<p>After being admitted and while browsing through bealonghorn website, I skimmed through college of natural science page.</p>
<p>Could someone explain ALEKS?
There's an online portion and orientation portion?</p>
<p>I am a parent. I never took ALEKS myself.</p>
<p>[UT</a> ALEKS Math Assessment](<a href=“http://cns.utexas.edu/academics/placement/math-assessment]UT”>http://cns.utexas.edu/academics/placement/math-assessment)</p>
<p>All UT students have to take ALEKS Math if they take any introductory class below
Math 408C, Math 408K and 408N
CS 312
Math 305G
Math 310T and 316*
SSC * 302. 303, 304, 305, and 306</p>
<p>They do not have to take ALEKS only if they got credit or placement for AP/IB Calculus and take the second class instead of first (M 408D, M 408L, M 408S). They don’t have to take it for CS 312 if they have AP/IB credit or placement.
I do not know about SSC classes.</p>
<p>If you have credit or placement for your AP/AB calculus but decide to repeat the first introductory calculus class (M 408C, K or N) you have to take ALEKS.</p>
<p>My understanding is that high school calculus classes (depending on high school of course) and introductory calculus courses at UT are quite different, and if you don’t repeat the introductory course you can struggle in the second class, because some topics that were covered at UT were not included in your syllabus at school at all. So it’s better to repeat, IMHO.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I guess I should concentrate harder in my AB Calculus class and prepare for ALEKS.</p>