Do I need to take math?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Ohio State University
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<p>Getting a hold of anyone in the advising department takes forever, so I thought I’d try here first. I’m going to take my math placement test this week and I’m pretty confident I’m going to score high on it. I took BC calc in high school as well. I just finished my freshman year at a community college and I’m transferring, but I haven’t taken a “college” math course. If my score is as high as I think it’s going to be, will I even be required to take a math course at OSU next year? Or will I get to skip it all together?</p>

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<p>You’ll probably still need to take some sort of math. What’s your major, and did you take the AP BC test? If so, what did you get on it?</p>

<p>The math placement test only gets you out of remedial math courses, and one non-remedial one at best, but most majors still require a math course above those classes. The main point of the placement test is to let you know which math course you’re best suited for, it never gives you actual credit.</p>

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<p>I believe that you can test out of Calc II, currently called Math 152 under the quarter system; if you test out of that and don’t need higher, you shouldn’t have to take more math</p>

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<p>Under quarters, an AP score of 5 gets you credit for Math 150, 151. 152 which is through calc 2. You’ll only need more if your major requires it. For instance, an English major might not need any more math but I know engineers need the above plus maybe 4 more math courses including a math technical elective like statistics.</p>

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<p>If you can place out of calc152 then yeah, you will likely be able to get away with zero math classes. Though, you’ll probably need a data analysis and a math/logical analysis course - which could include math but could also be fulfilled with different courses. </p>

<p>Some majors will allow you to achieve this simply placing into 148.</p>

<p>I’m assuming you’re not interested in any of the sciences. Engineering usually requires math254 and most sciences require at least 153 (including computer science). Both might require even more depending on your specialty.</p>