculus will have met the requirements for Calculus (MAT 125 or 127). Students should check their academic requirements report to ensure they have received proper credit. Complete placement information can be found at http://mathstat.tcnj.edu PLACEMENT CRITERIA 1. Students with at least a 630 math SAT score or a 28 ACT math score. Students will be enrolled directly into Calculus, if their program requires it. 2. Students with a math SAT score in the 550 – 620 range or a math ACT score in the 24 – 27 range. Students in the School of Business will be placed into MAT 119: Introduction to Functions, which is the prerequisite course for MAT 125. All other students will be placed in MAT 120: Precalculus, which is the prerequisite course for MAT 127. 3. Students with a math SAT score lower than 550 or a math ACT score lower than 24. Students will be placed into MAT 095: Intermediate Algebra. 5 Please Note: TCNJ does not have a mathematics placement test. It also does not have a mandatory calculus requirement. If you do not need to take a calculus or precalculus course, please ignore this information. Diagram of Course Sequence for Foundational Mathematics Courses. Depending on their test scores, students will be placed in MAT 095/119/120/125/127 as their initial course. The arrows in the diagram indicate the order students can take courses. For example, if a student passes MAT 119, they can then take MAT 120 or MAT 125 as their next course. Placement Criteria 1. For students with at least a 630 math SAT score or a 28 ACT math score: Students will be enrolled directly into Calculus, if their program requires it. 2. For students with a math SAT score in the 550 - 620 range or a math ACT score in the 24 MAT 095: Intermediate Algebra MAT 119: Introduction to Functions MAT 125: Calculus for Business and Social Sciences MAT 120: Precalculus MAT 127: Calculus A Diagram of Course Sequence for Foundational Mathematics Courses. Depending on their test scores, students will be placed in MAT 095/119/120/125/127 as their initial course. The arrows in the diagram indicate the order students can take courses. For example, if a student passes MAT 119, they can then take MAT 120 or MAT 125 as their next course.

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