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The Department of Mathematics offers several precalculus and calculus
courses. On this page you will find information on the various
courses offered and, for the calculus courses, on prerequisites and
placement.
This page is divided into the following sections:
Overview
There are two main calculus sequences:
- Survey of
Calculus (a two-semester sequence for non-science majors, some portion
of which is required for most business majors).
-
Analytic Geometry and Calculus
(a three-semester sequence, some portion of which is required for
majors in the sciences and several other areas), and
There is also an Honors Calculus sequence, but its syllabus is the
same as that of the Analytic Geometry and Calculus sequence.
You may click here for a list
of majors requiring calculus, current as of Spring 2007; however,
this list will tell you only which first calculus course (if
any) is required of you, not how far you have to go in that calculus
sequence. For most majors that require Survey of Calculus 1 (MAC
2233), students are allowed to substitute Analytic Geometry and
Calculus 1 (MAC 2311) or Honors Calculus 1 (MAC 3472), since the
latter two are considered higher-level courses.
Precalculus and Calculus courses offered
In the list below, click on the course number for more detailed
information. Placement information for the calculus courses is
provided further down on this page.
Precalculus choices
The content of MAC 1147 is the combined content of MAC 1140 and MAC
1114. The Survey of Calculus sequence does not require knowledge of
trigonometry, but the Analytic Geometry and Calculus sequence
does. For this reason, most business majors who have to take a
precalculus course need only take MAC 1140, but any student whose
major requires MAC 2311 and who has to take precalculus will need to
take MAC 1147 or both MAC 1140 and MAC 1114.
Calculus sequences and courses
- Survey of Calculus sequence
-
Analytic Geometry and Calculus sequence
- MAC 2311
Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1
- MAC 2312
Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2.
An alternative for certain
students with AP credit for MAC 2311 is
MAC 2512*, Calculus 2 for
Advanced Placement Students.
- MAC 2313
Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3
- Honors Calculus sequence
The topics in the Honors Calculus sequence closely parallel those of
the Analytic Geometry and Calculus sequence, but are treated in
greater depth. For any UF course that has a course in the MAC 2311-2-3
sequence as a prerequisite, the corresponding course in the MAC
3472-3-4 sequence will meet that prerequisite.
Registration in Honors Calculus classes is
controlled entirely by the Honors Office and
is usually limited to students in the Honors Program.
Please do not go to the math department to ask for permission to
take an Honors Calculus class since the department has no authority to
grant this permission. Only the Honors Office has that authority.
Calculus 1 courses (in all sequences): prerequisites and
placement
The information in this section applies only to students who want
or have to take a Calculus 1 course (MAC 2233, MAC 2311, or MAC 3472)
at UF. Information on placing out of Calculus 1
courses and on prerequisites and placement for
Calculus 2 and Calculus 3 courses is provided further down on this page.
To assess his or her background and to determine the right course in
which to enroll, every student who intends to take a Calculus 1
course must complete the Calculus Readiness Assessment (CRA) or
meet one of the alternative placement criteria
listed below.
The CRA is a set of 25 multiple-choice questions (20 in algebra, 5 in
trigonometry) designed to determine whether a student is adequately
prepared to succeed in calculus at UF. Freshmen and transfer students
ordinarily take the CRA as part of Preview Prep,
prior to coming to Preview at the University of Florida. Current
students who have not taken the CRA, but need or want to, may do so by
going to http://www.isis.ufl.edu
and clicking on "Placement", then "Calculus Readiness Assessment" (but
should read the remaining information below on the CRA
first!). Students should at least an hour to take the Assessment. To
maximize the diagnostic usefulness of the CRA, students should not
guess, should not use a calculator, and should work without assistance
from other people.
It is essential to be aware that the Assessment can be taken
only once, and thus should not be taken lightly. Although scores
on the CRA will not appear on the student's transcript, they will
remain in his or her UF records. Students who score below the
minimum required for entry into the desired Calculus 1 course (and who
do not meet one of the alternative placement
criteria) will
have to take the precalculus course(s) indicated in the chart
below before being allowed to take calculus at UF. There are NO
EXCEPTIONS to this rule, and no second chances on the CRA.
For purposes of qualifying to take MAC 2311 or MAC 3472, a grade
below C in MAC 1147, MAC 1140, or MAC 1114 will supersede a prior
passing CRA score. For purposes of qualifying to take MAC 2233, a
grade below C in MAC 1147 or MAC 1140 will supersede a prior passing
CRA score. In addition, students who earn only a C or C+ in MAC
1147, MAC 1140, or MAC 1114 may need to review precalculus heavily in
order to succeed in calculus.
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Placing into a Calculus 1 course via the Calculus
Readiness Assessment
For placement based on the CRA (rather than on an alternative placement criterion), see the
chart below. As indicated, with certain mid-range scores you are
allowed to take calculus, but for you to have the best chance
of success the math department recommends that you take a precalculus
course at UF first.
If your major requires MAC 2233, you are still
allowed to take MAC 2311 if you meet the prerequisites for it;
similarly, you are eligible to take the precalculus courses that cover
trigonometry (MAC 1147 and MAC 1114).
| If your major or postgraduate plan requires
... |
and your CRA score is ... |
then
the highest-level course you are
eligible to take in the related precalculus/calculus
sequence is ... |
but the recommended course for you is ... |
| MAC 2233 |
9 or lower on algebra |
MAC 1140 |
MAC 1140 |
| 10 -15 on algebra |
MAC 2233 |
MAC 1140 |
| 16 or higher on algebra |
MAC 2233 |
MAC 2233 |
| MAC 2311 |
9 or lower on algebra
OR
1 or lower on trigonometry |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141)
|
10 or higher on algebra
AND
2 or higher on trigonometry,
but
combined score less than 20
|
MAC 2311
(or MAC 3472 if you are
in the Honors Program, but not
otherwise)
|
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
10 or higher on algebra
AND
2 or higher on trigonometry
AND
combined score of at least 20
|
MAC 2311
(or MAC 3472 if you are
in the Honors Program, but not
otherwise)
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MAC 2311
(or MAC 3472 if you are
in the Honors Program, but not
otherwise)
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Placing into a Calculus 1 course via an alternative placement
criterion
There are two types of alternative placement criteria: scores on
certain exams--specifically, Advanced Placement (AP),
International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced International Certificate
of Education (AICE), and
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
exams--and grades in preparatory
courses. The score or grade must be already on file at UF** for the relevant
criterion to be met.
Students who meet one or more of these criteria may take the indicated
Calculus 1 course without taking the CRA. However, such students are
strongly urged to take the CRA nonetheless, and to try their
hardest on it, in order to check that they are prepared for a UF
Calculus 1 course; even for students meeting one of the alternative
placement criteria, a low CRA score could predict potential trouble in
UF calculus. Students meeting any of the alternative placement
criteria will not be blocked from taking MAC 2233 or MAC 2311 by a CRA
score below the minimum given in the CRA placement
chart, but should strongly consider taking or retaking the relevant
precalculus or calculus course(s) at UF first.
- AP, IB, and AICE scores
Students with any of the
following scores already on file at UF** may take
MAC 2233 or MAC 2311 (or, only for students in the Honors Program, MAC 3472):
- A score of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Calculus AB or BC exam.
-
A score of 4, 5, 6, or 7 on the IB Mathematics
exam2 .
- A score of A, B, C, D, or E on the AICE Mathematics A
Level or AS Level exam, or on the AICE Further Mathematics A
Level or AS Level exam.
If you have any of these AP/IB scores, read the sections below on
placing out of Calculus 1 courses and prerequisites and placement for Calculus 2 and
Calculus 3
courses. You may have already placed out of Calculus 1 and, if
desired, into a higher-level class.
- CLEP scores
Unlike with AP, IB, and AICE scores, the CLEP scores necessary to
place into a Calculus 1 class depend on whether the class is MAC 2311
(or 3472) or MAC 2233.
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Grades in preparatory courses
Students who do not have one of the alternative
placement scores and who do not achieve the minimum CRA score(s)
shown in the CRA placement chart will need to
achieve a satisfactory grade or grades in the relevant preparatory
course or courses before being allowed to take the desired
Calculus 1 course at UF.
- To enroll in MAC 2233, such students will need one of the
following:
- A letter grade of C or better in MAC 1140.
- A letter grade of C or better in MAC 1147.
- To enroll in MAC 2311 (or, only for students in the Honors Program, MAC 3472) such students
will need one of the following:
- A letter grade of C or better in MAC 1147.
- A letter grade of C or better in both MAC 1140
and MAC 1114.
- A letter grade of B or better in MAC 2233 (however,
students placing into MAC 2311 by this criterion may
need to review trigonometry heavily in order to
succeed in MAC 2311).
If a student takes any of the courses listed above at another Florida
public university or Florida public community college, and wants to
use this credit to qualify to take MAC 2233 or MAC 2311 at UF, the
grade(s) from the other school(s) will have to be already on file at UF** to be used for placement
into the desired UF course. The Department of Mathematics will
not evaluate, purely for purposes of placement into a UF Calculus
1 course, any course taken outside Florida's public university and
community college system ("FPUCCS"), or any FPUCCS course not numbered
MAC 1114, 1140, 1147, or 2233. Students in this situation must
take the CRA to qualify for Calculus 1.
Placing out of Calculus 1
courses and receiving UF credit for non-UF Calculus 1 work
Via scores on AP, IB, AICE, or CLEP exams, or grades in calculus
courses taken outside the University of Florida, you may already have
received UF credit for the Calculus 1 course required for your major. In
the case of a Calculus 1 course taken outside UF, you may not
have received UF credit for MAC 2233 or MAC 2311, but you
may be able to receive
course-equivalency credit for one of these courses.
To determine whether your AP, IB, AICE, or CLEP exam-score gives
you credit for the Calculus 1 class you need, see the AP
,
IB,
AICE, or
CLEP
course-equivalency chart in the Undergraduate Catalog3.
If you took MAC 2311 or MAC 2233 at another campus of the FPUCCS4, and received a grade of C or
higher, then credit for this course will transfer to UF once UF has
received and processed your transcript from the other school. If
you did not tell the other school to send an official transcript to
UF, don't assume it did so.
If you took a calculus course elsewhere in the FPUCCS4 but it was numbered differently
from UF's calculus courses, then--once UF has received and
processed your transcript--you may or may not receive equivalency
credit for a UF calculus course, depending on the information in the
UF Registrar's course-equivalency database. If you do not receive such
credit, you may ask the Department of Mathematics to evaluate your
course for possible equivalency credit, but before making the request
click on this equivalency credit
information link to see what's involved. If you do not have
back-up material to show that your course was very similar to the UF
course you want credit for, then asking for equivalency credit will be
a waste of time.
Courses that do not have "calculus" in the title (e.g. with
titles like "Business Mathematics") are almost never equivalent to
a UF calculus course. If you're not sure whether the math in a
course you took included calculus, then it didn't--the word
"calculus" (or its translation into another language) is used whenever
and wherever the subject is taught.
If you took a calculus course outside the FPUCCS4, you will not automatically
receive credit for a specific UF calculus course. Once your transcript
from the other school is received and processed by UF, the course will
be entered into your UF transcript with a "dummy" number like "MAC
0000". The title of the course, e.g. "Calculus 1", will also be
shown, but this does not mean that you have credit for MAC 2233
or MAC 2311. Departments housing some majors will accept a non-FPUCCS4 calculus course in lieu of a UF
course for that major's requirements, but they cannot require
other departments to accept that substitution. If your major
department does not accept the non-FPUCCS4 course, or if you need need to
receive UF-wide credit for a specific UF course that you think is
equivalent to one that you took, you will have to ask Department of
Mathematics to evaluate your course for possible equivalency credit.
Note: Satisfactory completion of a Calculus 2 course, at UF or
elsewhere, will not be considered grounds for awarding you
credit for a UF Calculus 1 course. To get credit for a UF Calculus 1
course without an AP/IB/AICE/CLEP score or a grade in an
identically-numbered course taken at another FPUCCS4 campus, you will need to obtain
equivalency credit, either automatically from the UF Registar's
database or by having the UF Math Department evaluate your course.
For Calculus 2 and 3 courses, there is no UF-administered placement
exam like the CRA. The prerequisite for any of
these higher-level calculus courses is, with the exceptions noted
below, a grade of C or higher in the preceding course in that calculus
sequence (or in a calculus course completed elsewhere, with a grade of
at least C, for which you have received course-equivalency credit), or
a sufficiently high score on an appropriate AP, IB, AICE, or CLEP exam
(see the AP
,
IB,
AICE, or
CLEP
course-equivalency chart in the Undergraduate Catalog3).
The exceptions to this rule are that:
- Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 (MAC 2311) or Honors
Calculus 1 (MAC 3472) may be used to meet the prerequisite for Survey
of Calculus 2 (MAC 2234). (However, Survey of Calculus 1 does
not serve as a prerequisite for Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
or Honors Calculus 2. Similarly, Survey of Calculus 2 does
not serve as a prerequisite for Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3
or Honors Calculus 3.)
- Any course in the Analytic Geometry and
Calculus sequence may be used to meet the prerequisite for the
next course in the Honors Calculus sequence, and
vice-versa. (For example, with grades of C or higher, MAC 2311 meets
the prerequisite for MAC 3473, and MAC 3473 meets the prerequisite for
MAC 2313.)
For students with AP or IB scores, the chart immediately below lists
the allowed and recommended precalculus/calculus courses (for students
with AICE or CLEP scores, see the next
chart). Note that there is some "middle ground" in which the
highest-level calculus course that you are eligible to take is
not the course that the math department recommends that you
take (even though following the recommendation may mean taking a
course you already have credit for).
| If the calculus sequence your major or
postgraduate plans require is
... |
and the exam you took was
... |
and your score was ... |
then
the highest-level precalculus or calculus course you are
eligible to take in (or leading to) that sequence is
... |
but the recommended precalculus or
calculus course for you is ... |
|
SURVEY
OF
CALCULUS
|
AP Calculus AB or BC |
1 - 2 |
MAC 1140 |
MAC 1140 |
| AP Calculus AB |
3 |
MAC 2234 |
MAC 2233 |
| 4 - 5 |
MAC 2234 |
MAC 2234
(if needed)
|
| AP Calculus BC |
3 - 5 |
MAC 2234 |
MAC 2234
(if needed)
|
| IB Mathematical Studies
|
any |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1140 |
|
IB Mathematics2 |
1 - 3 |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1140 |
| 4 |
MAC 2233 |
MAC 1140 |
| 5 |
MAC 2234 |
MAC 2233 |
| 6 - 7 |
MAC 2234 |
MAC 2234
(if needed) |
|
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS
or
(if you are in the Honors
Program, but not otherwise)
HONORS
CALCULUS
| AP Calculus AB or BC |
1 - 2 |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
| AP Calculus AB |
3 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473 |
MAC 2311 |
| 4 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473 |
MAC 2512*
|
| 5 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473 |
MAC 2312
|
| AP Calculus BC |
3 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473
|
MAC 2312 or 2512*
|
| 4 - 5 |
MAC 2313 or 3474 |
MAC 2313 or 3474 |
| IB Mathematical Studies |
any |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
|
IB Mathematics2
|
1 - 3 |
MAC 1147 |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
|
| 4 |
MAC 2311 |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
| 5 |
MAC 2311 |
MAC 2311
|
| 6 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473 |
MAC 2512*
|
| 7 |
MAC 2312, 2512*, or 3473
|
MAC 2312 or 3473 |
*Note: MAC 2512 is considered neither higher-level nor
lower-level than MAC 2312. It is simply a different Calculus 2 course
in the Analytic Geometry and Calculus sequence, designed to meet the
needs of students who took the AP Calculus AB course and scored a 4 on
the AB exam. Typically these students have certain gaps in their
preparation that are addressed in MAC 2512 but are omitted from MAC
2312. Correspondingly, certain topics from MAC 2311 are reviewed
(briefly) in MAC 2512 but not in MAC 2312. Although the MAC 2512
curriculum was designed specifically for students who took AP Calculus
AB, receipt of the lowest score on the AP Calculus BC exam or IB
Mathematics Higher Level exam that qualifies a student for MAC 2312
indicates that MAC 2512 may be a wiser choice for the student than MAC
2312.
For students with AICE or CLEP scores,
the chart below lists the precalculus/calculus courses the
student is
allowed to take. The Department of Mathematics has not
evaluated the AICE or CLEP exams to determine the recommended
course corresponding to each score.
| If the calculus sequence your major or
postgraduate plans require is
... |
and the exam you took was
... |
and your score was ... |
then
the highest-level precalculus or calculus course you are
eligible to take in (or leading to) that sequence is
... |
|
SURVEY
OF
CALCULUS
|
AICE, any exam |
not A - E |
MAC 1140 |
AICE Mathematics
AS Level |
A - E |
MAC 2233 |
AICE Mathematics
A Level |
A - E |
MAC 2234 |
AICE
Further
Mathematics
A Level or
AS Level |
A - E |
MAC 2234 |
| CLEP Pre-Calculus
or College Algebra |
49 or lower |
MAC 1140 |
| 50 or higher |
MAC 2233 |
CLEP
Calculus with
Elementary Functions
|
49 or lower |
MAC 1140 |
| 50 or higher |
MAC 2234 |
|
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS
or
(if you are in the Honors
Program, but not otherwise)
HONORS
CALCULUS
| AICE, any exam |
not A - E |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
AICE
Mathematics
AS Level |
A - E |
MAC 2311 or 3472 |
AICE
Mathematics
A Level |
A - E |
MAC 2312, 2512, or 3473 |
AICE
Further
Mathematics
AS Level |
A - E |
MAC 2312, 2512, or 3473 |
AICE
Further
Mathematics
A Level |
A - E |
MAC 2313 or 3474 |
CLEP
Pre-Calculus
or College Algebra |
49 or lower |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
| 50 or higher |
MAC 1147 or 1114 |
CLEP
Calculus with
Elementary Functions
|
60 or lower |
MAC 1147
(or MAC 1140 plus MAC
11141) |
| 61 or higher |
MAC 2311 |
Warning:
It is the student's responsibility, not UF's, to check that he or
she has met the prerequisite(s) before starting a course. Do
not assume that if ISIS allows you to register for Calculus 2
or Calculus 3, that means that you have credit for the prerequisite
course. For logistical reasons, ISIS is currently not programmed to
check whether students have met the prerequisites for Calculus 2 and
Calculus 3 classes. Many students transfer to UF having taken some
calculus elsewhere, and the math department does not have the manpower
to evaluate every such transfer course for equivalency credit
when only
placement may be needed. (See the course-equivalency request
page.)
Non-enforcement by ISIS of the Calculus 2 and 3 prerequisites does
not mean that it's okay to take a calculus class for which you clearly
lack a prerequisite. At any time during the semester, if it is
discovered that you are taking a class for which you lack a
prerequisite, you may be forcibly dropped from that class, without
regard to the impact on your financial aid, tracking requirements,
planned graduation date, etc. The math department will not
drop you from a Calculus 2 class if your transcript shows that you
completed, with a grade of C or better, a Calculus 1 course that you
have a reasonable expectation would meet UF's prerequisite if the
course were evaluated for equivalency (bearing in mind the difference
between the "calculus for science majors" and "calculus for business
majors" courses at virtually all institutions). A sample situation in
which the math department probably woulddrop you is: you're
taking MAC 2312 and it is discovered mid-semester that you have no
credit for MAC 2311 via AP/IB/AICE scores, and no credit (with a grade
of at least C) for a Calculus 1 course, in the science and engineering
track (as opposed to the business track), taken at a college.
Why being able to register for a class doesn't always mean
you should take it
There are several instances in which you will find yourself able to
register for a course that it may not be wise for you to take
yet.
Borderline or uncertain
qualifications
- Often, students with the lowest CRA or AP/IB score that
qualifies them to take a UF calculus class do poorly if they take that
class without first taking the UF version of the course they already
have credit for. This is the reason for the difference between the
"eligible to take" and "recommended" columns in the CRA chart and AP/IB
chart above.
- Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 courses for math/science/engineering
(MSE) majors at traditional four-year institutions are usually similar
to MAC 2311 and MAC 2312 at UF. If your preparation falls into this
category, and not much time has elapsed since your last calculus
class, then you are probably prepared for the next course in the
MSE calculus sequence at UF. (One exception: if
you took Calculus 1
only, and your textbook was not an "early transcendentals"
textbook--usually indicated by an "E" or "ET" in the edition-number,
or by the phrase "early transcendentals" in the title--then you did
not cover the entire content of MAC 2311, even if your course was in
the MSE track at a traditional four-year institution. However, if you
took both Calculus 1 and 2 using such a textbook, still in the
MSE track at a traditional four-year institution, then the combined
content of these two courses was likely very similar to the combined
content of MAC 2311 and MAC 2312.)
Calculus courses at other institutions or not in the MSE track
vary much more in content and rigor. If your preparation falls into
this category, you should speak with a math
advisor to help you decide if you're ready for the next-level
calculus course at UF. Students who successfully complete MAC 2311 (or
2312) at a community college, for example, are often unprepared for
the expectations of UF faculty in MAC 2312 (or 2313).
- In principle a C--"satisfactory"--in a prerequisite course at
UF ought to mean that you are prepared to do satisfactorily in the
next course. Unfortunately, statistics do not bear this out. It is
not clear whether the reason is grade-inflation in the prerequisite
course or insufficient work put in by students in the next course, but
whatever the reason, typically a C or C+ in a prerequisite course does
not bode well for success in the next course.
In the cases above (especially the last), it is understandable that a
student will not want to repeat a class for which he or she already
has credit. Students with the borderline or uncertain qualifications
above may still be successful in the next course, without repeating
the prerequisite, if they are willing and able to do
significantly more work than is expected of typical students in
a typical college class--for example, they may need to put in four
hours of study and homework, instead of the commonly recommended two
hours, for each in-class hour. To be successful, the student will
need to put in the extra work starting from day one, not just after
the first exam on which he or she does poorly. If family, a job,
time-management skills, or personal work-habits make such a time
commitment impossible, the student's chances of success will be
greatly impaired.
In these cases, auditing5
the prerequisite or retaking it may be the student's best
option. However, neither option will effectively prepare the student
unless he or she adopts a different approach to learning the
material. It is recommended that the student consult his or her
instructor at the start of the semester for advice on what to
do differently.
Prerequisite taken long ago
Math skills are "use it or lose it" facilities. In calculus classes,
you will need to have the prerequisite skills and knowledge at your
fingertips; it is not enough just to have been exposed to everything
once before. After a semester without using specific mathematical
tools, most people forget them, or at least don't have them at their
fingertips. Thus, even if you received an A in a prerequisite at some
time in the past, if that time was more than a year ago, you are
probably not ready to jump into the next course cold; even if you've
been away from math for only a semester, you may have problems.
For Calculus 1 classes, the CRA will help you determine whether
you are ready for calculus, but there is no such exam for Calculus 2
and 3 classes. For these higher-level classes, if no more than a year
has elapsed since you took the prerequisite, you may be safe taking
the next course if you are willing and able to put in
significantly more time than is expected in a typical college
class--for example, you may need to put in four hours of study and
homework, instead of the commonly recommended two hours, for each
in-class hour.
If more than a year has elapsed since you took the prerequisite
for a Calculus 2 or 3 class, your best option is probably to audit5
the prerequisite or retake it. In this situation it is not realistic
to think that you will be able to brush-up on your former skills and
knowledge at the same time you are taking the next class; you will
need to have that old material at your fingertips from day one.
Courses registered for while you are taking the prerequisite
If you are already a UF student, ISIS lets you advance-register for a
course for which you are currently taking the
prerequisite. However,
if you do not get the grade needed in that course (usually a C),
you will not have met the prerequisite, and, in the case of a
math course, you should drop the course for which you
advance-registered. ISIS does not automatically drop you from the
next course in such situations; the individual departments handle
that, and some will drop you and some won't. Mathematics is a
department that will drop you if you have not already
dropped yourself. The Department will take this action as soon as
possible after it is notified, which is usually during
Drop/Add. However, because the Department has so many other pressing
items to attend to during the first week of classes, this action may
be delayed. If you have not met a prerequisite, do not assume that
if you were not dropped during Drop/Add then you will not be dropped;
it will simply happen later. Since it is your responsibility to
know the prerequisites for your courses--they are all listed in the Undergraduate
Catalog--and you should have dropped yourself as soon as you
received your grade in the prerequisite course, the Math Department
will not be sympathetic to you for any inconvenience (such as having
to find another course to take that's still open) caused by dropping
you after the end of Drop/Add. Remember that by holding a seat you are
not entitled to, you may be blocking an eligible student from
registering.
Courses for which ISIS does not enforce the prerequisite
ISIS does not enforce the prerequisite for Calculus 2 or Calculus
3. Thus you cannot assume from the fact that ISIS lets you register in
a Calculus 2 or 3 class that you have met the prerequisite for it, or
will have met it at the end of the semester during which you
advance-registered. If you are registering or have registered for
Calculus 2 or 3, read this warning
**Already on file at UF refers to
scores or grades that have already been entered into UF's electronic
student-records system and can therefore be detected by the automated
prerequisite-checker. In general, this happens within a few days of
UF's receipt of an official transcript of a student's test score(s)
or grades at another college. There is
one and only one exception to the "already on file at UF"
rule: at Preview, if a student has in hand an official transcript of
test scores or college grades, a Preview advisor may use these scores
or grades to place the student into a calculus class. Please note
that this exception will be made only during Preview and only at
the Preview location, never at the mathematics department.
1 Most freshmen enter UF
adequately prepared to take MAC 1147, which is a fast-paced,
one-semester review of algebra and trigonometry. The two-semester
combination "MAC 1140 plus MAC 1114" is recommended primarily for
students whose high-school math background was not strong enough for
them to now master the material at review pace. The two-course
combination may also be appropriate for students who have already
attempted MAC 1147 but either received a grade below C or dropped the
course because of poor performance. However, students and advisors
should bear in mind that MAC 1114, unlike MAC 1147 or MAC 1140, is
strictly a
limited-seating course: even if demand for seats exceeds
supply, additional sections of MAC 1114 will not be opened,
and excess students may not be squeezed into the existing sections.
2
Older students may have a score for the IB Mathematical Methods exam,
which was discontinued after 2005. While
a student who scored 6 or 7 on this exam will automatically have
credit for MAC 2311, it is very unwise to use years-old
preparation for placement into MAC 2312 or MAC 2233; see Prerequisite taken long ago.
3 These
links are current as of the date of this writing. If any of them ceases to
work, you should still be able to find the relevant chart by navigating
from the Undergraduate
Catalog home page.)
4 In this document, we use "FPUCCS" as
an abbbreviation for "Florida public university and (public) community
college system".
5 This link is current as of the date of this
writing. If it ceases to work, you should still be able to find
the information about auditing by using the search utility on the Undergraduate Catalog
home page. Search on "auditing", not "audit".
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